Music Magazine Notes

Music Magazine

Connotations - Opinions, interpretations, meaning (adjectives)
Denotations - facts, internal description (police descriptions)

Main Task Music Magazine - Front page, contents page and a double page spread of a new magazine.

Purpose of Magazines

• Entertain
• Inform

The tactile and visual nature is different from every other

Music Magazines I'm aware of

• Q
• The Source
• The Rolling Stones
• Mojo
• NME
• XXL
• Vibe
• Kerrang
• Rap Up

The things that are within a magazine

• Ratings - Reviews
• Music Models
• Interviews
• Album release dates
• Music relating news
• Awards
• Prizes
• Competitions
• Live Concerts

Why is it important that we do Genre Research?
To find out what the conventions are so that we can replicate them in our productions