Analysing other Media texts

Before you produce your own Media text you need to analyse other professional products to identify the conventions of the products.

If you are producing a magazine you need to analyse magazine front covers, and if you are producing a music video you are going to analyse CD covers in the genre in which you are working.

Magazine Front Page Analysis

1. Find a magazine front page and save it to the desktop.
2. Open it in word and analyse the design features
3. Save the document on the desktop- print screen it so you can add it to your blog as an image
4. Add a new post to your blog- where you explain what you have analysed, how you can tell what genre the magazine belongs to and how it appeals to it’s target audience. You should then add your photoshop jpeg to your post.
5. Your partner group will then comment on what they think is good about your analysis and what you can do to improve it.

CD Covers Analysis of Genre Signifiers
1. Find a CD cover of the band/artist which you are doing the music video to and save it to the desktop.
2. Open it in photoshop and analyse the design features
3. Save the document on the desktop- print screen it so you can add it to your blog as an image
4. Add a new post to your blog- where you explain what you have analysed, how you can tell what genre the CD belongs to and how it appeals to it’s target audience. You should then add your photoshop jpeg to your post.
5. Your partner group will then comment on what they think is good about your analysis and what you can do to improve it.