MUSIC MAGAZINE

LESSON 1.                  

                          MONDAY 20 MARCH 2023

          L/O: TO EXPLORE THE MAGAZINE INDUSTRY OWNERSHIP ,REGULATION & REVENU.

DO NOW 




1. news, shows, movies, ect.
2. immediate media
3. H 
4. BAUER
5.  hearts communicants 
6.



1. It operates worldwide and owns more than 600 

2. take a break 

3. MOJO is published by Bauer Media. This company owns over 600 magazines, including two other UK music magazines – Q and Kerrang! The company has diversified the MOJO brand, offering mojo4music.com online in order to reduce the risk of only operating in one media form.

4. It operates over 150 radio brands, including Absolute Radio, KISS, Hits Radio Network, Magic, RMF, and Mix Megapol.





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LESSON 2


                               MONDAY 17 APRIL 2023   


DIFFERENT MUSIC GENRES

House music, club music, disco music , chill music, classic music, country music, Rock music, metal music , HIP HOP, rap ,  jazz music , funk , r&b , 


 RESARCH 

ROCK


1)  they were hats and dark clothing jeans  and women were similar clothing .

2) they are very loud 

3) rebelian, punk , sex and drugs , typically that what they sing about 














POP

1) they  typically were bright colours clothing pink ,  

2) soft, breathy singing to loud, full-belt singing.

3) love,joy and problems , relationships 




HIP HOP

1) they typically were allot of clothing like dark cloths 

2) a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted.

3) ife in the ghetto and the tough times of growing up in the bad part of town




































































                       
rapper 

2pac the gold chains clothing colour dark.


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LESSON 3

                               MONDAY 15 MAY 2023






ROCK


. tiny points of light

 traditionally centered on the amplified electric guitar,







                                                                                                               

LESSON 4
                                                            
                                            

 MONDAY 15 MAY 2023

                             L/O to explore the terminology and genres of popular music 


                                                     MUSIC MAGAZIN                




                                          



 


the rock magazine you can tell that they are dressed in black clothing and the scheme used for the cover 






























. Typography- the art or procedure of arranging type or processing data and printing from it.

. layout - he way in which text or pictures are set out on a page.

. lexis - the vocabulary of a language, as distinct from its grammar

. colour palette - a combination of colours used by UI designers when designing an interface.

. mise-en-scene - all of the elements that comprise a single shot; that includes, but is not limited to, the actors,





VIBE MAGAZINE 

. typography used in vibe is the title is big and the writing is big to catch  audience attention and the picture in the middle shows the person with a cigaret in his hand 

1-c
2-d
3-e
4-a
5-B

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LESSON 5

                      MONDAY 5 JUNE 2023

 
POP Magazin


. bright colour 
. center 
. front 
. the words are used for fun and the colour are bright .
. the text and the layout is different the writing is centred .
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ROCK Magazin 

. the colour is dark and some bright colour like the writing .

. the shot angle is mid shot and the main characters are the middle 

. the words are centred and at bright colour  

. the layout is great all the letters are well placed for example 2022 is perfectly centred 









RAP HIP HOP Magazin 





















                                                        

                         Genre & target Audience 


MAGAZINE                          AUDIENCE  

. font                                       . age     - D
. there face                              . interest  - P
. image                                    . Gender - D
.                                               . ethnicity - D







. active image 
. bright colour's like red , white rock
. old style from late 90s and the writing is big.
. the graphic style  

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LESSON 6

                              MONDAY 19 JUNE 2023

                                                      AUDIENCE APPEAL 


 


. colour pallet 
. her clothing 
. the violin classical music
. props violin C. M
. target age 15-34                           
. background.

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LESSON 7

                  MOJO AUDIENCE 

          L/O: to explore & define the magazine's target audience.


GENRE
.classic and modern rock, folk, soul, country to reggae, electronic and experimental.

PUBLISHER 
. Bauer Media Group , Ascential

TARGET AUDIENCE 
upmarket and mature audience

CIRCULATION
PlatformAverage per Issue
Print copies52294
Digital copies10439


BRANDS
. BAUER MEDIA 

 

 MOJO Witch brands has been successful = Luxury Brands and media language 
 
mojo expert at music , classic modern rock REGGE pop music 


. muddle class- Education , professional , university 

. working class - less money. skilled/non skill job.


. Lower class people read weekly magazines 

. middle class people are most likely to read more expensive Magazines 


NICHE  Audience a small specific audience , Magazines  

MOJO is different then the other Magazines 






1) the music they us Spotify, Amazon music, YouTube  
2) there Hobbes is to listening to music 
3) he has 2 children and he has well played professional job 
4) music 
5) the relationship to music he love it since he was young.
6)






there entertaining since they came out with a CD BOB MARLEY 





























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                         MONDAY 3 JULY 2023

                       LO: To review and reflect on the EOY exam and set personal target.



