Conotative and Denotative Notes for Double Page Spreads

MAGAZINE LANGUAGE ANALYSIS

COVER LINES

COVER LINES

·         TOMHAS

“Getting Down to Business”

·         TOMHAS

“Everything is a nightmare right now”

·         TOMHAS

“I don’t want to conquer the world, I just want someone to buy my album and enjoy it”

·         TEMPER TRAP

“more UK tour dates added!”

·         TEMPER TRAP

“yeah, we are the guys of the sky advert”

·         GRAMMATICS

“Our final EVER gig to be played in our hometown, Leeds”

·         LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION

Is back with his brand new album ‘Life is sweet, nice to meet you’

·         LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION

“NYC is great, but I’m missing LDN”

·         TOMHAS

“Many don’t like me and I’m cool with that”

Front Cover Shot Ideas

FRONT COVER SHOT

The image will be a full length low angle shot of a single musician. It should be an almost pitch black background with a single light shining down on the musician. The guy should be wearing really bright clashing busy clothes that almost look like a kaleidoscope. His posture would be very much relaxed but he would have one hand over his face and as if paint was coming out of his hand, he would be face-painted vibrantly to match the clothes. In his other hand he will be holding a toy microphone.

The image will be a close up of a musicians face. The image will be slightly over exposed. The guy should be wearing really bright face-paint again to have a kaleidoscope effect and his facial expression should be minimal.

The image should be a mid shot of a single musician. The background should be bleached white and therefore help the musician wearing vibrant busy clothes stand out. He will be wearing 3D shades and should be smoking a cigarette to show rebellion. His posture would be very relaxed and slouching as if to say he’s not bothered.

The image should be a long shot of a single musician in a field with the sun shining down onto him. He should he standing looking at the camera wearing very bright miss-matching clothes with a briefcase in one hand nerd glasses on.

My Music Magazine Names..

·         Wave

·         Dazed

·         Kaleide

·         Replaying

·         Spectrum

·         Ascolto

Wave – This could refer to a sound wave or a wave of hello to new music.

Dazed – This could mean that the music in this magazine would daze you and almost put you in a trance.

Kaleide – This is not spelt correctly, (Collide) but instead it refers to a kaleidoscope. This then could mean a lot of different views of music and a wide range of new music will be included in the magazine.

Replaying – This just suggest the music is worthy of being replayed again and again

Spectrum – Suggesting a wide spectrum of music

Ascolto – In Italian this means I listen. Using a different language gives a sense of sophistication.

I’m choosing Kaleide because with it’s bizarre spelling and reference to a kaleidoscope which is a really interesting object, it is really ‘out there’ and catchy. It also will be well liked by my target audience as it sounds contemporary.

Magazine Names and their Connotations

Examples:

Kerrang, NME, Look, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Elle, Good Housekeeping, Country Living,  Marie Claire, Horse and Hound, Q, Fast Cars, Grazia, Glamour, Red, GQ,  Auto Trader, Artrocker, Loud and Quiet, Miz, The Big Cheese, Yorkshire Life,  Good Food, Delicious.

Why they are used and what they mean (Some Examples):

Kerrang - This is onomatopoeic. Spelt like how a guitar would sound when it is played.

Miz - This gives the impression of youth and rebellion because instead of calling the magazine miss, using the ‘z’ gives it an edge.

Marie Claire - This sounds French, and the French has sophisticated connotations and will attract both the well of people in society and the people wanting to get a taste of wealth and beauty.

Q – Could maybe suggest a musical queue, individuality as it is a difficult letter and is not a widely used letter. Also it could mean it is high performing letter like in scrabble it is worth ten points.

Delicious – This is a food magazine filled with recipes, so by calling the magazine this, it implies that everything inside will be oh high quality and taste delicious!