Mojo 'Bob Marley' Magazine

In this magazine, Mojo uses a plain white background with accent colours of red, green and yellow to connote Bob Marley's background and where he comes from. This further complements the main splash of Bob Marley who is looking straight forward portraying a positive view of himself to the reader. This suggests that Mojo see their musicians as light hearted and always fun. This Magazine contrasts the normal route of Mojo magazines front covers where the musicians are young white males and the style of the magazine is produced around the musician too make it seem like they are powerful. Therefore, This Mojo magazine of Bob Marley is presented as a less serious magazine with a much more happy vibe which could connote the reggae style of music Bob Marley plays.

Furthermore, Mojo have got Bob Marley looking straight at the audience rather than off into the distance like most of the typical covers of their magazine. This may be because Mojo want the typical reader to connect with Marley rather than be distances from the magazine as they also want the reader to feel the happy vibe of the magazine and connote the idea of reggae through all of these colours and happiness positively.

Observer Messages and Values Q9

1.  The biggest use of newspapers is to inform the public
what is going on in the world.The Observer knows that its readers are serious and interested in international affairs, therefore the observer cover this topic in their newspapers. This can be seen in hard news articles about Brexit and major things happening in other countries.
2. The Observer meets its audience's need for a  large range of sporting, cultural and artistic news. It provides these with talking about music.
3. The Observer does not shy away from 'difficult' issues that could make uncomfortable reading, such as Grenville Tower or the recent shootings in Kenya.
4.  The Observer has different sections which are designed to appeal to
different types of readers.The Observer reflects the cultural and ethical diversity of its readership in articles on the 'Slums in India' headline, where they talk about Life in Slums, How they live and what they deal with.
5.  Newspaper readership can still be used as a symbol of a persons social identity. The Observer Guardian likes to be open minded so therefore the reader can make their own opinions on the subject, whereas other newspapers may influence a readers opinion on a certain issue.
6. Newspapers tend to entertain people through forms of games and puzzle in newspapers that allows the reader to interact and solve crosswords. This form of entertainment is fun, yet still fits the theme of a serious newspaper that people can trust in.

Music Videos

SB -This video is documentary style mostly hand-held camerawork, de-saturated colour and fast-paced editing.
TD-This video has saturated colour, more controlled camerawork, slower-paced editing.
TD-This video consists of mostly montage shots.
SB-This video has more developed editing with cause and effect.
SB-In this video, the singer values rebellion, which is seen in the narrative.
TD-In this video, the singer values 'fitting in', conformity, albeit to an oppressive system, which is seen in the narrative.
SB-This video is set in LA, a big city, with its connotations of street credibility.
TD-The mise-en-scene of this video is American suburbia with its connotations of conformity. 
TD-This video is intertextual in its narrative (=it makes references to high school drama).
SB/TD-In this video, the singer performs to camera.
SB-In this video, real locations and 'everyday' costume for the performers connote a sense of naturalism.
TD/SB-In this video, there is a sense of linear narrative (a story is told, in the order it unfolds). 

Q4 MOJO

On the front of the magazine, one of the main things that catches your attention is the main splash. It’s the large image in the middle of the page. Ray Davies' head covers the masthead of the magazine as well. The masthead is the big text at the top of the page which has the logo of the magazine on it. As MOJO is a popular music magazine company, they have put Ray Davies head over it as people will be familiar with MOJO. This also creates an effect as it could also show that he stands out more as he is the main focus point.

The colours on the front of the magazine work quite well as the black background matches with the black and white picture of Ray Davies giving it a monochrome style. The main colours we can see on the page are black and white with reminiscent yellow and red. This makes the yellow and red stand out more and it shows that they're giving important information.

Thirdly, the cover lines on the side give us lots of information as well. The cover lines go on the edges of magazines so we know what the content is of the issue instead of just the main splash because not everyone would be interested in just Ray Davies but also other information about music as well. Also, the title name of “Ray Davies” blends in with the cover line as that it's in the same place as the other ones.

Cover work

Analyse the use of media language to create meaning in the online Observer home page. Give two examples.

The Observer home page uses media language to create meaning in many ways. The sense of order and formality is strengthened through the use of a limited colour palette of a royal blue and white, both colours connote maturity and seriousness. This conveys to the observer reader that they can trust the contents of the website.

Secondly, the layout of the home page is used to create an air of formality. This is achieved through very organised, ordered boxes and columns that contain all the content and through the clear sections of the home page, which include ‘news’, sport’ and ‘special features’.

Nathan

Exam Question4

On the cover of this mojo magazine, the main splash of the musician is also the boldest, eye-capturing image on the entire cover. His head covers the head-mast due to that we have a tendency to already be familiar with the brand mojo, and it's clearly evident what it says. However, it's vital that this artist's head covers the word, because that's how we all know he's the most important thing on the cover, and so, the largest musician featured inside the magazine. To support this concept, his name is the next biggest word featured, apart from the mast-head. This way, we all know even more about the face on the cover and how "Ray Davies" is the largest topic.

The magazine , in addition, colour-coordinates around the musician. the main colour features are black, white and red. this offers the impression that the magazine is mature. The main-splash supports this by not staring directly at the reader - instead he is staring into space which therefore creates an increased reference of sophistication. The yellow adds a distinctive touch to the cover by being rather more fun coloured and representing the more exciting elements of the magazine.

Soap Opera

In this image, the two characters are feeling very strong emotions like shock and anger as they are perhaps witnessing something dreadful.

This image is conveying the thought that the male character is severely injured and she is worried for his wellbeing and what might happen to him.

The actors face shows she is sad and possible frightened about what is happening in life her child’s life as she may have been going through some problems and is seeking help.

This image is showing the actor is happy for something she may have accomplished or maybe she is just happy for the life she has and grateful for all the people that she has near to her.