Analyse front cover, contents page and double page spread.

Analysis of the front cover, contents page and double page spread of 3 x existing music magazines.

1. Choose 3 examples
2. Do a little background research e.g
• When did the magazine start?
• Who is the target audience (age range, background, interests etc)
• What genre of music does it concern itself with?
• Who distributes it and what are the current circulation numbers?
3. Analyse the front cover, contents page and double page spread of each (you must use the links and examples below to help you to do this)
4. Analyse the fonts and colour palettes used for each magazine
5. Read the interviews/double page spread: what sort of register and language features are used? How is the text formatted?
6. Post findings to your blog using whatever software you wish

Websites to help you with generating colour palettes from a digital copy of a magazine (click to access): CSS Drive or Pictaculous 

Website to help you with font identification, and which publications use specific fonts (click to access) Fonts in Use

EXAMPLES

Vibe magazine analysis from asmediaf12

Vibe front cover 

Front cover colour palette (generated using CSS Drive)

Look at an A grade blog to how they have completed each stage - click links below:

Front Cover analysis

Contents page analysis

Double page spread analysis

AS Foundation Portfolio Brief

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead.

Additionally candidates must produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of the program.

Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine.

All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate, minimum of FOUR images per candidate.

Coursework Schedule 2015-2016

AS Media Coursework Schedule 2015-2016 by neill ford

Representation: age. Waterloo Road extract.

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of age using the following:

• Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
• Editing
• Sound
• Mise en scene

50 marks

EAA: Explanation, analysis, argument-20 marks

EG: Use of example-20 marks

T: Terminology-10 marks

Use the big moving image glossary to help you.  Click here to download it.

My expectations:

• Relevant examples all linked to the representation of age.  Do your examples meet or challenge stereotypical representations of age?  Which ones?  BE SPECIFIC AND CLEAR;

• Accurate use of terminology as you will use the moving image glossary;

• All four areas of textual analysis covered;

• Reference to Barthes' narrative codes.

Representation - Age

Representation age from hammonda

Narrative Codes - revision

1. Action Code
2. Enigma Code
3. Semic Code
4. Symbolic Code
5. Referential Code

Barthes' Codes:

Action Code: (proairetic code)something the audience knows and doesn't need explaining e.g. someone being wheeled out on a stretcher tells us they are going to hospital

Enigma Code: (hermeneutic code)something hidden from the audience (creates intrigue)

Semic Code:something that the audience recognize through connotations

Symbolic Code: Something that symbolizes a more abstract concept e.g. a darker than usual room of a murder scene could symbolize the depth of darkness and depravity

Cultural Code: (referential code)Something that is read with understanding due to cultural awareness (e.g. youth culture use certain words that are understood by that culture)

Representation of Sexuality. The Street extract.

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of  sexuality using the following:

• Camera shots, angles, movement and composition

• Editing

• Sound

• Mise en scène

[Total 50]

EAA: Explanation, analysis, argument-20 marks

EG: Use of example-20 marks

T: Terminology-10 marks


Link to The Big Glossary here.