Music industry
Monday 22nd February
conglomerate- a thing consisting of a number of different and distinct parts or items that are grouped together.
globalize- develop or be developed so as to make international influence or operation possible.
diversify- make or become more diverse or varied
regulation- a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority.
revenue- income, especially when of an organization and of a substantial nature.
circulation- the public availability or knowledge of something.
Paid-for magazines with a readership over 1 million in the UK, in order of readership:
What’s on TV - TI Media - US magazine publisher
Radio Times - Hubert Burda Media - German magazine publisher (Immediate Media is the UK subsidiary)
TV Choice - Bauer Media - German media conglomerate: magazines, radio and music television
Take a Break - Bauer Media
Good Housekeeping - Hearst Communications - US media conglomerate: newspapers, magazines, local radio and cable television
Glamour - Hearst Communications (Conde Nast Publications is the UK subsidiary)
Inside Soap - Hearst Communications
This company owns over 600 magazines, including two UK music magazines – Q and MOJO
The company has diversified the MOJO brand, offering mojo4music.com online in order to reduce the risk of only operating in one media form.
The company is itself diversified, with ownership of magazines, websites, radio stations and music television channels, which may help protect it from declining audiences for magazines.
Magazines receive revenue from:
Circulation (cover price - £5.25 for MOJO in 2017)
Advertising (in MOJO, mostly live or recorded music, with some fashion advertising, some mass advertising – e.g. Specsavers – and some cross-promotion for other Bauer brands, such as Empire)
Sponsored content and product placement, for example, ‘MOJO listens to all its music on Roksan equipment’
Events, e.g. Vogue runs fashion events, GQ runs comedy events.
The print magazine industry is suffering from falling advertising revenues and falling circulations as many of their audience go online. Their response has been to diversify as much as possible – events are a good example of this – and to move magazines online.
MONDAY 22ND JANUARY
conglomerate- a thing consisting of a number of different and distinct parts or items that are grouped together.
globalize- develop or be developed so as to make international influence or operation possible.
diversify- make or become more diverse or varied
regulation- a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority.
revenue- income, especially when of an organization and of a substantial nature.
circulation- the public availability or knowledge of something.
Thursday 25th march
The core target audience for Kerrang is males in their late teens. This is because the main colours used are stereotypically very masculine with the blues, blacks and deep reds. The text on the front on the magazine is informal as they use slang. They want thier voice to be heard and be loud. The use of the image shows passion an thier personality. This person wants to live life loud.
The use of image appeals to the target audience because the front cover is bright and stands out. Also is loud and he wants to live for the atmosphere of gigs and festivals.
Mojo magazine
MOJO is THE MUSIC EXPERT – a magazine of high brand values and integrity. A carefully crafted musical archive covering the very best of music across genres. From classic and modern rock, folk, soul, country to reggae, electronic and experimental.
55,913
MOJO continues to lead the monthly Music market with a circulation of 55,913, circulating nearly 18,000 more copies on average than its closest competitor.
Mojo (magazine) Mojo is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom.
Monday 29th march
Music magazines
1. hammer-rock- because of their clothes
2. billboard-pop- because its Katy perry
3. vibe-rap- because the look of his face
masterhead- the masterhead is quite big and large
main image- his clothing is the kind a rapper would wear
main cover line- stands out
pull quote- i dont know
date, price- £29, 2018
banner- states aj traceys things
website music weekly- top left corner
In essence, typography is the art of arranging letters and text in a way that makes the copy legible, clear, and visually appealing to the reader. Typography involves font style, appearance, and structure, which aims to elicit certain emotions and convey specific messages
layout- the way in which the parts of something are arranged or laid out.
lexis- the total stock of words in a language.
A color palette, in the digital world, refers to the full range of colors that can be displayed on a device screen or other interface, or in some cases, a collection of colors and tools for use in paint and illustration programs.
Mise en scène, pronounced meez-ahn-sen, is a term used to describe the setting of a scene in a play or a film. It refers to everything placed on the stage or in front of the camera—including people.
pop
rock
rap
country
colour palette- red, white
main image- often medium close up
typography- block caps, traditional westren style fonts contrasted italics
lexis- straight forward
cowboys hats often feautue
classical
Monday 19th April
MOJO Audience
The most successful magazines during the time of
intense competition from online media have been
at the quality end of the market — the luxury
brands — which offer their audiences a ‘lean back
moment’ as they sink into the glamorous world of
their favourite glossy magazines
- These magazines use the advantages of the print
media - high quality photography, familiar
conventions, and sophisticated media language
using high quality printing on glossy paper. These
advantages, added to the authoritative brand . .