DIRT  

Q1. of-cam tv and radio
    bbfc-FILM-(including Trailers)
    ADVERTISING-ASA           
    MAGAZINE & NEWSPAPER- IPSO & IMPRESS
   VIDEO STANDARDS COUNCIL

Q2. The media language is used different between sk8-er Boi and teenagedirtbag the narrative  this can be seen with the music video Teenage Dirtbag by the artist wheats and sk8boi Avril  lvigne. In Teenage-Dirtbag(Wheatus) it's follows a story though out. wheatus and Avrillavigne music sk8er-boi use liner narrative .


Q3) In commercial radio the producers target different type of audiences with there mix's of music and the stuff that talk about to
attract a range of ages in the audience to listening to there music to make more money from the advertisersor having a wider audience.

In Radio 1 Live lounge, the TV licence pays for the production because it is [PSB] and the remit age 15-29 for example is attracted by using recent music.  


Q6 BBFC

Q7. . to extend the marking of the film 
A reason why film company  make video game linked to a film is 


Q8. Blamer and katz's 
P-personal 
I- information 
E-Entertainment-interesting ,fun,exiting 
S- social interaction - talk about to friends , lego sets,costume 

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                            MONDAY 17 JULY 2023

     L/O: to identify target audience for a music magazine and analyse for the representation present.


























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LESSON ONE 

                             MONDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2023 

                               L/O: To explore the appeal of mojo magazine to it's target audience.



DO NOW 




Image 1 -Drake male appeal 

You can tell that the Magazine is aimed at men and female because there is a men on the cover and the colour yellow black and white  not that colourful , but the men on the image is attractive for female because the colour and Drake on the magazine. 
















image 2 


Education-posh, Musical education sophisticated language and specialised long-linked to Music.










Active audience

A Magazine audience is an example that they active because they have to choosing a magazine and they using there brain to reading the magazine and also have to decide what part of the magazine to read and think about the stuff on the Magazine.


Uses and Gratification

. Personal identify. 
. Information. 
. Entertainment. 
. Social interaction.

























these may be gain personal identify by how rebellion music and the reader will look up to her Name because she had been a big Name in the last 4 Decades and it offers a female role model and it reinforces the values and  culture of punk and rock music which appeals to the reader that reads the magazine to learn about more.  









The information that you can get from a Magazine page features and asks any question and Mojo give free cd to listen to music and they give information about popular music.

























It provide entreatment by giving a free CD of HEAVY SOUL, And the colour pallet are bright and blond and that the magazine uses a different colours and shades on the cover to make the audience bay giving the magazine , gifts and cd to listen to that type of music to give you that feel of that type of music.























This magazine provides social interaction because to make the target Audience will go home after reading the magazine and they will talk about it with there friends and the family to talk and give information to the reader that give a feeling comfort.


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   Lesson 2              

                        MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2023

    L/O: TO UNDERSTAND EXAM STYLE QUESTIONS AND PRACTICE EXAM TECHNIQUE.





DO NOW

personal-identity- this magazine appeals to target audiences because on the main cover is popular singer BOB MARLEY is on the cover, and the type of people who would buy magazine because they like that type of music and that specific music taste.

 Information-BOB MARLY on the cover.

entreatment-FREE CD which there share with there friends about that type of music.







 MUSIC VIDEO 

TEENAGE DIRTBAG 

. Unpopular boy
. Popular girl 
. Jock 
. Prom 
. American high school 


SK8-ER BOY 

. Main character Avril Lavigne
. Punk style 
. Rebellious 
. Teenager 

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                         MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2023

                          LO: To explore exam style questions and practice exam techniques.



DO NOW 

1. OFCOM 
2. BBC
3. BRODCASTING PUBLIC
4.convergence
5. diversification 
6. conglomerante 


one way Mojo attract audiences and they are entertainment people  by giving FREE CD which the people who would buy MOJO Magazine will went to listen to the free cd because to attract the audience . And for example MOJO attract the audience is though out personal identity and for example BOB MARLEY on the front cover the main image because people look at the musician first before they open the magazine to read it to learn more about the musician.



RADIO Q3




BBC Live lounge need to provide a wider range of content that fit the remit because the only way Live lounge to get there money by TV Licence so to be able to fit the remit. , And the massive audience for example the target age for BBC Live lounge is 15-25 years old and bringing new artists every year and they do broadcasting  to have audiences and artist for example Tom Grennan which is a young artist so the audience will be familiar with it . And a wide range musician's .


