Research/ case studies of real music magazines (UPDATED)
I had to pick a genre for my music magazine which is R&B and I had to carry out research into magazines of this genre. I chose Vibe and NME. Here are the annotations:
Jumana a good organised blog. All tasks are complete and in order. Good work, ensure you keep this level of organisation up and regularly blog. Your case studies are very brief. You have highlighted and outlined what techniques and codes and conventions are used. There needs to be far more analysis and semiotic language applied to these with explanation of the techniques and reference to specific parts of the magazines themselves. You need to relate this to the audience. Discuss, image placement, colour, font, layout, journalism, style and mode of address for all 3 pages. Refer back to the specifics of task 2 and what you need to address. A great deal regarding shot types and why they are used needs to discussed. Likewise with the media kits and institutions for the magazines. You need to discuss all these areas in detail. Full explanations on techniques, terminology, audience, and institutions on both magazines.
Jumana a good organised blog. All tasks are complete and in order. Good work, ensure you keep this level of organisation up and regularly blog. Your case studies are very brief. You have highlighted and outlined what techniques and codes and conventions are used. There needs to be far more analysis and semiotic language applied to these with explanation of the techniques and reference to specific parts of the magazines themselves. You need to relate this to the audience. Discuss, image placement, colour, font, layout, journalism, style and mode of address for all 3 pages. Refer back to the specifics of task 2 and what you need to address. A great deal regarding shot types and why they are used needs to discussed. Likewise with the media kits and institutions for the magazines. You need to discuss all these areas in detail. Full explanations on techniques, terminology, audience, and institutions on both magazines.
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