2. Position / Point of View
High: Authority/ dominating
Head on: Challenging / rebellious
Low: Inferior / subservient
Side on: Teasing / villany / aversion / flirtatious /
enigmatic
3. Angle of lighting on image of person /
location
Front: Ageless / bland / nondescript
Back: Gives depth / emphasises pattern / creates
contours
Top: Youthfulness / spirituality
Side: Unsure / indecisive / morally ambiguous
4. Colour Signs
Blue: Authority & law, the sea, cool, often associated with men
Pink: Traditional femininity, innocence, sweetness & tenderness
Red: Danger, sin, warmth, passion, fire, excitement
Black: Dark, dangerous, sinful, serious, dramatic, sad, melancholy,
documentary, truth
Purple: Luxury, royalty, decadence
Yellow: Bright, happy, sun, cheery, mellow, heat
White: Purity, hygiene, hospitals / doctors / nurses, innocence
Green: Earth, natural, country, fresh, fertility
Gold: Precious, rare, wealth
5. Linking to my analysis of music magazines &
creation of a music magazine
I will consider these conventional meanings of signs / images
when analysing music magazines to understand why different
signs are used.
These conventional meanings are also important when creating
my own music magazine in order to determine the connotations
and denotations that will be portrayed to the audience. I will
refer to these when taking photos, positioning and choosing the
colour scheme in order to give the impression desired for my
magazine depending on the genre.
