Main Task: Double page spread conventions diagram

Main Task: Double page spread textual analysis

Headline:
The Headline is pretty basic, as it is the same font as the normal text, but in a larger font.
Mise en scene:
Character: The cover photograph is of the young MC wittybot. He is dressed in "urban" or "street" clothing. He also seems to be thinking.
Composition:
Whittboy is leaning more than standing, against a car park wall which connotes that he is laidback, relaxed. His head is bowed down an he seems to be looking at the floor, although not concentrating on it. This would suggest that he is in deep thought, maybe about his career.

1. Denotation: This double page spread consists of a colour photograph of a man leaning against a wall and looking towards the floor. It is a wide shot: it shows his face down to his feet, and has been taken from the side. The photo takes up the whole double page spread, and the setting of the photo seems to be a small carpark/lot and the lighting is fairly bright. The text is seperated into columns, and each column of text is placed upon a biege box. Over-all, this double page spread has a basic layout/look.

2. Mise-en-scene:
The cover photograph is of the young MC wittybot. He is dressed in "urban" or "street" clothing. He also seems to be thinking.
Whittboy is leaning more than standing, against a car park wall which connotes that he is laidback, relaxed. His head is bowed down an he seems to be looking at the floor, although not concentrating on it. This would suggest that he is in deep thought, maybe about his career.

*Costume: His costume is a mainly black hoodie, dark navy jeans with the bottoms folded up, flat trainers (which resemble vans) and a baseball cap. This costume was most probably selected by the subject to connote his proffesion/lifestlye.
*Props:
*Setting: The setting is in a carlot/park.
*Lighting: The lighting is bright, as it has been taken during the day. This gives a natural feel to the picture.
*NVC: His NVC suggests...

3. Anchorage: words that help ‘anchor’ the meaning of pictures.

4. Magazine Conventions:
· Masthead (Logo):
· Dateline:
· Main Image:
· Cover-lines:
· Main Cover-line:
· Left Third:
· Barcode:
· Selling Line:
· Website Link:

Main Task: contents page conventions diagram

Main Task: Front cover conventions diagram

Main task: Front cover textual analysis

Denotation: This magazine falls under the genre of dance/club music. The front cover consists of a colour photograph of a young woman looking directly into the camera (or the reader eyes), with what looks like a slight smile on her face. It is a medium close up showing her head, down to her stomach. She seems to be standing in a dark room with high key light beams hanging from the ceiling, with one of the light beams in her hand. The masthead and cover lines are infront of this photograph, but do not completely cover the subject. There are 14/15 coverlines in total, but they are in small text and have short descriptions so that they dont cover the whole front cover. The main subject of all the cover lines is in a slightly pale orange colour, and the barcode, price and date is on the bottom right of the page.

Masthead: The "mixmag" masthead is in the same pale orange colour as the main subject in each coverline. It is hard to identify what font has been used, but it is a sans serif modern font. The masthead fits in well with the magazine, as the word 'mix' is often used in music when a DJ puts together a group of related or non-related tracks. "Mixmag" connotes that this magazine will probably have the latest or best "mix" CD's out at the moment, and that this magazine would interest dance music DJ's and the like.

Character: The cover photograph is of Annie Mac, wearing modern flashy clothes and holding a light rod in her left hand. Annie Mac is a well known electronic dance DJ who has her own show on BBC Radio 1. Bearing this in mind, Annie Mac connotes that this magazine would appeal mostly to young people in there 20's or over, who are interested in electronic dance music.

Costume: Her costume is a jet-black cotton (or maybe silk) dress, and a large gold/black chain around her neck. This costume has been selected carefully to appeal to the target audience, because the majority of people reading this magazine are most likely to be fashion conscious university students.
NVC: Her non-verbal communication is simple but at the same time captivating. She is looking directly at the camera, with her mouth partially open, and she has a mysterious look in her eyes.
Lighting: Although she seems to be in a dark room, the lighting is high key. This is because of the light rods surrounding her randomly across the room.
Setting: There is little setting, apart from a dark room filled with white beaming light rods. GLOW STICKS

Cover lines: The main cover line that relates to the photograph says: "Annie Mac: is she ready for the biggest job in dance music". This is making referance to Annie taking over the 'weekend starter' radio slot from Pete Tong. This seems to be a big topic within the listeners and fellow dance music or Peter Tong fans. Most people think that she may not be ready, as this is a daunting task for someone who rose to fame through radio and not clubs.

Target audience: Taking into consideration all of these points, I believe the likely target audience of this magazine would be people (both male and female) aged 20-40. They would have a good knowledge of fashion and a definite interest in the music genre of electronic dance and techno, as well as a general knowledge of the music industry.

Main Task: Introduction

My name is Jeffrey James, and as part of my AS media course i have been asked to create a double page spread and contents page for a music magazine.

I have chosen to look for dance/dubstep genre magazines, although i like all types of music. I believe that i would find it easier to make my magazine relate to this audience. I already have an idea of ho

Preliminary Task: Contents page FINAL