Analysis of Classic Rock Magazine

Classic Rock Magazine

The Genre of the magazine is specificly aimed at rock fans.  The Title is aimed at rock fans (picture of electric guitar).

Target audience

Name:Nick    

Age:26   

Occupation:Mechanic   

Hobbies: plays the drums, abuses kittens, gets tattos, sleeps with lots of different people and gets lots of piercing

Music taste: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal and Electric guitar

Main Image

Mid-shot. He is looking down, as if to be worshiped as his body language is like jesus on a cross, this shows as a powerful and like a rocklegend shot. He is wearing all black with a guitar round his should this may symbolise the darkness in his music. This targets people who love and worship music and the darkness in it.

Representation

The main artist is represented as Godly throughout the magazine. They are seen as rock legends. They Convey a darkned image.

Texts

There are eight different fonts on front cover, all very classic like ‘classic rock’. All in gold, white, black and red, classic traditional colours. This could represent high class rock (gold). The register is quite informal, it shows the band in a Natural light. They use a lot of jargan that is associated with certain types of music.

MEDIA – homework

this is a Vogue magazine cover

PUFFS- there are short statements advertising what’s inside the magazine such as ”Erotic Intelligence, rechange your sex life”

SLOGANS- short snappy statments about the magazine such as “754 pages romantic dresses”

BUZZ WORDS- words such as ‘Dramatic’ and  ‘Fashion Rules!’ trying to sell the magazines

AUDIENCE APPEAL- it will apeal to both sexes but aimed at teenager to adults which are middle class and upper class people

Media Studies Homework

One effect theory we have studied was the Hyperdermic Syringe-This theory suggests that the media is like a syringe which injects ideas, attitudes and beliefs into powerless and unsuspecting mass audience.

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