Analyse the codes and conventions of four music magazine covers.
On the magazine ‘terroriser’ has a dark theme as you can see by the way the pictures are taken and the colours used on the front cover. The picture is taken from straight on but the guy has tilted his head forward to make it look like he is looking up a bit at the camera which makes him look ‘evil’ because he is not smiling either he is just staring at the camera – showing the theme of the magazine to be dark and quite gothic[r1] .
The font used on this magazine is quite bland but bold and stands out. The colour is a ‘boring’ steel colour which is put on a black background to make it stand out to the reader. The other captions on the page are a dark blue. The main heading ‘Terroriser’ is written in a gothic font and the colour is silver. However the heading is behind the main picture and unless you know this magazine you won’t be able to tell what the name is, I don’t think it looks that good[r2] .
In comparison the magazine cover for ‘mix mag’ is very bright colours to show that this magazine could be about up beat music like raving music or club music, the bright yellow could be interpreted as strobe lighting that they use in clubs. The main picture on the front is just like the one on ‘terroriser’ – however the man could be seen as a DJ because of how the front cover looks[r3] . The captions on the sides of the front cover give away what the magazine is about because it has stories about Vegas, Ibiza and Ministry of music – these are all topics on which the music is very upbeat and fast. Unlike how the ‘terroriser’ magazine where everything is very dark and so you see the comparison with each magazine because of the colour schemes – they give a lot away.
The High angle shot on the ‘vive le rock!’ magazine lets you see all of the band and a wide proportion of what is around them, you can see what they are wearing and the style, which gives away what this genre of music this magazine is about. The picture is in black and white, and the band is also from quite a while ago so it could also show that the music in this magazine is old bands. The font colours on this magazine are reds, white and blacks which stand out because they are overlapping the photo.
Again this magazine uses the title to blend behind the people in this photo; however you can see the name of it and are able to see what it says. It also looks like the title is in the photo.
The Low angle on the ‘Drummer’ magazine makes it looks like the man has the power of the magazine because it looks like the audience are looking up at him[r4] . In the photo is a man from a very famous band sitting with a drum kit, to show what the magazine is about. His face is the main centre of attentions because the rest of his body has been put out of focus and is blurred. This front cover has a lot more captions and stories going on which makes it look very busy and have a lot of information in.
In my magazine I don’t want any photos to cover my title; I want people to be able to see the name of my magazine. If I were to have the title of the magazine involved with the photo I would have the people in the photo doing something too the title to make it stand out. My colours are going to be bold like the font ‘vive le rock!’ so it stands out. Like ‘mix mag’ and ‘terroriser’ my colour scheme will relate back to the music I am having in the magazine.
Good Danni – you have thought carefully about the magazine covers and then considered how analysing the codes and conventions will affect your own magazine production.
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