This document compares the graphic styles used across newspaper/news websites and music magazines/streaming websites/videos. For newspapers, the text is serif with thick and thin strokes, and images are used to illustrate articles. News websites also use serif text but have limited images. News bulletins use more motion graphics and less text at the bottom of the screen. Music magazines use san serif text and have headlines at the top and images to illustrate artists. Music streaming websites use more images to identify artists and genres. They also have a larger featured image. Music videos use less text and images and focus on visual effects and how the text changes with the music. Factual and music products differ in that factual products are more formal while

1. Task 1
b) Compare graphic styles in two genres across different
media sectors
Newspaper and News website
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Firstof all, I have chosen to look at newspaper. Thenewspaper is in the genre
of non-fiction or information that is factual. The type of text used in the top
third of the newspaper is serif. This is because there are serifs at the end of
letters and also the strokes changesizes, becoming thick and thin. The
newspaper also uses images to give a further explanation of whatthe
newspaper is talking about. For example, the headline is saying that everyone
“Loved Tyler” and the newspaper would use the picture of Tyler as the person
they are referring to. However, the layout of the article itself is in column form
and the text in the article is also serif, as the letters have serifs at the end of

2. them also and the strokes also go fromthick to thin changing constantly. But if
we comparethis to news bulletin, there is more motion graphics and less text
used in the layout of the bulletin. For example, the way in the layout for sky
news is designed is that, the text is placed in the bottom third of the motion
graphic and has an animation of words that are informing the audience moving
across the screen. The type of text used is san serif because, there aren’t any
serif at the ends of words and the strokes havean even width. Whereas, with a
news website, the text used is also serif and the strokes also havean even
width. The layout of a news websiteis very limited to the amount of images
that are used. This is because, the website wantto usethe witting to inform
the audience, morethan the illustration. The website would also have a
navigation systemor hyperlinks that would navigate you to another page on
the website. Websites would contain videos or live feeds of news being
reported live or havenews that has been shown on Television.
Music magazine and Music streaming
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For the second genre I had chosen to look at music. I focus mainly on music a
music magazine, a music streaming websiteand a music video. First of all, the
music magazine has a punk styleto it, as the text on the left hand side looks as
if it has been pasted or cut out and placed on the frontof the magazine. The
text type in the magazine is San serif as the letters do not have any serifs at the
end of them and the also, the thickness of the strokes areeven and this styleof
text may be known as Futura Book. Also, with a magazinethe headline would

3. tend to always be in the top third of page and have things such as sub headings
on the bottom third or middle third of the page. For example, with music
magazine is has the title of the magazine in the top third and any other text is
either allocated to middle or bottom third of the page. The magazinewould
also havepictures allocated to articles that the person in the image is about.
For example, if they have an article on ASAP Rocky, they would always have an
image to help the audience identify who they are talking about. There would
also be more writing than image in magazine, as the purposeof it would be to
informor educate. Whereas, with the music streaming websites images are
more and mostly to help the audience also identify specific artists or music
genres. For example, the website has an image of David Guetta and once you
click on his name, it will either navigate you to all of his music or it will play you
a popular song of his. Also, music streaming website will havea point of focus.
The point of focus will be used to promotea recent or popular artist or artists
that is gaining recognition. This will be done by having a image that is bigger in
sizethan any of the other images on the
websites page. However, music videos use
less images and less text and focus mainly
on the animation effects or the way in the
artist’s name and song appear in the video.
For example, in the music the text, which
shows theartist’s name, it is San serif,
because there aren’t any serif at the end of
letters and the thick of strokes arethe same and also the
words changein with the beat of the music. Also, music
video are able to add visualeffects, which could be
intriguing to audience and make them wantto continue
watching. The graphicalstyles of factual products differ
fromthat of music products because, factual products are
more formaland have more of an educational and
informative purpose. Whereas, with music products they are used mostly for
entertainment purposes but, haveaspects of educating and informing with the
product.