Sunday 6 March 2011

Rock & Roll Mood Board

Genre Choice

I have chosen Rock & Roll as my genre because its a genre of music i love a listen to in everyday life, it also gives a broad choice of music as it fits into most other genres like post punk or indie rock for example

2nd Cover Analysis

St Ambrose Analysis

Deyes Newsletter Analysis

Feminism

A female theorists called Laura Mulvey had the theory that the male gaze in media takes preference over the woman's gaze and that the perception of the audience she characters different in the media for example actresses are seen as sex symbols. Mulvey also believed  that this was mens fault as she thought media was created by men for men therefore a female actor would be seen as a object not a actress. In modern day this theory is being tested as more and more woman are getting recognized for talent and the going average day look is changing for example fashion icon and rockstar Beth Dito and actress Meryl Streep.




Media Vocabulary

The following shall be a list of media terms i shall use in my blog analysis in particular-

Puff:- promotional techniques used to draw readers into other aspects of what is inside the magazine

Pug:- normally at the top of the magazine containing the price often refereed to as the ears of the magazine

Buzz Words:- attracting words that draw the readers attention in order to see the magazine for example 'exclusive'

Anchorage Text:- the positioning of the text often anchoring around the all important picture

Banner:- text standing out against the background

Masthead:- title of the magazine