I started to
look at different codes and conventions of magazines and the main things which
feature on them. I then decided I was going to base my magazine on rock music so
I specifically started looking at codes and conventions of rock magazines such
as Rock Sound and Kerrang making a liarr analysis for a main cover, contence
page and a double page spread of a Kerrang magazine. Looking at how they linked
all three together and at certain colour schemes, fonts, and layout and
deciding which ones I was going to use to create a realistic product that will
appeal to my audience and sub-audience. The colour scheme on my magazine is
black, white, red and some yellow; this is because these are the colours that
are widely used in rock magazines and connote different things to an audience
whilst also stating a specific genre.
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I looked at the
fonts used for the masthead of rock magazines such as Kerrang; it has a cracked
font to represent how loud the genre of music is, and a sigh of rebellion. Rock Sound is also cracked slightly but has a
much simpler font than kerrang. So I have chosen to have my font with breakages
in it so it is similar and represent the same thing, but I then combined it
with the simple title from rock sound to make it original
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Looking at
Kerrang for my style and layout influence I created my final products. I then
did a liarr analysis to make sure I had included all the main codes and
conventions of a magazine and the less obvious ones that link with certain
genres of magazine, rock. In doing so I
was able to see if all of my products are believable and realistic. I have
shown clear links between the three products by using the same colour scheme,
and font throughout. The font used helps create that rebellious rock star image
which is then reinforced by the heavy use of black and red. I have also place an image of the same model
on all three of my products to show a clear link between them and place a
little bit of the article on each of them. I have also added piercings and
tattoos to my model as most rock stars have them as well as a crazy hair
colour, red. This helps connote the rock genre as well as like my products with
a certain audience and social group.
(liarr analysis)
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