Carrying on from the previous evaluation

Magazine front cover terms

Genre of music

I am doing the indie genre of music but they are many different types of music genres and they all a diffrent variety from each other:

• Indie- The Kooks, The Killers
• Metal- Metallica, Iron Madien
• Rock- Guns "N" Roses, Queen
• Pop- Britney Spears, Boyzone
• Classical- Maria Callas, Elizabeth Schumann
• Country- Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift
• Dance-Ultrabeat, David Guetta
• RnB- Akon, Dizzie Racal
• Rap- 50 Cent, Eminem

Indie genre

The indie genre in music is a niche market so it represents a small part of the music world but is still popular. Popular indie music magazines include Mojo, NME, Q Magazine and Uncut to name a few.

Music Genre

The chosen music genre i have selected is indie this is what i will focus on in my magazine

conventions of a magazine

Masthead - The name of the magazine and how people recognise magazine.
Date line - the month/ year/ day it is published,
Main image - Often relates to the main coverline and is used to show what the magazine is focusing on
Coverlines - The stories that will get the attention of the reader and often relates to the main cover image
Main coverline- always on the picture usually focuses on whats in the magazine

conventions of a music magazine

• picture of bands or artists
• background information on artists
• advertisements
• information on other festivals
• price
• a main image of artist or band
• masthead
• issue number
• main logo
• selling line
• cover line
• subheadings
• features
• reviews- film, books, music, concerts
• album reviews
• prizes

LIIAR

When creating the music magazine i will be using LIIAR which stands for;
Language -What medium you are looking at. What media terminology you are usingInstitution -Who controls the production process and how it affects the final product
Ideology - The values that are important to the medium and its genre
Audience - Who the product is for, what they will do with it, what does the media product need to fulfill its audiences expectations
Representation - What people/ issues appear in it, how are they displayed/ put across to you, why have they done it that way.

What is LIIAR

LIIAR is the following

• L-language
• I-institution
• I-ideology
• A-audience
• R-representation

When creating a music magazine i will use LIIAR to create my magazine to help me and i will refer to my use of LIIAR

Main Task Brief

I must complete the front page, contents and a double page spread of a new magazine. All images and texts used must be original, produced by you - minimum of four images