The musical genre I have chosen is Hip-Hop/R&B. The music magazine industry doesn’t seems to be missing a lot of this genre. The change and popularity of hip hop music has increased through the 2000s; “The Marshall Mathers LP” by Eminem sold over ten million copies in the United States and was the fastest selling album of all time, adding a new tone to hip-hop. Hip-Hop has opened the path for new genres in which the style has diverted from its origin. In the late 2000’s there began a revitalization of hip-hop, which gave it another name ‘alternative hip-hop’, not only appealing to the hip-hop audience but also to different genres. This genre needs more recognition as well as R&B. Artists associated with this genre are; Eminem, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Lauryn Hill, Kanye West, Rick Ross, Jay-Z, etc. Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B, pop and funk. It was popularized by artists such as Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Some of the most prominent R&B musicians today include artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Ashanti, Ciara, BeyoncĂ©, Aaliyah, Alicia Keys R. Kelly, Usher, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown , Rihanna and Trey Songz. |
Friday, 11 February 2011
Genre Mood Board& Genre Analysis
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
College Magazine Template
Magazine Terminology
Buzz Words: "Wow", "Exclusive", "Free" are all examples of this.
Puffs: Colourful boxes promoting features inside.
Puffs: Colourful boxes promoting features inside.
House Style: A magazine's distinctive design that distinguishes it from its competitors.
Strap Line: A slogan
Banner: Text which stands out on a coloured background generally at the bottom of the magazine.
Copy: The Main Story in the Magazine
Anchorage Text: The way in which text helps to pin down the meaning of a picture and vice versa.
Pugs: Placed at the top left and right corners of the paper and are known as the 'ears' of the Page.
The price of the paper, the logo or a promotion is often positioned there.
Motto: Memorable phrase that is recognisable to a brand
Motto: Memorable phrase that is recognisable to a brand
Headline: Catchy Title for the main article
Sell Lines: Text on the front cover that helps to sell the magazine to the audience
Caption: Description of the main image
Masthead: Name of the magazine
Lead: The introductory paragraph of an article. Usually written in bold or capitals.
Drop Capitals: Really big letter that starts off an article
Monday, 7 February 2011
Friday, 4 February 2011
Magazine Ideology
Ideology is a system of values, beliefs or ideas that is comman to a specific group of people.
For example:
The Elle reader is spriited, stylish and intelligent; she ecpects to bew successful at everything she does. She takes the lead and breaks the rules.
Kerrang- The Kerrang reader is hardcore. Or seen as 'heavy head bangers'.
Each music music has something specific they want to portray.
For example:
The Elle reader is spriited, stylish and intelligent; she ecpects to bew successful at everything she does. She takes the lead and breaks the rules.
Kerrang- The Kerrang reader is hardcore. Or seen as 'heavy head bangers'.
Each music music has something specific they want to portray.
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Cohens Moral Panic
Cohens moral panic still applys today.
Condition/episode/person/group emerges a threat to societal values and interests.
Threats to our society, some examples are;
Terrorism
Knife crime/ Teenagers
Gun crime
Scandal-Expenses
PM's
Immigrants
Contruct folk devils, one person represents group which becomes hatred.
For example- "Yobs/Hoodies" who are teenagers are becoming the "follk devil". Society needs control folk devils in the media. Folk devil occurs when theres un-rest in society. For example;
Recession
Focused on MP'S and benefit cheats.
MP'S and government- Ripping country off and becoming folk devils.
Historical Perspective
Music Halls- Lower social standard who goes their- Rude shows/ bad songs.
Football teams where picked through religion, this still happens in scotland.
Features
Condition/episode/person/group emerges a threat to societal values and interests.
Threats to our society, some examples are;
Terrorism
Knife crime/ Teenagers
Gun crime
Scandal-Expenses
PM's
Immigrants
Contruct folk devils, one person represents group which becomes hatred.
For example- "Yobs/Hoodies" who are teenagers are becoming the "follk devil". Society needs control folk devils in the media. Folk devil occurs when theres un-rest in society. For example;
Recession
Focused on MP'S and benefit cheats.
MP'S and government- Ripping country off and becoming folk devils.
Historical Perspective
Music Halls- Lower social standard who goes their- Rude shows/ bad songs.
Football teams where picked through religion, this still happens in scotland.
Features
- Concern- Behaviour is a big threat
- Voultility- Short lived- erupted trouble
- Students- Seen as "folk devils", contructed to create clear division between them and us.
- Consenus- Threat posed by this group
- Disproportionally- Exageration of evidence- scale of the problem
Feminism In Media
Feminism is a perspective for looking at media texts, feminists would see most media outputs as being the product of a patriarchal or male dominated order aimed at disempowering woman.
Feminism was the response to societys assumptions that woman should be subservient to men.
Main theorist for feminist- Laura Mulvey. This is the most recognised theory. Academic feminist theory emerged as a response to this uberation. Patriarchy is a form of society ruled by men through the figure father to whom are all subordinate.
Laura Mulvey and the Male Gaze.
This theory argues that cinema audiences look in two ways at a film;
-Voyeuristically
-Fetististically
Cinema audiences watch a film without being watched by the characters. Usually in a darkened room, so audience cannot see them. Therefore we are almost voyeurs watching people on screen. This leads to two affects;
Objectivication- Of female characters in relation to this controlling (male) gaze.
Narcissistic Identification- (men watching men on films) with an ideal image section the screen. They tend to see themselves in actors)
Society- Expect certain level of beauty when watching a film.
Voyeurism- You turn represented figure into a fetish.
Fetishism- Marilyn Monroe is the most iconic woman, she is seen as what the feminine form should be. She's celebrated by men for her beautiful looks but considered as an object. She has a role as a woman. Hollywood films have male protagonist and assume male audience. Females are seen as glamorous and Marilyn Monroe is seen as this. This is why front covers of magazines aim towards having woman on the cover looking feminine and glamorous. A certain image is expected from all woman which is to be beautiful, a small size and glamorous. For example Beth Ditto was situated on the front cover of NME appearing naked, covering certain areas but showing a lot of skin. This is going agaisnt society expectations, as normally only woman seen as fetishism woman would be situated on front covers. Of corse, this front cover caused controversy and broke the rules which caused a lot of speculation.
Semiotic Theory
Semiotic Theory (Saussure made)
The semiotic theory is signs and colours given to signify something. For example when we see the sign of the sun shining, it signifies brightness so therefore happiness is signified.
Sign- Signifier- Signify.
For example:
Sign- Signifier- Signify.
For example:
Rain- Moody Music- Depression/Emo
The colour Red- Liverpool, love, lust, anger
Red-Romance- Love
Winter- Rain- Depressed
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