CLASSWORK: You have made a sound start on music videos and now you move on to music magazines for the next exam question. You study the September 2017 and November 2017 editions (front covers only) of MOJO magazine, which are at the bottom of this post.
1. A sample exam question is 'Analyse the representation of musicians in Extract 1, which is from MOJO magazine' (6 marks, write one page), so today's work is to study how they are represented on the cover.
'How representations on magazine covers
reflect the social and cultural contexts in
which they were produced'.
3. You then go online to research MOJO magazine. MOJO is handled by Bauer Media, so open the pdf to read what Bauer write about MOJO. Write it down / screenshot any useful bits for your blog. (In 2017, we are still interested in The Sex Pistols and the social disruption that they caused in 1977, the year of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. As figureheads for the Punk movement, they issued infamous challenges to the Establishment in their on-screen behaviour (such as the 1976 Grundy show incident), language and dress. Johnny Rotten's perfume brand and his TV appearances as the face of Anchor butter keep him in the public eye.)
4. You should then read about the people on the front cover, in order of their prominence on the cover. Open this link to get the information.Write down what you find out about The Sex Pistols first.
6. What kinds of other musicians feature?
3. You then go online to research MOJO magazine. MOJO is handled by Bauer Media, so open the pdf to read what Bauer write about MOJO. Write it down / screenshot any useful bits for your blog. (In 2017, we are still interested in The Sex Pistols and the social disruption that they caused in 1977, the year of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. As figureheads for the Punk movement, they issued infamous challenges to the Establishment in their on-screen behaviour (such as the 1976 Grundy show incident), language and dress. Johnny Rotten's perfume brand and his TV appearances as the face of Anchor butter keep him in the public eye.)
4. You should then read about the people on the front cover, in order of their prominence on the cover. Open this link to get the information.Write down what you find out about The Sex Pistols first.
- Who were they?
- Why did they shock the Establishment?
- Look at the lurid colours used (pink and yellow) and link the MOJO cover to the way that the Sex Pistols used it.
6. What kinds of other musicians feature?
