2. Front cover main image
• Particular social groups are represented well in my magazine the
‘cover star’ appeals to a large audience as the record label have
given the star a set of ideals and conventions in to the way he is
represented so that audience can instantly recognise him. This is
called dyers star theory, ‘ a star as a construction’
• This means the cover star is represented in a range of ways in my
magazine he is represented as being in the rock genre, we can infer
this because he is wearing dark clothes, these are conventions of
the rock genre. We can take that the star is rebellious as you can tell
that the band are part of the punk/indie rock sub genre this is
because he has purple hair, died hair is a convention of this genre.
There fore this magazine will straight away appeal to the direct fans
of this bands and indirectly the fans of the punk/alternative rock
genre.
3. youth
• Young people are represented in my magazine
as the majority of festival goers are younger. I
have included a banner about the line-up of
the Reading and Leeds festival. The banner
will gain the readership of this group of people
as they will want to know who is playing at the
festival, And they will purchase the magazine
because of this.
4. Colour
• My magazine uses colour in a way to attract
my audience, my magazine uses the
colours, black, red, grey, and yellow.
• The conventions of the colour black are death
and suspicion these are both conventions of
the rock genre therefore relevant to the
magazine.
• Red is a youthful and bright colour however its
connotations lie heavily inside the rock genre.
5. Double page spread image
• The picture on my double page spread is a
greyscale image of the cover star with his
hood up looking down. The only colour
present ties in with the house style, the band
on his t-shirt is asking Alexandria and this logo
remains red. This means fans of other bands
are represented in my media text .
