Billboard double page spread

The camera is facing Amy Winehouse from a distance and slightly above her, to get her full body in the image. Amy is laid looking down as if the camera wasnt there and her photo takes up one whole side of the double spread. The photo is also in black and white, and because she is looking down it gives a feeling that she isn't happy, which puts her into a negative light. Above the writing it says "Amy's Ink House" which gives the reader a breif insight about what the articles about. Amy is also in the pop genre, so from this. This double page represents the promoting of Amy Winehouse, and her CD which was coming out when this magazine was publishes, and it also represents a pop genre, which Amy is. The typical audience for this double page spread would be the target audience for the front cover too. She is dressed in just a bra and lounge shorts, with her hand tucked into her shorts, with one leg upm which shows she is lounging and she doesn't really care, and she's laid back, also the camera is looking down on her, which shows that because of the way she is dressed and the way she is laid, she is quite laid back. The camera shot is a full body shot. Also the photo is in black and white, so she can't show lots of emotion, because it would conflict with the 'laid back' appearance. I have seen the continuity through-out the magazine, to up keep the genre of the magazine, which is what I will aim for. The spread is aimed at anyone who is a fan of Any Winehouse.

Language - Main image is Lady GaGa and the camera is facing her straight forward and it is an above the waist shot, this shot is posed as she is looking right at the camera, this is to catch the readers eye because she looks like she is looking directly at the audience. The main headline says "Lady GaGa, how she writes her top hits", so this magazine would appeal to anyone who likes Lady GaGa or anyone who is interested in writing songs. The main theme in this cover is Purple, which is quite a fun but neuteral colour. This magazine would also appeal to anyone in mexico, because one of the sell lines is 'Itunes Invades Mexico'.

Institution - Billboard, The Publishers Quarterly.

Ideology - Promote's Lady GaGa who was bringing out a new album at the time of publishing. She is looking directly at the camera, i think the idea behind that is that is will catch peoples attention and they will buy it because it looks as though someone famous is looking right at them.

Audience - This is aimed at people who like Pop/Dance genre's of music. Also people who are fans of Lady GaGa or who are interested in any of the varied sell lines on the cover.

Representation - Billboard represents an Dance/Pop music genre, and a dance/pop house style.



Language - The camera is facing Billie Joe Armstrong from the waist above. He is looking away from the camera, as if he is playing his guitar and the camera isn't there. Billie Joe Armstrong is in the band Green Day and the main headline is about the band Green Day and their upcoming tour. This magazine is aimed at people who tend to like alternative rock music. The mast head is 'KERRANG', it is in bold and it looks like a light is shining through the text, like it's lit up. There is a part of the cover that features slipknot, telling the audience that they have a chance of winning a signed boot my slipknot, which will draw people in if they are fans. There is also an ear in the top right hand corner of the magazine which represents slipknot.

Institution - KERRANG, Bauer Media group.

Ideology - Promote's Green Day who are going on tour and promoting slipknot who had recently released album.

Audience - The audience for this magazine are people who like alternative rock music and are  interested in Slipknot and Greenday.

Representation - Kerrang represents an alternative rock type of music.

Analysis of a front cover.

Language - One of the conventions of language is the colour scheme, on this cover, the colours are all black and red. The camera is facing her from the side and her head is turned to look at the camera. The mast head is Q. It's sell line is telling people who are interviewed in the magazine, to draw people in to get the magazine if they like the people who have been interviewed for the magazine.

Institution - Q, Bauer Publications, bauer music Group

Ideology - promotes Madonna who had just been on tour and her album which was due to come out soon. Also the Arctic Monkeys who also had an album coming out soon.

Audience - The audience for this magazine would be people who are interested in people like Madonna.

Representation - Q represents an alternative audience.

LIIAR interpretation of the main task brief

Language - this includes camera angles when taking the images, colour codes, conventions, layout, 'splash'(front page image impression) and house style.

Institution - Publishing magazine companies, such as; Q, NME, IDJ, Metal Hammer and MixMag.

Ideology - The moral, values and message of the magazine, such as NME, sounds like enemy, giving the message that it's enemy of mainstream music.

Audience - The type of audience that would be interested in the magazine depending on what they like
Representation - How the image on the magazine image portrays what audience it is aiming for, such as the clothes they are wearing, the colours, and the lifestyle they represent, e.g. Tattoo's.

Representation - The type of audience/genre the magazine represents.

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 you - minimum of four images.