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                           MONDAY 2 OCTOBER 2023

LO/ 

DO NOW 
1. Used to explain things for example Mise  en sent 
2. Media buseness 
3. view product 
4. stereo type to audiences
5. background                 


TEENAGE DIRTBAG 

.typical American high school 

.popular girl- clothing-close up slow motion 

.looser-costume-editing-shot of people calling him a looser 

.jock-costume-close up- smile 




SK8ER-BOI

. Rebellious-illegal gig in the middle of the street on top of cars and  she stop the traffic mise-en-scene - respected low angle shot.    
. reckless - grafiti - bmx - jumping - building during editing-fast pace 




















Music video representation  the different from one another to get different type of audiences for example in SK8ER-BOI it represents to teens that like rebellious type of music for example jumping on cars and doing illegal stuff and the low camera angle shot and the people cheering for her and she respects the audiences and the music video is represented as reckless because fast editing during the video and it seems like she dose illegal stuff.

And the contrasting representation in Teenage DirtBag when the main character fells down on the ground and the camera angle it shows that he hugs the ground and the people around him starts to laughing at him that means that he dose't have friends, mise - en - scene of looser as he is wearing winter clothing and hat of stereotypically as a High School student.  

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                        MONDAY 9 OCTOBER 2023

LO: To explore exam style question and practice exam technique for Q4 focusing on media language and representation. 


DO NOW 

1. Costume, props 
2. fast paced angle 
3. the movement 
4. sound , music. 
5. Story.

Analyse the representation of musicians in the extract from Mojo Magazine.

. colours-Black and white - representation an old fashioned feel to the magazine- add a tone of seriousness and maturity.
. Camera angle-close up angle to see facial expression.

 
the representation of mojo magazine cover shows a depressed Musician struggles with his past, for example the text and saving his soul , dark knight and the colours used in the magazine are Black and White that shows his past. And the closeup  angle shows his facial expression and the Lexis , the writing are dark red , Yellow , grey and those colours represent depression of his past life.   





1. The representation of gender is clear in the use of media language for example on the cover it shows an older person and he looks at as it means that his serious man and colour makes the magazine look serous , the image on the corner left it shows an abandoned house and it says murder ballads.

2.  older male on the cover  


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                        MONDAY 30 OCTOBER 2023

LO: TO EXPLORE THE EXAM STYLE QUESTIONS AND PRACTICE EXAM TECHNIQUE FOR Q5 FOCUSING ON MEDIA LANGUAGE AND REPRESENTATION. 


DO NOW 

1. the angle used in the picture 
2. the font 
3. colours used 
4. layout
5. The title










The codes and the conventions-
. Technical ,Written, Symbols Tools used to construct and suggest the meaning in media and products 

. Genre codes and conventions is a code that the system of symbols used to represent an idea or a concept of convections and the typical characteristic particular or specific Genre.

. Layout-the way something is presented and arranged or laid out or written text. this usually used as a visual elements , such as pictures, magazines heading presented on the page.

.Typography- is a differences between different styles of text that create distinct appearances and art. messages.

. Lexis- is a specific Language and vocabulary used in Media.


Magazine 1


1. cluttered
2. saturated 
3.appeals to younger audiences 


Magazine 2

1. ordered
2. the style of music it's classical 
3. it appeals to older Audiences 


Magazine 3 

1, more simple and serif fonts 
2. it simple to read and at more lover class people 
3. script

Magazine 4
1. The text  is simple to read and it's Sans-Serif 
2. The font style on the main cover Looks like in the earlier 2000s which connotes the magazine style.
3. The font bold wide and connotes and HIP-HOP elements on the Magazine and DR.DRE holding a gun at his head represents that RAPPER HIP-HOP type of Magazine.


Magazine 5

1. Long shot angle  
2. It shows the artists on the cover and the main cover looks like in the earlier 2010-2015
3. The writing is Sean-serif


Magazine 6


1. Close up shot angle  
2. It shows the male on the image holding his hand to show off his Rolex and the amount of Gold chains he has.
3. informal Text used 
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                        MONDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2023

LO: To explore the exam style questions and practice exam style techniques for Q5 focusing on media language and presentation.

DO NOW

1. BABY BOOMER-GENERATION- A person born after WW2 1940s 1950s 
2. DOVERSIFICATION- The process of varying products 
3. AUDIENCE ADRESS- How the text speaks to the audience , and involves and influence them.
4. DISCERNING- having good judgement.
5. HOUSE STYLE- The colour used over the whole magazine preferred presentation 


QUESTION 5









1. MEDUM LONG SHOT. 

2. DAVID BOWIE.

3. Vibrant, pink, blue , purple white- pastel , feminine. 

4. 7 Artists plus Bowie. 

5. uppercase-sans serif , shadow. 

6. uppercase , sans serif , shadow , bold different colours. 

7. uppercase , sans serif , bold black/white. 

8. uppercase coloured serif free CD.

9. FREE CD, pink and white as puff.
 
10. round the edge down the side.


