Music magazines

24/4/23

Music Magazines

L/O: To explore the terminology and genres of popular music magazines 

Typography - the art of arranging letters and text in a way that makes the copy legible, clear, and visually appealing to the reader. 

Layout - the act or process of planning or laying out in detail

Lexis - the total stock of words in a language

Colour pallet - What colours are used 

 Mise en scene - What props, costume, setting, makeup

Dark dull

Mid shot

Capital

The rappers name 

One person in the middle

Itemdating

Bright

Long shot

Skinny capital

The genre

The people in the middle bright colours around 

Heavy make up one colour background

Dark

Bloke in the middle 

Wide 

the BAND

Band in the middle 

Guitar/ one colour background 

22/6/23

Colour: can be both dark/ lighter colours

image: close/ mid shot

Bold font any colour 

Lexis: promoting the show the artist is doing

layout: artists/ artist in the middle

Colour palette- dark colours 

image- mid shot more then more 

font bold and dark colours

lexis: band 

Layout:bloke in the middle,

Colour palette- bright colours

Image content and shot type: close up

Font size big and bold

lexis: promoting the company

layout: person in the middle 

Genre and Target Audience

The audience:

Age/genre/artist

Cover appeal:

Colour/artist/image/layout

Demographics: Factual data = age, gender, income. 

Psychographics:Lifestyles ,behaviours , attitudes

1. rock 

2. majority male aged 15-24

3. The black and white indicate a serious/ dangerous theme which correlates perfectly with the rock theme, reflects at how the audience views there music and how they such passion for rock  

1. Classical

2. majority female aged 15-34 

3. The soft and quite peaceful colours correlates perfectly with the calm classical theme, reflects at how the audience views there music, calming 

Typography - Text = Serif, Script , reflects the highly educated audience and the type of music they play  

Camera - Close mid shot, shows the model with violin, whilst being a close up of he simplistic makeup and dress , does this to show us the simplistic and calming old music through an instrument and a woman 

Text: Sans serif = used to emphases how important taylor swift is 

Costume / props = Thick heavy lip stick and heavy eyeliner,  big gold chain and big earnings. everything big highlights the fact she's rich

Lexis: Queen. shows us she's an important, looked up and respected person  

DIRT                                    26/6/23  

   

Q1: Ofcom are the regulator for tv and radio

BBFC are film regulators, Advertising is ASA and Video Standard Council

Q2: THE COUSTUMES USED IN TEENAGE DIRTBAG AND SK8TR BOI JUXTAPOSE EACHOTHER AS THEY BOTH USE CONTASTING THEMES, FOE EXAMPLE S8 BOI USES A MORE PUNK,REBILOUS THEME WHILST TEENAGE DIRTBAG USES A MORE SIMPLISTIC/ STRETOTYPICAL / PLAIN WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR CLOTHING 

Q3: RADIO STATIONS TARGETS DIFFERENT AUDIENCES BY PLAYING DIFFERENT MUSIC, HOSTING COMPETITIONS AND SPREADING LOCAL INFORMATION/ NEWS, THEY DO THIS TO INCREASE LISTENERS AND CREATE A SOLID, LOYAL FAN BASE AND GAIN MORE MONEY.

RADIO 1 CONTRACTS THIS BY ONLY TARGETING A 15-29 YEAR OLDS, PLAYING THE SAME GENRE OF MUSIC AND NOT CARING ABOUT THE MONEY AS THEY ARE PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT.

Q4 BBFC AGE RATE FILMS

Q5 U+G + Personal identity, Information, Entertainment, Socail interaction = PIES

The lego movies fits U+G theory because it plays into the entertainment role by creating alot of action packed scenes with also a lot of comedy, this creates a entreating movie

Tuesday 5th September 2023 

• The artist drake appeals to both men and woman because he talks quite alot about his emotions and he himself can be quite feminine at times.
• The colours used are quite neutral no stereotypes.

Cultured - violin- musical- classical talent = skill 

Masthead- script, type - traditional, elegant + high class

red-educated cultured- Red = Love/ royalty/asian culture/passion fix more classical

Language- Reader well educated Classical music because of terminology = names

Modana first big hit song was Holiday in 1983 which proves the audience are interested in quality music from different decades 

Personal identity for Modana, Looks gothic, rebellious so people could relate to that, its also Satanic.

MOJO U&G

L/O: to explore the appeal of Mojo magazine to is target audience 

Music magazine audience is active because you can choose the magazine to buy and what to read like what genre.

USES & GRATFICATIONS 

Personal identification

Information

Entertainment

Social interaction

INFORMATION

The information is all over the page from multiple people.

Entertainment

Free cds, dramatic visuals a famous superstar who died as the cover [hendrix]

SOCIAL INERCATION

You can talk to people about the content in the magazine. 

