QUESTION: How far do MOJO and RNR use different media language to create different connotations? (CONNOTATION meaning: an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning.)
Answer on your blog. This is a high-value question and should take all lesson to answer. You can use the class blog search engine for more examples of how to analyse music magazines.
In your answer you should have 2 paragraphs:
- analyse the media language in MOJO and RNR magazine. 'Media language' includes the placement of the main image, the type of photography, lighting, colours, fonts, how busy or restrained the cover is, the layout (such as alignment to the margins), how serious or playful
- make judgements and draw conclusions about how far the media language is used differently in both extracts to create different connotations. Are there similarities in both covers? What sorts of audiences are they targeting? You could think about MOJO's rock aesthetic of living loud and dangerously compared to RNR's folk, rock, blues vibe.
- the RNR magazine cover is based off the Irish singer Christy Moore. his facial expressions show that he is joyful and wise for example his squinted eyes. wrinkles and smile show this. the white text matches the light brown background and the image of Christy Moore to show the calmness. this magazine is very spaced out so that it is easy to read everything without it all being squashed together. the most important information is put it bold so that it is easier to read. the font sans serif is used to show that the magazine is taken seriously.
- however the MOJO magazine is the complete opposite as the main artist in the magazine is the main member of the foo fighters, Dave Grohl. you can tell he is enthusiastic about rock from the bright colours used in the titles.
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