This uses a long shot to exaggerate the size of her. In
addition to this, all of the famous and recognisable
landmarks are a lot smaller than her, giving her the impression
that she’s big. Also representing that she’s big and popular in the
charts/ that her music is very popular, also that they’re
various landmarks in different countries shows how she’s
taking the world be storm. Her hand on her hips also
accentuates her power and height
Wearing the formality of a suit connotes how he is serious about his
music and how he could be aiming for a new, serious genre in his new music.
On the contrary to this however, there is use of his signature likewise with a lot of the Q magazine. It represents a personal touch of the artists and also
shows how they are fun as well
Use of the red font in the Q magazine as this is there universal colour. So always having a clear house style in changing magazine designs and
covers, this adds an edge of recognition for the magazine. This colour red represents the
magazine style almost. So inputting certain phrases such as ‘Are A changin’’ where this is
spoken in his idiolect. Using the red colour scheme on it separates it out from the rest and
really helps it stand out, even on a darker background
The whole colour scheme of the magazine is very mundane, only using
blacks and dark browns. This however emphasizes
her as her hair is bright red, along with her size
The suit also represents his social class, as in his music we see that his
childhood was quite tough and he sings about gang
culture, however his straight posture and well
groomed appearance shows his success
The 2 posters on the right use very dark colours, this creates an edgy and
dark feel coinciding with the magazines genre as rock. The
magazine on the left however does use bright colours but they are all red, this creates a sense of danger around the paramore singer. Her
swearing hand gesture also shows how the rock singers play by their
own rules, say no to reformity which is why the fans love it, if they want to but they don’t want to get in trouble,
like an idolisation of sorts
Uses the stereotype of long hair for head banging and lots of
tattoos as this is what everyone assumes a rocker looks like. His posture is also very bent over, it
gives the effect that he is shouting at you
The taglines contain very vulgur words such as ‘pissed off’ and again, how the black and white emphasises the mans
tattoos and makes it seems like there is light and dark, and rock is this very dark, edgy type of music. This is promoting the
hard style, rock and roll lifestyle.
In most of the magazine covers the artists are presented in this
negative attitude, not conforming to rules type of
look. This would look bad and vulgur to someone who isn’t
interested in rock. But to them it would give them something to relate to. That their artists
which they look feels the same way about life that you do
The artist under the name ‘pink Floyd’ ostracizes him from the rest. This shows that he is the
most important member of the band as the other 4 are fairly
squashed together giving them a sense of unimportance
The text appears bent, slightly disorientated. This along with the background conveys the kind of hippy
look that the band represent
Coinciding with the pink Floyd picture. The camera angle gives
the effect of Paul McCartney being the leader of the band. Also
the members are wearing black and this merges with the dark background, highlighting their faces and facial expressions
Although this cover was published fairly recently, this
image used is Michael Jackson from years and years ago. Also
the colour scheme of the magazine is black and white. These 2 effects are done to
represent Michael Jackson back in the old days, the highlight of
the career producing big hits like ‘Thriller’ and so this
magazine portrays him in a highly positive manner
Uses regional identity to represent the background
history of the artists
Uses regional identity to represent the background
history of the artists
Uses a background studio. This is so it can easily control the colours. For
example this background is very mundane. This makes the colours of
the artist vividly stand out
The posture of Dizzee Rascal is very informal. This also ties in with the
graffiti background; it connotes that he is fun and doesn’t take his music too seriously. Moreover the pull quote, stating ‘man’ at the end
represents this fun, informal feel for the magazine and the artist
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