Thursday 20 October 2011

Contents page analysis

By ananlysing the Q magazine contents page I was be see that the the colour scheme of the front cover was similar to the contents page. This conveys a sense of continuation within the magazine. In addition I learned the key codes and convention of a contents page like pictures and text

Wednesday 19 October 2011

Analysis of Q magazine


By analysing the Q magazine front cover I was able to understand the layout the colour scheme of the magazine. Furthermore, I was able to look at the codes and conventions of a mainstream music magazine.

Thursday 6 October 2011

My music magazine survey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PX9WPGZ

This  survey will help me to obtain information that I will use as reference for my magazine.

Representation of Britney in 3 magazines

The picture is a close up and has a direct mode of address. A close up has been used in this image to emphasise Britney’s facial expression. Britney's facial expression emits sadness. This creates a relationship with the reader that is direct and makes the reader feel like a friend who wants to understand her and help her. Mid key lighting is used in this image to show clearly her facial expressions. The colours that are used are red, black, grey, navy blue and a dim yellow. The pink is used to  make the title block stand out, so the audience recognise what magazine it is instantly. The bright white and dim yellow is used for the puffs to make them stand out from the Central image. The navy blue text and yellow background shape makes the it exclude itself from the overall colour scheme so demonstrates that it talks about a different subject which isn’t to do with Britney. This image of Britney has been used to because it conveys the feeling that Britney feels weak and is sad this might link to a sad moment in life she is going through. The use of the black and white compliments the emotion that is emitted from Britney. This creates a theme of sadness. The relationship created with the reader is supported by the anchorage text as it demonstrates that Britney is in trouble.

The picture has been cropped to demonstrate a mid shot of Britney, This shot adds focus to her upper body area. Furthermore, she is looking at the viewer so has a direct mode of address. This type of image is typical of a lads mag. Britney is topless and is only wearing a ladies underwear. This suggests that her image is very intermit, sexual and revealing. This is appealing to Britney spears fans and likely the male audience. The prop that is used is a bathroom curtain. I believe that the message conveyed through the bathroom curtain is that we as the audience don’t know her well enough to see what is like as a whole. So what the curtain is doing essentially is that it is motivating the reader to find out more about Britney as a whole. Furthermore, the curtain being a tease makes us feel more that we the audience are her lover. The setting that is used is­ a shower room. The connotations of this are that that it is a very personal space and this compliments the way that Britney is presented as we get the overall theme of intimacy and confrontation. This leads to the another connotation which is that she is welcoming us in her own space. The colours that are used are white, red, black and blue. The colours red, white black and blue make the theme of America and that black is used to stand out from the white background.

There is a central mode of address. A high angle mid shot has been used to present Britney in a sexual position as if we were on top of her. Furthermore, the crop to a mid shot makes the image focus on her top body areas. This is type of image is typical of lads mag. Britney’s costume consists of a white shirt which is opened, black bra and a pale pink black poker dot women’s underwear. This suggests her image is very sexual and revealing. This is appealing to fans of Britney spears but mainly the male audience. The props that are used within this image are the teletubbie on the right and on the left is a telephone. The intertexual reference of Britney’s white shirt links to her first music video. The teletubby on her right refers to child like side character. On the left side is the phone this refers to her more teenage rebellious character. The teletubby being on her right might symbolise her good angelic side. Whereas, the left symbolises her bad devilish side. The setting that is used it seems is her bed the connotations of this is that she is sent to her room and feels compressed so is calling an unknown person who I can imagine is her boyfriend. This shows that Britney is showing her rebellious side. The colours that are used are bright and compliment the alluring effect of how the artist is presented. The lighting is high key and amplifies the areas that have captured by the light so will therefore capture the audience.

Music magazine codes and conventions

Here is my analysis of the Q music magazine. In the analysis I was looking a the codes and conventions of the magazine. Furthermore, I looked at the layout style of the magazine. 

Wednesday 5 October 2011

Preliminary front cover


For our first task it was to create a front cover and contents page for a college theme magazine. This magazine was created from my initial and basic knowledge of how a magazine would look like.