Notes

Front Cover Image

The rules:
Type of shot- mid,mid-close or close up
Framing- portrait centred or left


Mise-en-scene
 
Setting
Lighting
Props
Costume
Hair/Make-up

Denotation- Facts, police descriptions, what you actually see,

Conoatations-Descriptive words, opinions, interpretation of meaning


Foundation Portfolio- Magazine Production

• 2 tasks- Preliminary and Main task
• Coursework worth 50% of AS grade
• Main task- Music Magzine:the front cover, contents page and double page spread of a new music magazine

20 marks- Research and planning
60 marks- Constructing
20 marks- Evaluation


Music Magazines
NME
XXL
Mojo
Mix Mag
Q
The Source
VIBE
KERRANG

Music magazine: Genre conventions

Pictures
Reviews-albums,singles,live shows
Album releases
 Genre specific
Interviews
Latest News
Advertising

Why do we do genre research?
 To find out what conventions are so that we can replicate them in our production.

To gain a historical overview of the genre.