Media Studies Coursework conventions

Media Studies Coursework : Evaluation Conventions: From researching popular music magazines I was able to find out the typical codes and conventions of Indie/ Alternative genre music magazines; for example, NME and Q. FRONT COVER: I found that on the front cover there is typically a bold and eye-catching masthead sans serif; this is the first thing that attracts the reader’s ‘route of the eye’ and so has to be aesthetically appealing to the consumer. In my magazine I attempted to create an outstanding masthead; above is a comparison between my “NOISE” masthead and a successful NME masthead. In comparison both are eye catching and conventional of music magazines. There are also many coverlines relating to the topic of the magazine on the front cover; these are helpful to the consumer/ reader as it gives a brief insight into what features will be articles within the magazine. This is an example of one of the coverlines from my front cover in comparison to a Mojo front cover Coverline. Both coverlines have a bold title Coverline and give an idea to the reader about the article that will be featured in the magazine. There’s usually a main image focused on the band/ singer of the issue in the centre of the page; a convention of the front page of music magazines. To the left on my NOISE magazine I used a long shot of one of the main featured artists ‘Jake Wignall’. The costume of the artists are representative of the mise en scene and cliché of the Indie genre of the music magazine; as Jake is a indie/ alternative singer, he wears conventional ‘Converse’; a convention on NME, where ‘Vampire Weekends’ motif are sunglasses; these create band association. The New Music Issue: “10 New Artists for 2011” 25th December 2010 £2.10 Another typical front cover convention of a music magazine is a bar-code, price and date; I placed the date of my issue and price directly on each other as the have the same relevance to the reader.

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Media Studies Coursework conventions