Mojo Media Language

Codes and Conventions of a Music Magazine:

- bold masthead

- cover star or stars

- puff

- several cover lines

- three main colours or shades

- website

- skyline

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- quote from cover star

Codes and Conventions of Mojo Magazine (No. 1):

- bold masthead 

- cover star or stars

- puff

- several cover lines

- (around) three main colours or shades

- website

- skyline

- quote from cover star

- contrast of dull colours and bright

- no edit of the photograph taken

- mid shot

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The use of dull, grey, white and blue creates a strange contrast with the brightly coloured, yellow and pink font across the cover. This could represent a trademark of the artists style, as they may be known for his strange appearance.

The background, most of the cover and the clothes of the artist are quite dull, as well his facial expression doesn't say much. However, the main cover line and puff is colourful and goes with the artists funky hair style.

The language of the magazine is informal is, however, if you were not a fan of 'Sex Pistols' or punk rock, you wouldn't know much about what the magazine is saying as it is directed at a very specific target audience.

The relationship between technology and media language is the artist is looking down the camera lens, so it is as if the artist is looking at you. This is direct address.

I cannot identify any intertextuality on the cover.

How are artists represented:

There is a version of reality that represents events and social groups to fit the purpose of the magazine. The representations are dominated by how people look rather than what they do.

The stereotypical representations is the funky hair do and dull facial expression. They have been used to relate to the social group the artist targets. Counter-stereotypical representations are fancy hairdos and clothes. This could give them a star image.

People of colour are absent because the culture targets white people.

LGBT people are absent because Sex Pistols are straight.

Women are absent because the artist is a man.

Codes and Conventions of Mojo Magazine (No. 2)

- cover star or stars

- puff

- several cover lines

- (around) three main colours or shades

- website

- skyline

- quote from cover star

- bright colours that fade

- edit of the photograph taken

- close shot (bodies edited out)

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The use of the bright, funky, fading colours creates a disco-like cover. The colours could also bounce off the artists style, or punk rock culture.

All of the font on the magazine is orange and white. The artists faces are blended in with the colours of the background. The artists bodies are cut out of the photo. On the cover, both background and font are consistent throughout with their colours, as well as the artists expressions, as they are half smiling.

The language of the magazine is informal is, however, if you were not a fan of 'Pink Floyd' or punk rock, you wouldn't know much about what the magazine is saying as it is directed at a very specific target audience.

The relationship between technology and media language is the artist is looking down the camera lens, so it is as if the artists are looking at you. This is direct address.

I cannot identify any intertextuality on the cover.

There is a version of reality that represents events and social groups to fit the purpose of the magazine. The representations are dominated by how people look rather than what they do.
The stereotypical representations include wacky hairdos and facial hair. They have been used to make them stand out. Counter-stereotypical representations are wacky hairdos and facial hairs. This gives them a star image.
People of colour are absent because the culture adopted targets white people.
LGBT people are absent because Pink Floyd are straight.
Women are absent because the members of Pink Floyd are all men. The representations do play with gender identities because their stage name is Pink Floyd, and 'pink' is commonly referred to as 'girly'.