Yr 10: 02 MUSIC MAGAZINES

In the 02 MUSIC AND NEWS exam, you will have two questions on music magazines (and other questions on music videos and music radio programmes, about which there will be more later).

In class, we learn how to analyse the 'language' of the front cover, that is, how it looks and what meanings are made by how it looks.

PREP How is media language used on the front cover of MOJO? In each point, compare how differently We Love Pop uses media language.

Copy / paste the title and words below into your blog, then complete the document in your own words:

Comparison of media language in MOJO and We Love Pop

The layout of MOJO is................ which connotes (=has associations of)...........................By contrast, the layout of We Love Pop is....which connotes........

The typography of MOJO is.... which connotes (=has associations of)...........................By contrast, the  typography of We Love Pop is....which connotes.....

The layout of MOJO is................ which connotes (=has associations of)...........................By contrast, the layout of We Love Pop is.... which connotes.....

The colour palette of MOJO is limited to ..........which connotes (=has associations of)...........................By contrast, the colour palette of We Love Pop is........ which makes it seem.....

The language of MOJO emphasises......whereas the language of We Love Pop is .....

(Below, for interest, is an example of how you might express yourself when analysing media language of a front cover. This analysis is about the blue Q cover that we saw at the end of the lesson.)

Q analysis of media language

layout very orderly content with the cover lines mostly aligned, justified to right and to left; one central image; connotes seriousness, authenticity
typography exclusively one sans-serif typeface, creating a serene, streamlined look; no capitalisation used: connotes modernity
colour colour palette limited to mostly white font with red accents; central splash headline reduced opacity to reflect underwater translucence and mimic water, carrying out the underwater theme "in deep with" and "gets the bends"; connotes elegant visual pun
image main image uses dense, highly saturated colour photography, band deep underwater as if drowning on the seabed in a last embrace, arms closely interlinked and group united with eyes cast down or closed; connotes magical realism and powerful high drama of near-death experience
language language emphasises loss, difficulty and danger: '50 worst decisions', 'I miss..', 'In deep with', 'gets the bends', 'this is worse than the dentist'. Connotes serious lives looked at in a wry manner.
portraying reality the media language presents a world that celebrates serious artistic endeavour, a sense of the music world being precarious & dramatic, with loss and danger
generic conventions the front cover is dominated by an image of an important band 'the band of the decade'; the serious style reflects the values of fans of classic rock and pop; the magazine assumes and addresses the audience's fandom on the cover 'Gillespie quizzed by you'.
intertextuality reference to the Coldplay film