GCSE Media - Year 11

1. Look at the mise-en-scene of the key image on this front cover to connote the conventions of the pop music genre. 2. Comment on the use of colour and font in both the masthead and the anchorage text. 3. How does the artist's pose and the language register suggest the magazine is offering secrets and insights to the target audience? 4. How would this magazine appeal to the target audience and can you name the demographic? Challenge Task: Compare this with how representation of the musicians is used on the extract from Mojo.

Led Zeppelin  were an English rock  band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page , singer Robert Plant , bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones , and drummer John Bonham . The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound has led them to be cited as one of the founders  of heavy metal.  Their style drew from a wide variety of influences, including blues, psychedelia and folk music. Jimmy Page was the founder of the band and  is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time alongside Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. Robert Plant  is regarded as one of the greatest musicians in the history of rock music. Singer  Plant enjoyed great success with Led Zeppelin throughout the 1970s and developed a compelling image as the charismatic   rock-and-roll front man, similar to his contemporaries, The Who singer Roger Daltrey, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones and Jim Morrison of...

Masthead – The name and logo of the magazine. The Lead – the introductory paragraph of an article. Usually written in bold or capitals. Body copy - refers to the text of your written articles, which should be produced as a printed presentation to accepted industry standards, e.g. correct use of language, font size, word limits etc. Usually written in columns. Serif font – fonts like Times New Roman, or Baskerville Old Face, which have little bars (serifs) on the end of the letters. Sans serif font – fonts like Impact, or Agency FB, which do not have little bars (serifs) on the end of the letters. Drop Capitals – Really big letter, which start off an article. Cross Head – Small sub-heading used to split up a large block of text. White Space – white parts of a page other than text or pictures. Mode Of Address – How the magazine talks to the audience. Sell Lines – Text on the cover that helps to sell the magazine to the audience. Kerrang!...