Music magazines annotation

NME- The new musical express, published weekly since 1952 changes musical style with demand
Vibe R+B Hip hop shut down in 2009 and now is quarterly and more of an online feature
Rolling stone Music, politics and popular culture published every two weeks
Kerrang Rock magazine 1981
Q Considered by the publishers the modern guide to music
Mojo classic rock

Vibe
What do we idenitify?

NME magazine

NME
What do we identify?

Kerrang
The name is onomatopoeic and is meant to represent the sound of playing the electric guitar

Rolling stone

Conventions of music magazines
Masthead
Cover lines
Cover stories
Pictures and captions
Route of the eye
Principle of thirds
Pull quotes
Hot spots
Kicker and explanatory text
Language and register
Mise en scene- Position, pose, costume, eye contact /gaze, facial expression
Camera angle
Font style, size, colour

Definitions
Kicker
Pull quote
Definition: Often seen in newsletters and magazines, the kicker is a short phrase found set above the headline. Usually set in a smaller type than the headline, the kicker can serve as an introduction or as a type of section heading to identify a regular column, for instance.
This is a quote taken directly from the interview and used to draw audiences in

Conventions of music magazines
Layout (Rule of thirds) (camera angle) (text)
Image- Direct pose? Sexual/seductive/aggressive
Text- Style of text and impact of this
Audience profile- who is the audience for this magazine and how do we know?
Ideology- What ideas is the magazine portraying?
Representation- what representations is the magazine giving of itself and of others?

Route of the eye
Direct mode of address
Masthead
Main kicker
Kickers
Pull quote direct from the interview

Analyse and identify what is being used in this front cover to create meaning for the audience

Selling line/logo
Consistent recognisable masthead
Cover stories
Pull quote
Main cover line
Strapline
Thirds

Class notes-
Pose
Mode of address
Camera angles

Some ideas
House style represented through colours
Different to normal issues of Q due to the destruction of the mast head
The smashing of the masthead suggests that the artist is someone who may like to break conventions and does not like restrictions within their music
Reliance on the selling logo to suggest to the audience that this is a magazine they should by as it is the best one
In terms of mode of address the artist is not looking at the audience, Q is his main goal
The pull quote is interesting and mysterious and therefore pulls the reader in, wanting to know more.

Subverting conventions without the backward s
Strapline (Advertising line )
U.S.P- Unique selling point
Mode of address
Photos and how they create meaning

Flash / button
Skyline /selling line
Main image
Cover line /kicker
Pull qoute
Model credit
Secondary images
Explanatory text
Footer

This is the language that is used within the magazine and can often be genre specific.
This will deal with things like slang and informal language which may be used to make the reader feel that the magazine is in a sense a friend.
The register is the tone with which the magazine is talking to its audience. This can be informal, chatty etc

C
Casual/informal tone
Direct mode of address
Genre specific language

Photos
Iconography
What messages do the pictures give?
What impression is the audience meant to have?
What is the camera angle and how does this create meaning?
What is the tone of the facial expression?
How does costume add to the meaning which is created?

For homework:
Continue with your prelim task as it is due 22nd.
Ensure that you have updated your music magazine analysis to include all the things we have discussed today.
Ensure that you have analysed at least 5 front covers discussing how they create meaning.
This should be on your blog by the time we break for half term.

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