Black leather clothing

represents the anger

and masculinity in the

magazine

All male band shows that

it is a masculine magazine

The lead band member is

shouting and the others

have blank

expressions, this

represents seriousness in

the blank faces and a

contrast of an angry shout

The props use

represent violence

as they have

baseball bats and

chains and being

held in an

aggressive way

A mixture of full body and mid

shots represent intimidation

and seriousness

Dark colours of the

image contrasts with

the other colours used

REPRESENTATIONS IN A ROCK MAGAZINE

Rock audience

Male

Female

REPRESENTATIONS IN MY MAGAZINE

Blank expressions

represent

authority, intimidation, ser

iousness, and masculinity

Full male duo shows

masculinity in the

group and within the

magazine

Props used show that

they are part of a band

and the guitar looks

like it would be used

in a rock band as it is

an electric guitar

Dark clothing and

a white shirt

shows that they

do not follow

trends and are

looking very plain

and simple

Dark colours of the text and boxes

contrast with the light background

Informal and aggressive

font for the masthead

The clothing that they

wear, such as hoodies

represents their age

because they are

stereotypical for younger

people to wear hoodies.

The colours used in both

the page and in the

image represents

masculinity

The pull quote used makes the

person self-glorified which connotes

confidence and cockiness

The gothic fonts

used connote

violence, anger

and rebellious

The black

background

connotes

death, darkness

and mystery

The white contrasts

with the black

connoting light and

safety

The image

represents

masculinity

because his facial

expressions are

aggressive which

are stereotypical

of young males

By using the dark

colours it represents

males as they are

masculine colours

Full body mid-shot connotes

dominance and

intimidation, and the blank

expression adds some

seriousness and mystery

The annotation down the bottom adds

humour and wittiness towards the person

The use of the

black, white and

red represent

masculinity while

the red and

black contrast

together to

connote death

and danger

The pull quote connotes

distress and danger The clothing

represents the

younger ages

as he is

wearing a T-

shirt which is

stereotypical

for young

people

By wearing dark

colours and

trousers it

represents males

because males

stereotypically

wear trousers

The font

represents males

because it is

aggressive and

looks like it should

be on a rock

magazine

The language is

masculine as it uses

words which females

would not like or be

interested in reading the

text