Cover Analysis

Thursday 16th November
LO: To analyse the cover of a magazine, linking it to Genre and Audience.

Baby boomer Generation- People born after WW2- so like 50 to 70 years old.
Diversification- The notion media companies expanding and branching out into different areas of the media industry. Varying more.
Audience Address- Talking directly to the Audience
Discerning- Having or showing good judgement
House Style- A company preferred manner of presentation and layout of written material. Like the colour palette, using the same masthead.
Intertextuality: Where one text refers to another different piece of media within

Shot type: Mid shot

• They used a mid shot so that they could frame their celebritys face with enough room for the coverlines. They also used a mid shot as opposed to a close up so the CD doesn't cover his face.

Star Vehicle: Dave Grohl

• As its a Modern Rock magazine, they used a very popular and well know rock artist.

Colour Palette:Blue/Yellow/Red/White/Black

• The bright colours used makes the magazine eye catching and stand out to buyers. As its modern they've used a more variety of colours whereas with a classic rock it would be more black and greys. The bright colours connote to pure and happy things which sets the mood. They follow the codes and conventions of the genre.

Bands/Artists Mentioned:Nirvana/Teen Spirit/Elvis

• They use well known artists and bands to pull in the readers. If they didn't know who they were going to read about, its unlikely they'd want to buy it. Artists like Elvis are known worldwide.

Masthead Style: Block capitals/Sans serif

• The Block Capitals and bold writing make their masthead stand out, the white contrasts well with the background. The sans serif font shows its pure rock as theres no flicks or ticks, it also makes it look more masculine.

Main Coverline style: Capitals
Minor coverline style: Lowercase
Puff: Red circle-yellow writing- 159 Reviews
USP (Freebies)-Free Cd
Placement of text- Around his face mainly