Comparing Q and Mojo

Much like "Mojo music magazine", "Q" follows certain conventions

We see the name of the magazine in the top corner, we also see the representation for the front cover which is Madonna, she is shown as a strong sofisticated woman, powerful and can make it on her own.

We also have the big red masthead/title which reads Madonna which is just so we know who the woman on the frnt of the cover is, we also know what we can expect to find inside when we read it.

We also have a series of sub headings down the side followed by the words ....All interview, so we know that the people listed on the side of the magazine will be inside and interviewed.

At the bottom it tells us what is also inside and in this one they are advertising Women in Music 70-page special so i would say that this weeks Q is aimed more at the female audience do to "Madonna" on the front cover and the WOMAN IN MUSIC magazine.

All the colours used seem to compliment each other, we have blacks and whites followed by a strong red to stick out on top of the other images and the rest of the cover.

Nusic Magazines Conventions

Here is a popular music magazine, Mojo, there are many conventions to this magazine muc like others i have analyised,

We have the main title "LED ZEPPELIN" and what we know is the band stood behind the heading. We also have the title at the top which is "Mojo" which we now know is the music magazine.

The colours dont really stand out from other magazines, with faint pinks and blues, however the title is sufficiently big enough to stand out.

The magazine would be aimed at teens and music lovers, hense its a music magazine so sports fanatics wouldnt be interested in it.

The magazine also has adverts and competitions on the cover, this would be a useful way to make money.

It also has sub headings to tell us what else we expect to find within it.

Things to do.

1.Brief

2.LIIAR

3.Conventions
a.Magazines
b.Music Magazines

4.Mind Map

5.Textual Analysis

6.Target Audience
-interest
-Age
-gender
-Wealth/Occupation

What LIIAR stands for

Language - Language can be used in many ways font, images, colour, graphics and Masthead, we could see an image of a famous band or singer as the main image, and the smaller sub headings would be aimed towards the image in some way

Ideology - Ideology is what the magazine is about, for instance "Mojo" is a music magazine and we know this with the band R.E.M on the front cover with the caption "20 years 11 Albums"

Institution - Institutoin would in this example be a music magazine the music magazine would be aimed at other music lovers

Audience - The audience would be the target audience of the magazine.

Representation - The main image would represent the style of the magazine, maybe a band would represet a music magazine, whilst plant pots might represent a garden magazine.

Presentation of your work

The presentation of the research, planning and evaluation may take the form of any one, or combination of two or more of the following:

a Presentation using slideshow software such as powerpoint

a blog

a podcast

Brief Music Magazine

Main Task: Front page, contents and a double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, produced by you - minimum of four images.