Music Magazine Analaysis 2

LANGUAGE: The language used in this magazine front cover is language that is related to the music genre of metal. For example, where it says "Somebodies gonna get killed" gives off connotations of aggression, which is all apart of the genre of metal, which is related the the ideology of the magazine.

INSTITUTION: The ideology of the Magazine is KERRANG! what is a commercial institution. We know it is a commercial institution by the fact the magazine has a bar code, which shows that the magazine is sold in shops for about £3.99.

IDEOLOGY: The main ideology of the magazine is music of the genre of metal and rock.

AUDIENCE: The audience of the magazine would be people who aged 10-25 for people who are interested in the music genre of rock and metal. As the magazine is more on the alternative side, not as many people would read it, but for the people who enjoy this kind of music it is very well known.

REPRESENTATION: The main image of the magzine is very close up which suggests that the magazine and the band featured in the magazine has a very "in your face" attitude. Also, the fact that the mask that he is wearing is made to look angry it also suggests that the band that is featured in the magazine is a very aggressive band.
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Music Magazine Analaysis 1

 

LANGUAGE: As in all metal music magazines, the language is used in a way to make everything look aggressive and threating, since that what the music genre metal is, angry and aggressive.  

INSTITUTION: The institution of the magazine is Future Publishing, which is commercial as they created the magazine to make money. "Metal Hammer" also have their own radio station and website. 

IDEOLOGY: The ideology of the magazine is to promote the genre of music Metal. On this magazine its main ideology is to try and advertise "The Unholy Alliance" tour. The magazine will also include stories on other bands, live show listings and album reviews.

AUDIENCE: The general audience of Metal Hammer would mainly be  mainly male C1, C2 and B class people. Also the odds are the people who buy this magazine would have a keen interest in music and would be apart of the social stereo-type "metal head"

REPRESENTATION: The main image shows the front man of the bands which are taking place in he tour. The band which is headlining the tour would be put at front of the people to show his dominance.  Furthermore, the band members in the picture all have been modeled to be in an aggressive stance, to relate the the genre of music that they play. All the fonts on the magazine tend to have a scene of evil to them, take for example the masthead which looks very evil. Also, the color scheme which is orange and gray colors could represent fire which relates to the devil which is a main aspect of the Metal music genre. 

LIIAR

Language: The text used, pictures used all picked carefully to create the best effect for the magazine.

Institution: The company or body of people who created the magazine.

Ideology: What the magazine is about, take for example a fishing magazine or a music magazine.

Audiance: Who the magazine is aimed at, usualy depending on what type of magazine it is. Examples of audiance could include Sex, Age, Job and Social Class. An example of a magazine aimed at different genders is Heat magazine, which is usualy aimed at Woman. Am example for age is a childrens TV show magazine, such as the "Ben 10 magazine." An example of Job magazines is a magazine about builders and Social Class magazines could be music magazines, such as different types of music aimed at different social classes.

Representation: How everything is represented on the page, for example the representation of the main image.

Brief: Music Magazine

Main Task: The front page, contents, and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be origional, produced by you - Minimum of four images.