The shot type of the main cover image is medium long shot and this is done for a reason. First to show the mise - en- scene of the artist and the magazine. His outfit matches the colour palette, the bright grey and it works well with the whole colour used on the cover , and The MOJO accepting his gender.






In contrast to the Mojo magazine is different . The Wire magazine uses muted colours compared to the other one DAVID BOWIE magazine. the colour palette and The Wire magazine uses natural colours for example green, white, blue as opposed that Mojo magazine uses bright and vibrant 

 
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                        MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2023

LO: TO RESEARCH THE CASE STUDY ANNOTATE IN DETAIL THE EXAMPLE FROM THE CASE STUDY. 

DO NOW 

1. BBC.

2. TV Licence. 

3. OF-COM. 

4. PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCAST. benefit of public 

5. PSB COMMERCIAL 




1. OLIVIA DEAN,  EPISOD DATE 24 OCTOBER  

2.Works in a band full of 12 people She is 24 year old and up coming artist. Beyonce's cuff it cover.

3. she use slang  'MAN' ' NOT MY FIRST RODEO ' COLLAB' SLANG

4. She is similar age to Target Audience 

5. standard ovation for her performance, entertaining  through live music, Live Band 

6. OLIVOA DEAN UP COMING ARTIST and new music for the UK RADIO like BBC LIVE LOUNGE.


1. 15-29 year old 

2. by using slang and using people that have a similar age TA 

3. using up coming artist and interviews 

4. 'SLANG'

5. commercial broadcasting and Run Advertisements 

6. 15-29 year old 

7. By trying to get as much people watching the broadcasting Radio. 




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                          MONDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2023


LO: TO EXPLORE THE EXAM STYLE QUESTION FOR MUSIC MAGAZINE AND MUSIC VIDEO.



DO NOW

1. GENER CODES- Codes for a specific Genre.

2. INTERTEXTUALITY-  it's a reference to to another media text eg. BATMAN in the LEGO MOVIE. 

3. TYPOGRAPHY- Type of fonts shape , size of font eg. Serif. 

4. CONNOTATIONS-  Deeper meaning. 

5. LEXIS- The words.

6. More gender equality , more multi-cultural, technology focus (phones , internet).


SHAKIRA   IMAGE 1

1. Female , young , revealing clothing , direct audience address , mid shot 
 
2. yellow , worm , saturated , rich  

3. sans-serif- Modern clean , lowercase information , relaxed 



THE BEATLES  IMAGE 2

1. male 4x - fairly young-old image form late 60s or 70s , covered suit mid-shot , no direct address performance , focus on live music lack of sexualization of men 

2.  bright colours , reflects 1960s 

3. sans serif (similar), capitals , sophisticated music 

4. cluttered , lots of information overload , bursting with info.


The similarities between image 1 and image 2 are that the font and the typography are similar but connote different things for example in image 1 the sans serif font is used to show the different of class and gold on image 1 the bright yellow but in Image 2 where it shows the popular Band The Beatles , the font style used to shout or show that it's an important Magazine to impress the audiences and to show that the magazine is fun and happy, the colour pallet is bright standard from 1960s style, which we would connote with pride Today. the wearing revealing clothing in a studio Shakira and The Beatles on stage. image 2 is very cluttered and colourful which ads's fun and entertained . element of the Magazine cover. In conclusion bot Magazine str different many ways with few similarities , Both Magazine Shakira , The BEATLES.


Teenage Dirtbag

. POPULAR GRUPE (jocks)-respected 

. Geek- not respected , Bullied

. American High. School

. Mise en scene 

. Camera shot , angle 

. Editing natural 

. Sound singing 

. narrative 

. Lighting - muted - natural 

. Rebellious - fun energetic - teenagers  

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                               MONDAY 22 JANUARY 2024


NOVEMBER PPE 2023


DO NOW

Q1. Conglomerate 

Q2. Using live music to appeal to audience need to know the information 

Q3. Teenage Dirtbag-quiet , rejection , youth romance and SK8ER-BOY- Loud and Teen Rebellious, Friendship   

Q4. representation means how someone or something is presented. social group - How a group of people are represented for example Magazine cover

the difference between magazine cover 1 is classical and cover 2 is a Mojo Rock music genre but in extract 1 is classical she is more relaxed compering both the mojo magazine the guy looks more serious.

Q5. Need's a conclusion 
The Media Language used is very different and that give's different message and body. language , colour pallet , typography. 






















Comments

  1. 17/4- Good work today, you are missing the further investigation into your chosen genre.

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  2. 5/6- Good work today, T: you need to add in a definition of demographics and psychographics. T: 1. Pick out key examples of media language to analyse and link to audience appeal using full sentences as you have started in note form.

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  3. 18/- Great notes from the lessons, you need to attempt Q2 for radio and music video in full sentences to get the marks. Look at a friends answer so that you can see what I am expecting.

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