image of an established magazine such as Vogue,
attract advertising from high status brands. These
further add to the aspirational, high-quality tone. ,
- MOJO magazine has some aspects of the quality
monthly, but it is only semi-glossy and uses
lighter—weight paper. (Cheaper to produce)
However, it retains enough quality to enable it to
survive as a paid-for print product while the
cheaper weekly music magazines have either
closed or, like the NME, switched to free print
versions. The magazine is loved by its readers and artists alike because it engages them on the subject they love the most music itself.
mojo brings you definitive cover on ionic act
mojo is the worlds uk music magazine
mojo is the brand for those truly obsessed with music
mojo is the music expert
Rock and alternative music, niche market
Weekly magazines target an audience
that is more working class than middle
class: the paid-for magazines with the
highest working class readership
The quality monthly magazines tend to
target a more middle class audience. The
paid- for magazines with the highest
middle class readership are the monthlies
Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan,
Vogue, and BBC Good Food, followed by ,
the weekly Radio Times.
The most popular weekly and monthly
magazines have predominantly female
readerships. Magazines aimed at men
have lower circulations. The most
successful are Men’s Health and BBC Top W the highlighted sections.
Users and gratification theory
To explore the appeal of mojo magazine to its magazine target audience.
reading a magazine is far more active than a watching a film or sumin. .
music magazines often reainforce the readers values
They off aspirstanol role models.
Mojo mandona
music magazines often reianforce the readers vaules. offer aspirational role moldes.
MOJO magazine is THE rock'n'roll music magazine to be currently reading, designed solely for those who truly love music. MOJO magazine gives you exclusive access to the most iconic of stars and recording royalty, while celebrating tomorrow's stars today.
it provides information bout the rapper offer a range of enteriment, comedey, and gossip
that might form the basis of real life conversations and deaates the readers and thier real life convos
Monday 26th April
Cover Analysis
To analysis the cover of a magazine, linking it to genre and audience
’Baby boomer’ generation — a person born in the years
following the Second World War, when there was a
temporary marked increase in the birth rate
° diversification — the process of varying products
° audience address - how the text speaks to the audience,
and involves and influences them.
' Discerning - having or showing good judgement.
' house style - a company's preferred manner of presentation
and layout of written material.
codes and conventions are like the building blocks of all the media around us. Media codes generally have an agreed meaning, or connotation, to their audience.Conventions are expected ways in which codes are organised in a product.
Intertextuality happens when the conventions of one genre are alluded to in another, or when a specific cultural reference is made in a media text. Film posters or DVD covers use intertextuality when they mention other movies made by the same director.
A color palette, in the digital world, refers to the full range of colors that can be displayed on a device screen or other interface, or in some cases, a collection of colors and tools for use in paint and illustration programs.
An image is a visual representation of something. In information technology, the term has several usages.
An artist is referred to as a single person according to dictionary.com. You can however refer to the members of a band as artists
A customisable site-wide header that will contain your site name, main navigation, search and other function links along with a Jisc-wide banner.
In essence, typography is the art of arranging letters and text in a way that makes the copy legible, clear, and visually appealing to the reader. Typography involves font style, appearance, and structure, which aims to elicit certain emotions and convey specific messages.
shot type- The shot type is a mid shot because you can see the middle of him
star vehicle-
colour palette- the magazine is different colour colours which makes it stand out
bands and artists- David grohl
masterhead style- makes the star stand out and makes him seem more important
main cover line style- range of diffrent colour and it is quite big and attracts the eye
puff- it has a colourful puff to show how many people have reviewed to magazine
usp- you can receive a free cd from buying a magazine
placement of text- the placement of the text is out of the way of the star and takes up space elsewhere on the magazine
The masthead, Mojo, suggests that music is a
powerful, if not magical, influence Which would
appeal to the hard core music fans that the
magazine is aimed at. The sans serif font had a
curved edge Which looks modern and fresh,
connoting the content is up-to—date and new, again
appealing to those fans Who want to know about
new artists as well as classic artists. The block
capitals connotes masculinity Which also appeals
to the predominantly male target audience.
main cover line style is a range of diffrent colour and it is quite big and attracts the eye whih would link back to increasded sales and stuff because its atractting to the eye and its visaully nice to look at.
Monday 20th may 2021
Thursday 10th june
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Expression and pose- His expression suggests that he is quite serious and his pose is showing his dominance.
Jewellery- His jewellery may suggest his success and that he has a lotta money from his carer.
Text- the text is big and bold which is showing his masculinity and strength. The parental advisory thing shows that his songs are explicit which again may show his strength.
age- she looks young
Thursday 8th July
Dirt
L/o: To review and reflect on the assessment and set personal targets.
