Music Magazines

Monday 13 March 2023                                    The Music Industry: Music Magazines

LO: to explore the magazine industry ownership, regulation & revenue  

Conglomerate: a large corporation formed by the merging of separate and diverse firms

Globalised: develop or be developed so as to make international influence or operation possible

Diversify: enlarge or vary the range of products or the field of operation of (a business)

Regulation: the government can block any sites they want 

Revenue: income, especially when of an organisation and of a substantial nature

Circulation: the public availability or knowledge of something

Conglomerate: loads of different companies coming together to make a bigger company

Globalised: develop or be developed so as to make international influence or operation possible 

Diversify: when a company goes from making one thing to to more media forms 

Regulation: blocking + monitoring media product = to be protect keep the public safe 

Revenue: income of a company- money 

Circulation: amount of copies that are distributed

Who Publishes What: 

What On TV: Future PLC  

 Radio Themes: Immediate Media Company 

TV Choice: H. Bauer Publishing 

Take a Break: Bauer Media Group 

Good Housekeeping: Hearst Communications 

Glamour: Conde Nast 

Inside Soap: Hearst Communications, Nat Mags 

1. Bauer owns over 600 magazines 

2. Mojo

3. 

4. Bauer Media Audio owns leading brands including KISS, Mix Megapol, Absolute Radio, Magic Radio, Radio Norge, Radio Express, Radio Nova, Radio 100, Today FM, Newstalk and RMF.

The Independent Press Standards Organisation     

1. transactional, project, service, and recurring

2.   following the rise of online publications and the Covid-19 pandemic

3. 

24 April 2023                                          Music Magazine

LO: to explore the terminology and genres of popular music magazines 

  

typography- arrangment of letters 

layout- the way in which text or pictures are set out on a page

lexis- words 

colour palette-  The type of colours on the magazine 

mise en scene- the arrangement of the scenery, props, etc. on the stage of a theatrical production or on the set of a film 

colour palette- red, white, blue, pink

shot type- they are all close up

typography- they are all at the top 

lexis- the words are promoting and say the company title 

layout- is one person in the middle of the page 

mise en scene- they all have there hair blowing around an they all have make up

Monday 22 May 2023

Genre and Target Audience 

LO: To identify target audience for a variety of music magazine genre and link to genre codes 

colour palette- very bright colours there is is a lot of pink 

image content and shot type- they are all close up shots 

typography- the font size is all big and very bold 

lexis- they words are promoting the company 

layout- on person in the middle of the play 

mise-en-scene - there is no setting and there is alot of colour  

colour palette- there are dull colours and not very bright 

image content and shot type- they are close up shots 

typography- they font size is all big and bold 

lexis- the words are promoting the company 

layout- on person in the middle of the screen 

mise-en-scene - there is no setting and there is no colour 

colour palette- there is alot of bright colours alot of red

image content and shot type- the shots are like a mid shot 

typography- the font size is big and bold 

lexis- the words are promoting the company 

layout- on person in the middle of the screen 

mise-en-scene - there is no setting and there is bright colours 

Age

Genre

There Style 

The Influencer

Colour Palette 

Main Image 

Topics 

demographics- look at the factual data like age, gender, martial status, income 

psychographics- look at the lifestyle behaviour and attitude 

1. Rock 

2. majority male aged 15-24

3. the black and white indicated a serious/ dangerous theme which correlates perfect with the rock theme 

1. classical 

2. majority female aged 15-24 

3. the soft and quite peaceful colours correlates perfectly with the calm classical theme  

12 June 2023

22/5- Good work from the lesson. T1: Link your analysis points to key information about the audience that is given in your reader profiles

karang is serious about there music and they take it very serious 

there music colour palette is very dark and it fits the genre of the music  

The typography in the poster is serif with a script style. The style is classical traditional font style. 

This reflects highly educated audience reinforces traditional values of music- making music.

The lexis in the poster is the masthead. The masthead is ver big and bold and is says the what the poster is about. 

the text in the poster is sparkly pink. The text is sans serif it is a very funky style. Appeals to people who like funky music and pop music. This is a good poster for pop. The style is very  femin and is very girly. 

the lexis reveals that the audience is younger. You can see this by it saying who is the fittest and haters 

Monday 26 June 2023

DIRT  

question 1 

tv and radio Ofcom 

fim BBC 

advertising ASA

Video Standard Council 

Question 2 

Media Language 

mise-en-scene 

camera, shot types, movement 

editing 

sound 

Camera work is key, there is different shot types like mid shot shot, close up shot and long shot

different shot types make different setting like close up is showing the main person, long shot might be showing all of them 

Question 3 

Different Music 

Competitions

local music/ news 

Radio ranges a bunch of audience by competitions and different music. 

