Convention of front page

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Here are 3 images of music contents page of different genres. As you can see these music magazine have convention of a magazine and similar in ways layout(splash). All magazine has masthead, main image (which often covers the masthead slightly), anchorage, selling lines, cover lines, main cover line, mise-en-scene, bar code, issue number/dateline, model credit.

Image 1 contains all the conventions above that a music magazine have. The main image is overlapped the masthead because the main image is the selling point, that attracts the audience to buy. The language they have used is image a photograph of Taylor Swift also text/font as cover lines and masthead. They have kept the front cover page simple and clear by sticking to a few colours, these are white, blue and black. The institution is "Blender". "Blender" magazine's ideology is, pop music, whereas it is considered important.An example of Media Language that shows this is the cover lines "Panic at the disco, beg for a groupie ambush". The audience for this magazine is teenagers at the age group from 12-18. Majority of the audience would be female. The magazine cost approx £3($4.99). The magazine is for fans who would like to know the latest music and gossip in the music industry as well as the celebrities gossip and lives. The representation for "blender" is pop culture is because the main image is Taylor Swift and at the time her songs were very popular.

Image 2 contains all the conventions above that a magazine have. The main image is in the centre of the magazine. "Mojo" magazine are published monthly/ The languages of this magazine are images and text. There are more than one image used for this front over. The masthead of this magazine is "Rolling Stones", however this magazine is insert.They have kept the front cover clear by not having a lot of cover lines. Also have kept it simple by only using a few colour, these are black, white, orange and red. However there are other colours in the images in the bottom right corner. The institution for this magazine is "Mojo". The ideology for this magazine is classic rock 'n' roll, is it seen as important. An example of media language that shows this is "the worlds greatest rock 'n' roll band in action".The audience for this magazine would be music fans. This magazine cost £3.10 in 2000. Now in 2009 "Mojo" magazine cost approx £4.50. The age range for "Mojo" target audience from mid twenty's onwards, this is because this not everyone is willing to pay approx £4.50 on a magazine.
The representation for "MOJO" magazine is rock 'n' roll, reason is the main image on this splash is the "Rolling Stones" who are a rock 'n' roll band that came out in the 1960s.

Image 3 is layered (the splash) is different to image 1 and 2. One of the reason is that anchorage is displayed on top of the main image in the centre of the page. On image one the anchorage is on the side like a cover lines. That's doesn't really show the anchorage. However image 2 is different as it is an insert and not the actual magazine. The magazine NME is published weekly, every Tuesday.The language used for this front cover page is images and text. However the images and text is used and lay (splash) differently to the image 1 and 2 front cover page. For example where the text are place and images. On image 1 there is only one main image. However on image 2 and 3 there are more and not only one main image, the side images have a white boarder, this shows that the images are not related to the main image or the anchorage. The colours that have used for the text are yellow, white, red and black. The institution is NME and the ideology for this magazine is punk rock however it is now indie, that is seen as important. An example of media language that connotes this is "maniac street preachers". The audience for this magazine would be music fans that likes indie, and rock music who likes to be updated with the latest music and music industry as "NME" magazine is published every week. The target age group is from 18-28. However there are fans who are under the age of 18 who buys this magazine in addition majority the youth/teens nowadays buy this magazine, as society has changed and indie trend and music has become popular. The representation for this magazine is from indie to rock and screamo. There would be a bit of every genre inside the magazine to attract different but similar audiences with similar taste in music.

Key concept - LIIAR

L - Language E.G. Text, Images, Music, Photography, Comic etc.

I - Institution E.G. Companies, like Tv channel, magazine, radio station etc.

I - Ideology E.G. Idea of what the magazine would be selling. The idea of ideology for a fashion magazine will be fashion. Consumer's selling point eg. funky, natural etc.

A- Audience E.G. The target audience like age group for Cbbebies is 0-10

R- Representation E.G. Represents a certain something or some one. Like how we see a character in any way in Tv drama or film.

The Brief

Main Task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, produced by your - minimum of four images

Presentation of your WORK: The presentation of the research, planning and evaluation may take form of any one, or combination of two or more, of the following;

• a presentation using slideshow software such as PowerPoint
• blog
• a podcast;