Tuesday, 12 September 2023

Do Now 

The information around the magazine [ the song ], entertainment of the magazine / [cd] social interaction = people may talk about the artists songs / discuss about it..

Music Industry Q1 & Q2

L/O: To understand exam style questions and practice exam technique 

1. Off-com

2. BBC

3. Its free no ads but we pay through tax but benefit for the public

4. Convergence 

5. Defersification

6. Conglomerate

Question 2 :

Radio one live lounge would fit these requirements by inviting artists that may appeal to there audience of 15 to 29 year old. For example, Stormzy on there radio engaging with the hosts to entertain the audience.

One way Teenage dirtbag and Sk8ter boy create different representations of each other is the teenagers as the one ones in teenage dirtbag were your classical american jocks ect whilst the ones in sk8tr boy were rebellious emos who causes havoc.

26/9/23

1. ofcom

2. bbc

3. benefit of public 

4. convergence

5. divesitvication

6. conglomerate 

media language = 

editing,mise en scene,narrative,camera shots,sound

media magazine media language = text,image,colour,layout,typography

representation =

stereotypes

industry =

ownership

audience = 

users and gratification, pies

 the bbc has to be provide a wider range of content then comercial as comercial is free radio dedicated into getting money whilst the bbc is founded by tv licence, therefore making the live lounge a psb radio [benefit of the public] which has to follow there remit of trying to bring a target audience of 15-29 year olds [ they use slang to try and appeal to there younger audience such as 'big up'] they also have to support up incoming young artists such as raye, they have to include live music   [ they had stormzy on as hes a well known artist from mostly fans from that age group]

and they also have to include speeches and advice as teenage life can be daunting for some and as they have life experiences they can help.

by providing  a wider range of content then comercial, the bbc have created a bigger empire then any comercial radio ever will, stabling them into an iconic house hold name in the uk

Tuesday 3rd October

1. Media Language = mise en scene,editing,sound,camera work,narrative,layout,font,text

2. Industry = thing that produces films/ magazine.

3. Audience = who is reading/watching ur media

4. Representation = age/group of people/gender/stereotypes

5. Context = The background of the text 

how are groups of people represented ?

USA HIGH SCHOOL: Jocks,popular girl,loser-group

Jocks: popular,respected,confident, slomo- long shot of jocks students move,misenscene jocks jackets, stereotypes

Loser; misenscene wolly hat layered clothing, props- book, zoom out to emphasis he is alone, shot reverse shot of him walking down the corridor and people calling him a loser

Popular girl; camera - close up on her face, face smiling/happy - slowmo to emphasise her importance 

SB Representation:

Group of teens-  Rebellious/nonchalant/reckless/troubled, breaking the law,smashing cars

Avril -  Leader, female respected by boys respected, listend to. low angle shot camera on her. close ups

Q3: explain how and why music videos create representation that are different from one and other. Refer to one example contrasting  representations in two music videos you have studies to support your answer

Representations are created differently in Teenage dirtbag compared to SB. For example, Teenagers in TDB are represented more stereotypically for example the "popular girl.' The Directors deliberately use misenscene to fill in the classic pretty nice girl look, they presented her as a nice always smiling, important [because of the constant slowmos] girl.

This completely contrasts the representations of women in TDB. For example, SB uses misenscene but to completely juxtapose the stereotype of young teenage girls,  they show Avril [the girl] smashing cars, being chased by the police and acting like a complete deviant to society which is more stereotypically suited towards a young teenage male.

Tuesday 10th October 2023

DO NOW

1. props,lighting

2. CHANGING

3. shot types

4. non diegetic sound, diegetic  

5. linear story, performance 

Music Industry: Q4

LO: To explore the exam style questions and practice exam techniques for Q4 focusing on media language and representation.

Representation of the Musician:

How are they show or presented?

The artist is presented as a mysterious/classical figure as they use black and white to reinforce the idea of him being mysterious/classical to try to generate a much older audience.

they also use "dark knight"  which 'knight' could indicate maybe a past of bravery/kindness and "dark" could mean he is now corrupted by the rockstar life style changing his moral code earning him the title "dark."

Age is presented by an older male in this magazine which he is shown as quite serious/dangerous person, He is shown in black white which indicates a serious/ classic theme. In the photo he is starting at us quite blankly, maybe indicating when you get older you loose any fear of not expressing yourself/ putting your self out there. 

THURSDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2023

DO NOW 

1. BABY BOOMER = Someone whos born after ww2

2. DIVERSIFICATION = Changing your productions

3. AUDIENCE ADDRESS = How the text impacts the audience  

4. DISCERNING = Having good judgment

5. HOUSE STYLE = How a company presents there magazines and websites ect 

L/O: To explore the exam style questions and practice exam technique for Q5 focussing on media language and representation 

Q5:

15 marks = 15 minutes 

How far/ opinion / why?

