Magazine cover and article

music magazine analysis

The typical features of the Mojo magazines is that it has more articles, most of the ads feature guitars, articles about people and bands and what they are doing today and articles on the stars who have passed. More features include black and white photos of the bands decades earlier. Its genre is old rock. Its main audience is adults and old rock fans. The old rock singers are represented as rebels; mostly wearing messy suits to make them selves look like rebels. They also have smart hair where they mess it up a little.

my band website

this is my poster, it is unfortunately in two halves as it is large and can fit the whole thing on screen to take a screen shot.

10 website descriptions

website 1:

www.billyharveywebsite.com

it is mainly a video distributor and gives samples of the songs to the viewer, its main audience are teens from the scrapbook theme and animations and the type of music. billy harvey is represented as a young adult who just got out of university or someone in that age range.

website 2:

www.dbrecordings.com

it is mainly an advertiser showing mostly giving samples of music talking about the cast, the music is more of a rock or metal type (can't tell difference), its theme shows more of a studio and recording centre and its audience is varied

website 3:

it is mainly an advertising and gives samples or music and gives a biography of the song writer, the music is varied, the background theme is more of a cyber which attracts a teenage audience. the songs shown are mostly pop and are sung by different artists.

website 4:

http://www.paperjamz.com

it is mainly a fan website to capture the eye of audiences, it is mainly for rock fans and it has several tutorials on how to become a rockstar, its background theme consists of guitars. they also have games for the viewer and a shop for equipment.

website 5:

http://www.i-musicnetwork.com
the main audience is for guitar fans, the website gives information on the types of guitars and the manufacturers of the guitars, it also gives news on some famous guitarists.

website 6:

http://www.arcticmonkeys.com/

it is a band website set up to promote the band, it gives photos, news, shop and information on when and where the next live concert will be. the music is more of a rock and it's audience is from teens to young adults.

website 7:

http://www.christopherlawrence.com/

this is a website about a certain artist, the website gives information on the current location, upcoming flights, schedules and a store. it also shows some interviews with the artist, and some samples of his works at the home page.

website 8:

http://www.chriscornell.com/

it is a ticketing website, it shows the times and dates of upcoming concerts and shows their availability, it also gives links to follow the artist on various websites (e.g. facebook). a sample song is given on the main page, the music is mostly country and its audience is of all ages.

website 9:

http://www.jenniferhudson.com

it is an artist website designed to promote the artist, the website has images, news, music, tours and videos, other information such as movies and ringtone and it also includes a biography of the artist. there is also a list of albums and upcoming albums, the main audience is teens as the music is pop.

website 10:

http://www.rocketclub.info/index.php

it is a band website and is also a ticketing site, it gives information and news on the band and it also shows the upcoming concerts and shows its availability, its audience is for all and the songs are mostly calm, similar to country music.

Changes of style

in media we researched how different things can affect the taste and fashion like Beyonce, the homework was to write 200 words on both how 'Video killed the radio' and how the interned will 'kill' videos.

A) video kills radio

TV had given the audience the ability to see what was happening along with the music not like the radio where it only allows the audience listens, the TV also had a large market when it was first introduced and it was all the rage and radios were being casted aside to make room for the newer and better TV. Also the music superstars at the time also wanted to move into the newer TV and that meant there were lesser people available to put a show or sing on a radio, as everyone was attracted to TV. TV also impacts the audience with the video it shows; the video changes the style of many teenagers at the time to follow the outburst of music and young stars such as Elvis. It changes the habits of the audience, before they had to sit down and listen to the radio while they themselves are occupied doing something but with TV they can sit down and watch TV so they don’t only listen and they can see something. However when TV first came out it was very expensive and the radio was still a better option but later on as TV became cheaper, the use of radio declines.

B) Internet kills video

Internet has made music and music videos available to everyone; this beats TV by accessibility and its portability, as it can be anywhere while the TV has to be connected to a service. Internet also gave way for the creation of video websites such as youtube where people can paste their own videos. Internet has an advantage because the audience can watch which video they want and when they want to watch a video but with TV it depends on what it is showing at the time. Websites which allow you to download music are also very accessible and you can decide what to download and it is compatible with small devices such as the mp3 which makes listening to music compact and portable, they also offer music at low prices if not free for the music file. There are large markets for Internet music because it is worldwide and can be accessed from anywhere which is more efficient and gives the audience a larger variety of what music they can listen instead of depending on what the TV or the radio is playing at the time and it is also free unlike the TV.

Beyonce poster

we recently watched 4 videos about beyonce and how she is represented in several videos and wrote a small summary on how she does that

Video 1: single ladies

5 points on how she represented

·      Revealing clothes

Trying to make herself look ‘sexy’

·      Body movements

Movements used are aimed to attract men

·      Lyrics

The lyrics match the other parts

·      Synchronised dancing

Shows that she is like a dancer

·      Lighting

This brings her out and the other dancers

Video 2: Halo

5 points:

·      Normal looking

Not trying to look sexy

·      Lyrics

Halo as in angel as she speaks about someone

·      Angles

Showing partner

·      Dancing

Shows relationships

·      Lighting

Shows a bright background while she and her partner are dark to make them stand out

Video 3: crazy in love

5 points:

 

·      Cothing

Revealing clothes to look sexy

·      Movements

Showing ‘parts’ and looking sexy

 Camera

Keeps on zooming into her ‘parts’ and when does some ‘moves’

·      Lighting

Makes her stand out from the other dancers and the background

·      Wet

Being wet somehow makes her sexy

Video 4: telephone

5 points:

·      Makeup/looks/hair

To look bad and cool/ evil

 

·      Clothing

Leather jacket, jewellery, looking like badass and sexy

·      Movement

More movement revealing ‘bits’

·      Facial expressions

Shows little emotions, seductive look

·      Sound effects

There is a sound effect when to express something which doesn’t make a sound

Beyonce represents herself in many different ways because it can effect the number of people who are going watch the video and also it depends on the audience whether it is teenage girls or boys, each wants to see different things like the girls want to see dancing and the boys want to see just Beyonce and the way she looks and moves.  Beyonce changes her representations sometimes due to the changes in fashion and taste of the public and she has to follow and keep up with these changes in order to stay famous and to keep up her reputation as a music video star. She also changer her style because she herself could be the change in the taste and fashion of the world and that would make her more popular, she also changes fashion along with other singers in order for both of them to get a win-win situation with one another such as with Lady Gaga, Beyonce also changes her representation each video to give variation so that her audiences will not get bored watching her and that she can still remain popular but the only thing that stays the same is that she always tries to look elegant and sexy.

Media representation of the clumsy person

I chose the clumsy person in comedies because they attract the audience's attention and they are always the most popular characters in most comedies because they play a big part in comedy movies. The clumsy people always given funny situations and sometimes their misfortune can be funny to the audience and they sometimes say or do the wrong things at the wrong time, that's what makes them popular most of the time.