1. Typically on the cover of a music magazine the
setting/ back ground is always white. But
throughout the magazine the setting/
background is always colourful or a very happy
place, like a wall with a lot of colour or graffiti
High shoes are always seen on female over it, a comfortable sofa in interviews, and in
Pop artists and on music magazines. front of a really relaxing location. A lot of
You would always expect to see high articles or interview also shows the artist or
Bright colours are always connoted with shoes on a girl band or female artist’s; band on holiday and chilling out and having
pop; this is because pop is very lively and in all pop magazines there is always a fun, so other locations such as beaches or they
upbeat music. You wouldn’t associate the page dedicated to fashion, and they take us back to their old school days and we
colour grey or black with pop because they always have a section on different see them positioned in a classroom,
are very dull and depressing colouring, it types of shoes you can wear and buy. pretending to do school work. There always
would also make the magazine not look happy and bright places either out in the sun
like a pop magazine. Colours such as pinks, or a brightly lit room.
yellows and bright greens and oranges are
uses to highlight the magazine as a pop
magazine.
Clean cut young artists are always
featured in pop magazines; they have
that young innocent look to them. They
are shown because pop is quite a young Codes and
and lively genre, you wouldn’t connote a
female artists covered in tattoo’s scruffy
dressed etc in a music magazine. They
Conventions
would usually be between the ages of
Quirky and edgy clothes are always
17-26, as they are trying to appeal to a
young audience, they would dress very
of POP! worn, ripped jeans, skirts, shorts, cute
cute, and quirky sticking to the genre of tee’s and dresses. Artists in pop
pop. These include people and groups magazines always wear a lot of brightly
such as little mix, Cheryl Cole, JLS and coloured clothes this reflects the genre
Justin Beiber. The artist is always of pop.There are always typical
typically smiling and being cheerful and Pop is very lively, and has an upbeat tempo. choreographed dance moves
bubbly, they are always flirting with The songs are usually very cheerful and make throughout their music videos, and
people in their music videos and being you want to dance. The colours associated these moves link in with the style of
playful having a good time. with pop such as the bright pinks and mellow clothes that these pop artists wear; the
yellows and the aqua blues all connote the clothing are all similar but each artist is
type of music of the genre pop. This links all able to maintain their own version of
of the conventions together so when the the style.
audience see’s these things they know that it
is pop. The music seems to always be very
The male artists/bands we typically
catchy, the artists that is singing the songs
see are these ideas of the boy next
always seems to be quite young between the
door. Well mannered, happy and
ages of around 16-26 and they always tend
bubbly people, clean cut, no
to be veryfresh faced these entire things link
tattoos or extreme hair styles. They
into the type of music that is shown
are very wholesome characters, the
throughout the genre of pop.
type of men you would bring home
There is always this constant theme throughout their songs,
to meet your mum and dad.
such as love, boy meets girl, heartbreak and about their lives
or a specific point in their lives. The artists always tend to
write about something that has happened to them, because
this shows their fans and TA that they are able to relate to
their songs, not just able to sing the words but also make us
believe that they feel thelyrics. The fans are also able to
relate to the lyrics and the songs because these things may
have too happened to them before and therefore
aconnection s able to be made between the fanand the
artist who the fan aspire to be like.