Genre and representation

The most important preparation you need to do is to design a fantastic website page for your Rhymix genre and make sure you can draw it out, colour and annotate it in 20 minutes. However, these tasks focusing on genre and representation will also help you prepare for the exam:


Research the history and origins of your genre of music:

• How has it evolved and changed over time? Have the fans also changed?

What is your USP? Research websites from your music genre. 

• What will you include on your that will make it stand out to fans?

Draw a typical fan of your music. 

• What stereotypes are associated with your genre of music? 
• Identify 1 positive and 1 negative representation.

Investigate positive and negative representations of your genre:

• Pick a key artist or band that will feature on your page (and that you will mention in your pitch). 
• Find photos and coverage of them online. 
• Sort these pictures into positive representations on one side and negatives representations on the other side. 
• Consider why they are represented this way (where is the representation taking place, who is going to be looking at the image? 
• Is there a story that changes the representation? 
• How will you represent them on your page?