Research: Use of Language in Music Press.

Colloquialism: the use of informal everyday language Examples include: 'nuff said, init, ain't, coz, kool'


Informal/Slang: Wicked! the newz.


Metaphor: Describing something as something else. Examples include swag, Treasure chest. The effect of which associates those qualities with what you are describing.


Adjective: Describing a noun, wicked band, awesome gig.


Adverb: Describing a doing action (Verb), music playing loudly, audience roared excitedly.


Pun: Play on words - joke Tatt's all folks (Article about tattoo's)


Fact: How many fans there are, record sales, forthcoming releases.


Opinion: The atmosphere was electrifying, four stars out of five.

Throwback Thursday: Masthead Ideas (School Magazine)

Idea 1

This idea was the first of many attempts of creating a school magazine Masthead. The predominant reason in which I did not use this idea was because the general vibe in which was emitted from this Masthead was not very school orientated. This was due to it's vibrant colors, it's sound wave manipulated text and it's color inconsistency. 

Idea 2

This was the second attempt at creating a school magazine masthead. This idea was instantly denied due to it's lack of complexity in which I find to be an attractive cosmetic value, it's integration of the microphone in which has connotations of music which the magazine's purpose is not and it's general straightforward design.

School Magazine: Contents Page

The Contents Page!

Above is the contents page for the preliminary task in which I was assigned which entailed that a school magazine had to be created. Evidently, I have faded  the front cover on both pages of the double page spread to act as a background. By doing this, the 'vibe' in which was created on the front cover has been carried out to create a consistency throughout the magazine.

Task: Music Magazine Front Cover!

Here's the front cover!

 

Above is the cover for my coursework piece. The Music Magazine. I have chosen the name 'FREQ' in which is an abbreviation for the word 'Frequency' which in music terms is the measurement of sound input and output wise. The word 'FREQ' could also be interpreted as 'FREAK' in the way in which it is pronounced. The significance of this is that people in whom listen to underground HipHop music could easily be classed as outcast's in which the word 'FREAK' has a connotation of.

Front Page Analysis.

As part of my course, I was required to do the preliminary task of designing a magazine front cover orientated by events in which occur within the Acland Burghley school. Here's how I got on with that.

I then was given the task of analyzing it depicting the uses and gratifications and key conventions. Here's how I got on with that.

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