Preliminary Task: Front Cover FINAL

Preliminary Task: Front Cover Texture Analysis

Denotation:
This magazine has a picture of Calvin Harris who has shade on and facing the cam. The image is a close-up shot of him showing mainly his shoulders and above. The background has a fading from white to grey, bottom left to top right which goes with the white blazer his wearing. The image covers mainly the half right of the magazine front cover. The Mast head is on top of the main image overlapping the top part of the head which makes it stands out a lot more. Around the image are the cover-lines which are in pink and black which goes really well the theme.Also colours of Calvin Harris' costume as the bright colours represents the 'Dance' music theme. The main cover-line which is 'Calvin Harris' is in the second biggest font. The bar-code, price and date is placed bottom right of the magazine.Masthead:
The masthead use on this magazine is 'Mixmag' and the font of the masthead is not formal and sort of teenage (young) like as well which would suit and stand out on a music magazine like this. This connotes young and modern. Also Mixmag is one of the famous 'Dance Music & clubbing' magazines so it goes well with the theme. Also 'Mixmag' tells the audience that the magazine is music based.

Character:
The cover photograph is a close up shot of a famous DJ, 'Calvin Harris'.

Composition:
He is posed in a very 'casual' way and dressed casual as well which gives the magazine a very casual, modern feeling.

Mise En Scene
Costume:
His clothing is a casual/formal wear that only modern day young people would wear with shades. This costume has been chosen specifically for this magazine as it would appeal to its target audience who are young, modern people who are into Dance music. The shades bring on the theme of 'Dance' music even more as if you look at the reflection of the shades, you will see speakers on the right,amplifiers and other DJ equipment on the left shade.

NVC:
His non verbal communication is also a casual look with just a simple pose and the mouth slightly open which could represent anyone.

Lighting:
The lighting is very simple and high key. The shadow cast on his right side could represent the sun going doing as most Dance music is link to clubbing and clubbing is something you would do in the evening.

Setting:
There is little setting but the bright white background could be part of the bright colour themes as anything to do with dance has bright flashing lights and his white blazer and bright fonts go well with the whole theme.

Cover-lines:
The main cover-line that relates to his photograph is 'They think I'm abit of a weirdo, Calvin Harris, A crash Course in dance superstardom'. This main cover-line cannotes that people dont really like they way he lives and how his so passionate about his dance music. This will appeal to the audience even more as the audience might also agree with this phrase and think people around do not agree with the type of music that they listen too. also, it says 'a crash course in a dance superstardom' which will get the audience thinking that it could represent a adventure or even journey. Aslo using the word 'superstormdom' is like saying that dance music is the future and is widely popular which would make the audience want to follow even more as they feel like they would be left out if they didnt follow. The other cover-lines are mainly based around raving, other DJs and questions that are asked by anyone which doesnt even have anything to with anything. This could show that Dance music could be anyone and it could be anything so it's also a way to keep the audience interested. Also the raving and DJ bits will keep proper dance fans updated with the dance world.

Target audience:
Considering all the points mention above, the most expected target would be people aged from 18 to 27 as the dance genre is based around modern and casual style and most people would be interested around that age male or female. As around this age they will have the opportunity to go to these raving, dance places and experience the events are opportunities that are mention within the magazine.

Preliminary Task: Front Cover & Contents Page Mock Ups

Preliminary Task: Front Cover Conventions Diagram

Preliminary Task: Front Cover Textual Analysis

The denotation of this photograph shows a girl doing her work and it represents that she is not coping with the situation. The connotation of this photograph represents stressful and no free time.

She is posed in a way where she looks like she can not take it anymore and her desk is full of revision material. This is shown by her facial expression, body language and even the surrounding props.

Setting- The girl is set in a room where she is revising for alot of subjects and has books layed out for it. There are so much books that she doesnt have a place to store them so they are stacked on top of each other. There is also a cup of drunken milk and half eaten toast which represents that she hasnt even had to have a proper snack or tidy up.

Lighting- The lighting used in this photograph is mainly concentrated on the main actor and the rest of the room is dark.

NVC-Her NVC shows that she is tired and almost can not take it no more. Her hair is also scruffy and her elbow is on the desk as well which shows shes again tired and havent had her own free time to do the stuff she wants.

Costume- her costume is casual clothes that you would wear at home so this shows shes actually doing this revising at home. This costume will appeal to those students who would be in her situation as she seems like a everyday person who is struggling to keep up with her studying.

Props- The main prop was a pen in her hand which represented that she hasnt had time to do anything else.

Coverlines:

The main coverline relates to the main image as it says 'Testing times. Is revision taking over your life' which the image shows a girl who is struggling to keep with her work. Also the puff goes with the theme of the image.

Target audience:

This is aimed at teenagers who are in the same position as she and who is not keeping up with her work.

Preliminary Task: Movie poster Texture Analysis

This poster represents lots of deaper meanings. For example there is a link between the skull in the background and the title 'CRYSTAL SKULL'. Also it is a low angle shot which gives the character a big, strong and powerful look.

The clothes his wearing also has an effect as he is wearing old, worn out and adventurious clothes which makes him look like someone who is going to go and explore stuff.

The whip and the clenching of the fist makes it look like his ready for a fight which makes to movie look like its going to action-pack. The font of the main title (INDIANA JONES) has a family and comedy look which keeps the old fans from previous episode still interested so its not just a scary action pack movie but it's also a family movie.

Induction: Re-Creation of a Movie Magazine Front Cover

The first image was the design i was given to create from a image given to me. I had to use Photoshop to get the poster that was given to look the first design given. I had trouble using photoshop as i didnt know what most tools do. But I did have a rough idea on how to use it as i tend to use Adobe Fireworks which also has a similar use. I mainly used the Text tool to creat most of the text on the poster. I didnt know how to put effects on the text so it doesnt look identical to the design given.