they have to appeal to 15-29. they dont have a massive amount of listeners but they would rather have a small amount and focus on them 

commercial radio have not many  people but they can focus on the fan base and make more money. Radio 1 contracts this by only targeting 15-29 year olds playing the same genre of music 

Question 6 

BBFC 

 

more money 

extend the marketing on the film 

U AND G 

Personal Identity 

Information

Entertainment 

Social Interaction 

 

Entertainment

the lego movies fots the u+g thery because it plays into the entertainment role by creating alot of action packed scenes with also a lot of comedy this creates an entertaining movie  

Tuesday 12 September 2023

Uses and Gratification: 

Personal Identity: Attracting a 

Information: Free CD Songs 

Entertainment: Free CD 

Social Interaction: 

LO: to understand exam style questions and practice exam technique

1. Ofcom 

2. BBC

3. for the benefit of the public

4. Convergence 

5. Diversification 

6. Conglomerate 

Question 2

Live Music 

15-29 Year Olds

New artists 

They use people like stormzy to come on the show and make it more interesting for the public and make more people listen. They made the show educational aswell so younger people can watch it and listen to it aswell as music

Teenage Dirtbag- jocks, school people, learning  

Skater boi- emo, skaters, breaking stuff 

 Tuesday 19 September 2023 

  

 Do Now 

l 

 P- female model

 I- review of music 

 E- CD 

 S- Reviews 

 Question 2: 

 LO: to understand exam style questions and practice exam techniques 

     

 One way that mojo attracts there audience is buy giving away free CDs this will attract them buy giving them free music. Another way they attract them is by Superstar on the cover this will attract them buy if its a artist they like they will read it.         2 

 Music Video 

 Teenage Dirtbag

 Narrative linear played by actors 

 American high school

 School bullies jock

 Popular Girl 

 Natural lighting 

 Skater Boi 

  

 Narrative- City, skater clothes 

 White, Males surrounding her 

 The light is natural 

 Its illegal to stand on car so the police came 

 The music language is different because there is one in a school and one is in the city. This proves that one is about school people and one is about normal people. Another difference is one is in school clothes and the other is in skater clothes like arm bands and teenage has like school bags and has  

 

 Media Language 

 Mese en scene 

 

 Tuesday 26 September 2023 

  

 1. Ofcom 

 2. 

 3. Benefit of Public 

 4. 

 5. diversification 

 6. Conglomerate  

   

  Music Industry: Q3 

 LO: to explore exam style questions and practice exam techniques 

 Media Language: Editing, Mise en Scene, Narrative, Shots 

 

 

 BBC- Benefits the Public         

  TV Licence Funding  

 Commercial 

 Adverts- Big Audience 

 Range of Music 

 BBC gave to meet the remit 

 Support the audience

'Live Music, Speech Techniques, 15

  The Live Lounge meets the BBC remit by meeting the different age range. They  have stormzy on  one of his show and he uses slang like big up and propper good this is targeting the people that are 15-18 year olds. There is Raye aswell which targets the younger women because she plays the type of music that they would listen to. The older target range is the old songs they have the old singers come onto the Live Lounge. They have young target presenters which have informal speeches that can help the young people with stuff. They also play songs that they like. With the BBC having a wide range of audience they have a big comapant the have the big company. They also support emerging artists by giving them songs on the lounge 

 Tuesday 3 October 2023

 

1. Mise en Scene, Editing, Sound, Narrative, Camera Work 

 2. The Company that produce films  

 3. Who is watching the show or the movie 

 4. The way that it is represented to the audience 

 5. The background of the text

 

 Representations: 

 How are groups of people presented? 

 

 Q3: Explain how and why music videos create representations that are different form one  another. Refer to one example of contrasting representation in two music videos you have to study to support your answer. 

 USA Highschools: 

 Jock- They are presented as popular and respected, confident, slow mo, long shot  

 Popular Girl- Doesnt like her boyfriend after he throws something 

 Loser Group- Wolly hat, scruffy clothes, loser, the reverse shot of him interacting in the corridor calling him a loser 

  

 Group of teens- the are breaking the law, smashing the cars, rebellious 

 Avril- leader of the boys, respected, rebellious, low angle shots, boys in the cars 

 

They are rebellious because they are braking stuff and breaking the law. This has slow mo shots which emphasises how bad they are.

They are different representations to teenage dirtbag because that is about school people.

 

 In teenage dirtbag there is a popular girl and she is in love with a jock and the jock is mean. He is stereotypically in jock clothes and he is respected. The slow mo shots emphases how much he is respected and how cool he is.

 In skater boi avril is the leader of all the boys and is the main singer. She is well respected and is rebellious and doesn't care. low angle shots is like people are looking up to her because she is the leader. 

 

In teenage dirtbag the loser has scruffy clothes and people dont like him. The reverse shot is saying that the people dont like him and keep calling him a loser. He also has his own table and eats by himself because people dont like him.  

