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Friday 13th June 2025
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To research the codes and conventions of similar products
Cover analysis:
- The person on the cover is Billie Eilish; the shot type used to represent them is at least a close up or medium close up
- The cover lines include topics such as: 50s music dying out (possibly for an older audience), something about a country singer (?), starting your own business (?), and Eilish's rise to fame
- The main image is monotone, with white and turquoise highlights
- the masthead is also turquoise in a sans serif font dominating the left side of the cover
- The price, date, and website is positioned below the masthead
- Most of the font type is sans serif with differentiating thicknesses and heights- excluding the 'with a' connectives which is in italics and serif font
- there are no puffs
- It's laid out pretty sparsely with all the cover lines pushed to the right ( the masthead on the left)
- The only image is of Eilish
- The texts are all of varying topics suggesting billboard has a diverse audience
- The article is laid out as a three column page with other picks of text at the bottom
- only one image is used ( taking up most of the page)
- The main typography is in a serif font; at the bottom of the page is changes into sans serif (connoting the contemporary music artists of the year - stays on theme)
- There's a couple colloquial subheadings ( I can't see the other page so the rest of the article is a little ambiguous to me)
- The colour scheme is a contrasting sea-green to an off-white, beige background; the image also having similar highlights of the sea-green
- Eilish is represented in a minimalistic (what seems to be a ) bedroom ( connoting familiarity or relatability)
- Eilish poses a bit more of a masculine aesthetic; her main music genre is indie (alternative)/ pop so she's presented a little more laid-back ( not easily identifiable as to what she does) and simple
- The ideology presented ( after reading snippets of the article )
- The main image: south-east asian representation; medium close-up ( allows readers to see her. face and style); her expression is kind of 'ponderous' ( links to 'welcome to beatopia); her clothing isn't too glamorous- indie, laidback);
the background is the dry outdoors ( connotes heat, being lost, ect); colours in the main image makes the main line stand out ( connotations are a little Alice in Wonderland, " high", possibly nostalgic?);
- Cover lines and masthead: most cover lines are block capitals sans serif; main cover line- looks as if it's been drawn on with a marker
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Music magazine: different genre conventions:
Pop:
- bright colours
- probably looks a little expensive
- modern
- feminine
Hip Hop:
- dark colours
- Bold fonts
- masculine
- maximalist
Indie:
- Mellow and bold colours
- simplistic
- 'low-budget'?
Folk:
- woody, greenish, warm
- simple
- older audience?
Rock:
- very bold
- weirdly alien
- expensive
Metal/ Punk:
- maximalist
- garish
Rock'n Roll:
- older audience
- bright, 'unusual' colours
Jazz:
- Formal, classy
- dark and academic colour and style
Magazines that I like: ( on powerpoint)
MUSIC MAGAZINE CONVENTIONS ( that I stole off of someone else!!)
Definition of codes and conventions: They are what makes something and are the key to the genre or style of such media.
- Masthead: typically the name and the logo of the magazine- they differ depending on the genre of magazine (e.g. rock: bold, hard, weirdly static; pop: soft, a little bouncy, modern etc)
- main cover lines: these tend to match the characteristics of the person on the front cover; made to draw attention to the reader
- Cover lines: typically stories of various musicians: whether it's gossip and drama, concerts, new music, emotional stuff, emerging or old songs, industry stuff- music magazine can talk about anything as long as it links to music one way or another
- Tagline: not exactly to draw attention- it could be something like ' special' or 'British' edition
- Colour pallets: A music magazine has no universal target audience; it's usually matches to fit the cover star and what their theme is in the photo ( feminine colours like pink or soft pastels to fit perhaps a pop, alternative or even K-pop type musician)
- Layout: the layout is usually suited to the genre: a magazine that does any or every type of music may have it rounded to connote it has every genre, whereas a rock or hip-hop magazine is more scattered and packed in; I have also noticed that a selection of more minimalistic magazines have information to the side making a [ or ] shape
- basic information: barcode, price, date etc
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