Look carefully at the front covers of MOJO and RNR magazines. 

QUESTION: How far do MOJO and RNR use different media language to create different connotations? (CONNOTATION meaning: an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning.)

Answer on your blog. This is a high-value question and should take all lesson to answer. You can use the class blog search engine for more examples of how to analyse music magazines.

In your answer you should have 2 paragraphs:

• analyse the media language in MOJO and RNR magazine. 'Media language' includes the placement of the main image, the type of photography, lighting, colours, fonts, how busy or restrained the cover is, the layout (such as alignment to the margins), how serious or playful 
• make judgements and draw conclusions about how far the media language is used differently in both extracts to create different connotations. Are there similarities in both covers? What sorts of audiences are they targeting? You could think about MOJO's rock aesthetic of living loud and dangerously compared to RNR's folk, rock, blues vibe. 

Dave Grohl is stood in an aggressive stance. He also has a snarl on his face this facial expression along with his stance help you imagine what type of musician he is. The phrase " The further adventures of Dave Grohl may make the viewer feel like he is coming back in his prime ready to create more rock  music.  Dave Grohl was placed in the middle of the magazine cover because he is the main attraction to draw in the readers of Mojo Magazine. The words "Foo fighters" is placed in between his hands this is because he was the lead singer of the band and this represent him holding up the bands name both literally  and metaphorically because he is looking to keep the band going hence the phrase " the further adventure of Dave Grohl" this shows that he is trying to kick start the Foo fighters. The font of the foo fighters shows how free and layed back they are and they are free to express themselves. The crowded front page shows how they are frantic and chaotic.

Christy Moore is lit up with a smile on his face this help demonstrate how he is an Irish folk singer who has a holy part about him. This also is added with his facial expression he has a warm smile. The colour of the background is welcoming and gives you the image of light dirt brown which being a folk singer would remind people of the countryside. On the RnR magazine the font is a lot more peaceful because it doesn't look like it's about to jump out at you. The quote our three fathers is the first line of the lords prayer this gives him the connotation that he is peaceful. The lack of cover lines on the cover represents that it is peaceful because it is stripped down giving it a organised relaxed peaceful connotation.