 Tuesday 10 October 2023 

 

 1. Clothes, lighting, editing, props 

 2. Making something better 

 3. Shot Types 

 4. Non- Dietetic sounds and diegetic  

 5. Linear story, performance 

 

 Music Industry 

 LO: to explore the exam style questions and practice exam style techniques for Q4 focusing on media language 

 Representation of the musician 

 How are they shown or presented

 The poster is mischievous because there is a strange figure in the middle of the magazine. They use black and white on him to make more strange and make it more scary and try and give it the mysterious look for the audience. 

 They also use medium- close up shot to express his feelings and emotions. Also they use the dark knight quote indicating that he might of been a brave and really famous rockstar because batman is really famous. 

  

  All of this stuff links back to the magazine is mysterious because it is black and white, he is described as the dark knight and he is looking up to the sky 

 

 The poster represents age by through a older male by having murder and having muderous comments. There is also a black, red and white colour palette which represents murder. 

 

 They also have a serious outfit, he has a suit and that is normally represented in a serious and dangerous manner. they also have a serious face and look really important and serious 

 The mid shot type shows the seriousness through his face and reveals his emotions. Direct to the audience look at us, stern, confrontiantial. This proves that the magazine is serious and important  

 Tuesday 31 October 2023 

 

 1. The shot that is used 

 2. The design style of the text that is used 

 3. The colours used throughout the cover 

 4. The words that are used in the cover lines 

 5. The name of the magazine 

 

 LO: to explore the exam style questions and practice exam techniques for Q5 focusing on media language and representation  

 

 15 marks long 

 Judge and conclude 

 

 Context- what is going on in the world at the time 

 Gender, sexuality, celebrity, multiculturalism, consumerism 

 1. The layout is Cluttered because the words are all over the poster and the are not very ordered 

 2. The colour choices are saturated so this shows that there magazine is colourful and fun and not boring 

 3. The colours that they have chose are saturated 

 4. That the magazine are bright and that the magazine is for girls because that the colour palette if girl colours 

 

 

 1. The layout of this magazine is ordered because the words and cover lines are all spread equally around the page, the serif says it is formal 

 2. The colour choices are really calm and they are not really that bold 

 3. The colours that they have chose are muted 

 4. The colour palette shows that the magazine is quite a formal and quite serious magazine 

  The use of muted colour palette main cover image reflects that it is formal 

  The font is a sans serif font this is a block colour shows that is is quite bold and modern it says that it s up to date with the music

 Tuesday 7 november 2023  

 do now: 

 1. people born in the years following world war 2    

 2. the process of two products 

3. how the text speaks to the audience 

4. having good judgement 

5. a companys preferred manner 

lo: to explore the exam style questions and practice exam techniques for q5 focusing on media language and representation 

 15 marks= 15 minutes 

 how far 

give opinions 

 gender roles- more equality 

 multiculturalism- celebrity culture, consumerism 

 attitude to sexuality- improved attitudes and celebrate lgbtq 

serif- it has a shadow, it is upper case 

colours- purple, pink, white

it is feminin 

 main cover line is big and bold- big white and black, sans serif, uppercase 

puff- 

 

the font is sans serif and it is big and bold. it also has round edges and it it looks really modern.  

 

this suggest that this is a font for the type of music on the magazine to show that this is for the hardcore music fans and the ones that really like this type of music. all the text is uppercase, show this shows that the magazine is formal and in bold so it stands out for people. another thing that stands out for people is the colour palette. the colour is feminin because it has colours like pink, purple, and magenta it shows that bowie is not worried about gender. it shows that he dosent care about what other people think and he is just going to do what he wants to do. the colour on the cover lines are black and bold so it stands out. 

 the colour palette is quite formal colours and he is looking quite serious

 

 the colour palette is quite formal and is just a normal background. there is muttered colours like there is a green car, blue sky and just really boring colours and it dosent stand out like the david bowie magazine. he is surrounding is just a back garden and the david bowie magazine has no background it is just pink but int the other one is  

 

Tuesday 28 November 2023

 

  

 

      

 

There is different colours so it tells us that one is more formal and the other is more fun. It has different colours one is saturated and one is muted. So this tells us that one is more fun and colourful and the other is more serious and formal. Another reason they are different is the people. One of them is older people and the other is the newer generation of people. You can also see there clothes are different one of them is older suits and the not the same as the ones now. The other magazine cover is more formal and not as fun as the other one 

 

   The media language is used differently in the two magazine covers, because of the genetic conventions of the magazines and he audience appeal. The mastheads on the two magazines are clearly different. Bill board uses lower case letters, yellow, sans serif type. The use of the lower case letters gives a sense of informality and the rebellion as it refuses to use capital letters for the name of the magazine. The