Question 3
representation- the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way.
Question 3
The choice of media language to connote the reverence mojo accords to musicians to their purpose to celebrate ' classic rock'. The 'authenticity' monochrome of a younger version of ( ray davies) with a eyeline suggesting a look towards the heavens combined with the cover line ' Rock's dark knight on surving the kinks and saving his soul' connoting maybe a spiritual quest.
Question 4
One similarity that both extracts both use language to try and create an inclusive mode of address addressing an audience of music tastes as well as both use a range of` sans-serif fonts. However a difference between the two extracts is the difference between the cluttered layout of 'we love pop' with a range of images and little column justification, and the more ordered layout in the mojo extract, dominated by one large central image and justified columns.
I need to remember to do is retain the info i learnt in class to exam
i need to revise representation of a musician in an extract.
Thursday 17th March
Thursday 31st March 2022
shows she prefers to be with her mates
Shows she is powerful and strong by shooting the gun
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| Makes her seem the domaint, strong one not the man |
a medium close shot on the woman sexualises her and the shot of her part de-humanizes her
The juxtaposition beweteen wealth and poverty
Thursday 12th May
The editing does match the pace of the song as every shot is quite fast paced and changes at a fast rate. As well as it matches because there also quickly. In if in were i were a boy we see both camerawork as well as it is more controlled when the scenes are with her husband. However the camerawork is also handheld when she is at work arresting people. The colour is quite de- saturated and dull and colourless and this shows the mood of the music video as there is tension bewteen her and him.
Music videos use media language such as the use of colour to create different effects to fit the meaning of the song
and the musicians' image. Uptown Funk and If I Were a Boy use very different post-production techniques. If I Were
a Boy has been de-saturated in the editing process to create a monochrome effect. This effect helps to reinforce the
serious narrative that is being explored. In contrast, Uptown Funk has a highly saturated look, where colours have been
emphasised in post-production, to create a more vibrant look that fits with the up-beat, fun song.
basically she is slagging off men saying there liars as well as cheaters which is far from true
Thursday 26th May
Beyonce's character is presented as being submissive as well as intimdating for being a female compared too her boyfriend who is appread to be calm loyal and collective.
Camera shots are presented to objectify women in a way by having torso shots as wide shots and close up area by her coller bone to create an interest for the male audience. The female is framed to be a model and for male eyes and de-humanised as well.
She also says that whilst male
bodies are shown to be
spectacular and heroic,
women are often shown in a
sexual way and are 'objects' to
be looked at by men.
Women in the media are often
either sexualised or shown in
stereotypical roles where they
are:
o caring
o motherly
o sensitive
o soft
Monday 6th June 2022
Producers of radio programmes may work for commercial radio
or publicly owned radio they target audience through........
BBC radio stations don't have to attract advertisers, but they do
have to fulfil the BBC's Public Service Broadcasting
requirements therefore they must.
The Radio 1 Live Lounge fits into this by targeting young
audiences: 15-29 year olds and
In your answer you must:
• analyse examples of how media language is used differently in the
extracts.
Make judgements and reach conclusions about whether there are more
similarities due to genre conventions than differences in the extracts.
"How far' what does this mean? You need to a judgement/conclusion Make sure you end your response with a paragraph that comes to a conclusion. In conclusion..... Break down what the question is asking... Is the media language different because of the genre? Yes the media language is different because of the different genre conventions. No the media language is not different because of the genre conventions. You decide what you argue and build your points to back up what you are saying.
This will focus on representation or media language analysis.
Contexts can be addressed in question 4 or 5 through the changes in gender
roles, attitudes to sexuality, multiculturalism, celebrity culture,
consumerism evident in the texts that you are studying
22/2/21- Good research here, well done.
ReplyDelete1/3/21- Please complete the research work for this lesson. If you require any help please let me know.
ReplyDelete8/3/21- Please complete the work for lesson, if you require any support, just let me know.
ReplyDelete22/3/21- Good start to your work, I see that you had to leave the lesson so you are missing the Music genres work, if you have time to work on this during any other lessons then that would be great.
ReplyDeleteCOVER ANALYSIS:
ReplyDeleteWell done!
WWW - You've made some good points and used the structure well.
EBI- Try linking the choices to the genre and target audience
REPRESENTATION:
Good notes. Shame you didn't actually write the final paragraph.
DIRT: good
ReplyDeleteMUSIC VIDEO:
ReplyDeleteGood to see you are able to identify elements of the Mise en scene, aim to use specific subject terminology such as: Narrative, Performance, Media Stereotypes. Give specific examples of this when answering exam style questions.