CONTEXT:

Gender roles: 

life at the time: More equality

attitudes to sexuality: improved, celebrate lgbtq

multiculturalism:

celebrity culture:

consumerism: 

This Magazine uses the colour palette which is purple,pink and white which suggests they are defying norms (stereotypes) with a male being masked around quite saturated feminine colours

 

The text used in this magazine are quite bold which fits perfectly into that quite serious/ cold theme that its creating, so i believe they made the text massive to fit into this theme.

DO NOW

1. bbc

2. Tv license 

3. Ofcom

4. Radio that benefits the public

5. PSB, Commercial.

L/O: to research the case study Annotate in detail

SONGS: ORIGINAL & COVER:

Dive [her song] Beyonces cuff it cover. She is talented as she is covering Beyonce, attracts a wider audience 

Cuff it (her song) 

GUEST INFO:

Oliva Dean, respected, singer , first time on live lounge, worked with rudimental before, 

QUOTES FROM THE SHOW TO REMEMBER:

'YOU MAKE BEYONCE LOOK EAZY' Compliment because she made beyonce sound easy to sing  'LOOKING GOOD MAN" Compliment , informal   "BIG UP THE BAND"  Informal slang friendly (all quotes from the presenters)

APPEAL TO TA:

The chat and the younger artists and the younger presents, keep it informal and fun.

INFORM ENTERTAIN & EDUCATE:

Comments from listeners, find their opinions of her. Live music + entertainment .

educational = learn about the artist / get to listen to live music

INNOVATE & CUTTING EDGE NEW UK MUSIC?:

supporting jungle which released a new song (they are a uk based band)

FEATURE + PROMOTE

This appeals to 15-29 year olds as she is younger person herself and her music hitting also the same target audience. 

It appeals to the younger audience by the sound of her voice and lyrics which are mostly talking about relationships.

The audience targeted her are a younger audience more specifically 15 - 29 year olds.

It appeals to younger  audiences by bringing on artists that target that has fans of that TA, also by using slang.

DO NOW

1. Things that fill into genre types

2. Intertextuality = Reference to other media 

3. Typography = Type of Letters (fonts)

4. Connotations = all the different ways u can view something 

5. Lexis = words

6. More gender equality, multicultural, more accepting of LGBTQ, consumerism technological online focus, celebrity

LO: TO EXPLORE THE EXAM STYLE QUESTION FOR MUSIIC MAGAZINE AND VIDEO

Media language : text, images, cover lines, colour, layout

1. Shot types: close/mid shot, 1 person, 46 years old, female, revealing clothes only gloves and gold headset = wealth and power, throne / queen, pop royalty and geek goddess 

2. Colour pallet, gold/brown/black/yellow/white , saturated, bright, warm, positive, calm.

3. Ordered layout, organised, formal, 4 cover lines

4. Sans serif, lower case, large, sans serif = modern,clean, lowercase= relaxed/ rebelling no captaining the name, 

The media language in the two magazines are used completely differently. Firstly, they are opposite genders, presented in different ways. The woman is presented as powerful,wealthy like a greek goddess whilst also sexualising her at the same times as she is wearing revealing clothes. 

In the other magazine, the group of males are also presented as wealthy however not so ever sexualised just smart and formal, this completely juxtaposes the way the woman is presented. Another way is the Layout of the magazines.

The magazine containing the woman is presented quite neatly and organised, linking back and emphasising her power and wealth. The magazine containing the  group of males is ordered like a cluttered mess which contrasts the formal, smart image they represented the males as.

Also the mastheads both share a similar quality as they both use a sans serif font however, the colours used are different. In Shakiras the colour used is yellow, which contrasts the Mojos white. Another difference is the Capitalisation, Mojos is in Full Caps whilst Shakiras is not, they are different in those ways.

In conclusion the media language are used mostly in different ways with hints of similarities, the woman is sexualised but also presented as a goddess, whilst the males are presented as smart but also contrasting itself with the unorganised mess.

28/11/23

The media language is used differently in the two magazine covers, because of the generic convention of the magazine and the audience appeal. The mastheads on the two magazines are clearly different. Mojo uses Uppercase letters, white, san serif type. The use of the Uppercase gives a sense formality and formal as it capitalised the name of the magazine. The use of the white gives quite a dull and boring mood to the cover. However the sans serif contrasts the formal semantic field they have created as it gives a modern informal feel to the magazine. The masthead therefore appeals to the audience by giving and overall youthful and up to date version of music with a quite formal/retro feel.