Mojo Cover - Nick Cave
This magazine celebrates older musicians, going against the stereotype the stereotype of most popular, influential musicians being younger. Popular musicians tend to be depicted as younger, but the cover is a complete contrast.
Although, the cover also conforms to the stereotype that older people tend to depict a lot of serious, uncertain attitudes, rather than bubbly, energetic attitudes depicted by younger stars. The cover fits this, with Nick Cave falling into this category of gloomy depiction alongside his 'grievers' audience.
The stereotypical linking of excess and youth but using a photo of the members of Queen when young to illustrate a cover line about excess.
Men stereotypically also tend to be linked with male seriousness and authority, which is also presented in the cover, alongside the very stereotypical link of warfare, aggression and masculinity in the cover line about Billy Bragg.
"Explain how music videos use media language to promote their artists" (10)
(Mise en Scene, camerawork, narrative, messages, editing, diegetic and non-diegetic sounds)
Gender/Hierarchy Roles - Football Jocks (hostile, childish, authoritative) , Noelle (floats towards him, very stereotypically feminine, petite, idolised) , Main Guy (the underdog)
Setting - Relatable experiences, similar to American Sitcoms, Car-Bike contrast.
Camerawork - Close ups, cuts between narrators and main guy, high angle shots depict the main guy in a victimised, smaller position - creating empathy. Arc pans centre the artists to focus on their message.
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