Kerrang Analysis

Page Layout

• Mid-Shot
•  Masthead 
• Skyline  
•  Puff 
• Cover line
• Barcode
• Artist is in front of masthead to show that artist has dominance but that the magazine is established and that people know it regardless of whether the full title is visible or not.

Image:

• White shirt
• Tie
• Formal wear - showing irony of the formal wear by taking it off
• Tattoos - connoting punk/rock genre of magazine
• White background 
• Frank Iero, guitarist of My Chemical Romance, well known rock band

DPS

Page Layout:

• Mid-shot
• Pull quote
• Columns
• Drop caP

Image:

• Crown The Empire - well known rock band 
• Covers DPS
• Casual wear
• Tattoos
• Coloured hair

Flat Plan

Analysis of College Magazine

Similarities:

• Masthead
• Barcode
• Cover lines
• 3 colours for colour scheme

Differences:

• Model expression - music magazines make their artists look serious and powerful to show dominance in the music industry whereas college magazine makes them look happy to show that they are happy in the decisions they have made for their lives and education
• Topics/types of articles featured - music magazines usually feature articles relating to the artist and what affect their music whereas college magazine speaks about a variety of things such as clubs, majors, professors, student problems and 

Class Analysis of Usher in "Vibe" Magazine

Shot: Mid-Long Shot of Usher

Mise-on-scene:

• Pilot/engineer clothing
• Aeroplane in background
• Box-fresh white t-shirt
• Dog tags
• Aviator shades
• Relates to the iconic US classic "Top Gun"
• Lighting: high key lighting - emphasises star quality
• Runway/airstrip
• Colour scheme: yellow, white, green, blue, black

Genre

• Expensive glasses - connote R&B

Page Layout

• Masthead: VIBE
• Convention to place star in front of masthead
• Vibe is well established
• Usher has dominance
• Main cover line: anchors pictures, large
• Puff - to show additional information featured in magazine
• Skyline: names of artists to attract more attention
• QR codes
• Barcode
• Website
• Consistent Sans Serif font

Music Magazine Genre: K-Pop

I have decided that my genre of music magazine will be Korean Pop, also known as K-Pop, which first started in the 1990s. K-Pop has a variety of styles and influences from the Korean perspective of cute and sexy to more Western themes such as guns, movies and money. The songs themselves also features aspects of hip-hop, rap and R&B. K-Pop groups are separated by gender as you will only get either all girl groups or all boy groups, rarely mixing the two. Popular idol groups today include a variety of dances and shots in their music videos in order to capture the attention of their audience, as well as having various themes to tell a story through visual means. Popular male idol groups today are EXO, BTS, BIGBANG, GOT7 and Seventeen. Popular female idol groups today are 2NE1, EXID, Girls Generation, SISTAR and f(x).

(BIGBANG)

(Girls Generation a.k.a SNSD)

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Welcome to my Blog!

Hey,

I'm Sopna, also known as Soap and this is my AS Media blog. On this blog, I will be uploading and sharing my progress for my music magazine. I have a particular interest in Media and all of its different platforms in which different messages are conveyed.I also enjoy Graphics and English Language which help me analyse the different uses of images and wording in everyday life as well as Media. I also enjoy photography even though I do not do this course as an A-Level, I keep this as one of my interests/hobbies.

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