Specialist culture magazine

Specialist Culture Magazine

Music- Karrang
Fashion- Vogue
Sport- 

Loud and quiet- 
  • Katy b is looking away from the camera which shows that she is a serious performer. 
  • She is lit with a powerful light which makes the background darker which shows her importance as the spotlight is on her.
  • Her hair looks strong.
  • Red and fiery, English rose (pale skin and red hair)
Pop
  • Ideologies demonstrated here is of natural beauty.
  • Harsh lighting on her face, quite close up used to attention.
  • Sexual connotations of her sucking her thumb.
  • Her eyes are looking directly at the audience (Direct Mode of Address)
  • Close up and extreme close up, made to feel uncomfortable.




Spengled!

Funny, subversive of the rap genre, 

Teenagers to adult Teens 

Ideological focus- Uniqueness, Standing out from the crowd.

Key Representations- Teenage boys, 

links to music videos- The music video was quite a mickey take on how typical rappers are portrayed, also how teenage boys are viewed by what they wear, how they act, and what they do. 


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