MUSIC MAGAZINES: MEDIA LANGUAGE

 Look carefully at the front covers of MOJO and RNR magazines. 

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 juxtaposition of red and blue on the Foo Fighters cover creates a more vibrant and expressive character. Furthermore, words like "adventures" and "war" portray them as more brave and determined than the. Furthermore, the serif font, combined with the more'adventurous' language, implies that they have struggled - 'we've been to...we've been to...' emphasises this, demonstrating that they are both experienced and unshaped by their'struggles,' presenting a different but still respectable figure than the RnRcover.
• One of the publications is busier than the other. Because of its numerous cover lines, graphics, and a highly dynamic neon cover mount with a colourful cartoon picture, as well as a very dynamic neon cover mount. RnR also has a lot of cover lines, although they're all justified to the right-hand margin. They are completely white, which gives them a calm, organised, and uncluttered aspect. The cover mount, on the other hand, has no visual movement and is fairly basic and streamlined.
• The colour of OJO is bold, active, and vivacious, particularly in the primary colours of the cover mount, which includes a funny skeleton. RnR, on the other hand, opts for mellow, muted browns with just red as a pop of colour. Despite adhering to genre rules, both publications showcase a celebrity at the centre of aesthetic appeal, and both magazines honour that figure. MOJO does this in an unusual way.
• OJO's colour is bright, lively, and vivacious, especially in the primary colours of the cover mount, which contains a humorous skeleton. RnR, on the other hand, prefers calm, subdued browns with a burst of red. Despite conforming to genre criteria, both publications place a celebrity at the centre of visual appeal, and both magazines pay tribute to that individual. MOJO does this in an innovative manner.