Erins Media Studies Blog

My Magazine Planning Title -  Genre - Indie rock . Maybe fashion as well? Target Audience (demographic) - 16-25 Ideological focus: key word INDEPENDANCE -  Key Representation(s) - Male 20 y/o, Female 20 y/o. Both musicians Links to music video -

Aspirational Magazine Covers  

How a double page spread creates meaning There is an aggressive ideology presented through the mise-en-scene of the skull heads in the back of the image as well as the composition and medium shot type which allows all four skull heads to be seen as well as each member of the band. The composition of the artists within the image is also aggressive as they take challenging stances and one member even sneakily holds up a middle finger.The costume is stereotypical of a rock band with leather jackets and boots as well as long hair stereotypical for bands at the time. The use of anchorage of the large bold headline "Bad Company" directly next to the image of the band also creates an aggressive tone implying they are dangerous. Members of the band alternate between a direct mode of address or no mode of address creating unease as some appear to be more aggressive than others.

Name(s) - Dave Bayley Age - 23/24 Costume - Interesting shirt e.g. hipster silk weird pattern. All black outfit (inc. shirt and jeans) with skull face makeup Key Ideology - Depression, Hipster, Quirky Place of Origin - Oxford, London Props - ??? Style - Sexualised, depressed?

Magazine Cover Analysis NYLON - ALEXA CHUNG Codes and conventions - Conventional. Focus heavily on artist. Subversion having her in a suit? Layout and design - Central focus on artist with text surrounding her. Composition - positioning of masthead/headlines, cover lines, images, columns  -  Title of magazine hidden behind her showing she has power and attention on her. Font size, type, colour  - Pink indicating feminine tone over grey suit indicating stern and hard working. Images/photographs - shot type, angle, focus - Medium shot of Alexa is centre focus of magazine cover. No other images.  Mise-en-scene – colour, lighting, location, costume/dress, hair/make-up  - Grey suit = stern appearance.  Graphics, logos  - Simple graphics, Simple colour scheme (white, blue, pink, black, grey) Language – headline, sub-headings, captions – mode of address - "Coolest" "Iconic Beauty" attaching themselves to her.  Copy  ...