My music magazine ‘R&Beatz’ uses the conventions of most Hip Hop magazines. It includes the typical features of a magazine, such as the masthead, banner, the strap line, main cover line, the cover lines and most importantly the main cover image.
The magazine is called R&Beatz, this name has been decided on as it gives the impression of a Hip Hop/R&B magazine, and this is the type of audience we are trying to attract.
The font, stencil, is used to attract the audience as it stands out and catched the eye. The dominant colours used are grey, white and black.
The magazine has one single main image of a person on a park bench, this is used to give off the impression that he is like everyone else, however the main cover line does says ‘The king is back’. This shows that he is a well known artist, and is used in the same font as the masthead. The word ‘king’ is used and coloured red to show his importance in the music industry.
The background of the music magazine has been cut and replaced with a grey colour to make the masthead and main cover line stand out.
The picture was taken in a park, however was cut out as the emphasis would not have shown on the artist or title of the magazine.
The main artist is sat to show relaxation. It is a natural shot taken so the audience can already feel they like and relate to him. He is the central and only figure of the magazine, although the cover lines also name well known and famous artists for those who read the magazine.
The magazine uses basic colours such as grey, white and black. This is done to make the main cover line of ‘king’ stand out. The magazine is showing the return of someone well known in the music industry.
There is the promotional offer of a free CD. This is done also to entice the readers as they are receiving a free cd of a well known DJ.
The location and artist used helps promote the streets, as it is a basic picture of the artist somewhere everyone has been to.
He is wearing casual clothes and a hat, which helps promote fashion in the magazine.
He is staring at the page and sitting as he would if he was with friends, again showing his relaxed look.
The audience would be a mainly 16 – 25 year olds, as the magazine promotes young artists, however older readers can also find artist which they can relate to. Younger readers may also find this magazine interesting as they may find this as their starting point to Hip Hop, R&B and urban music.
The magazine is aimed at both genders; however it may mainly be read by young males, as it does promote new artists who they can relate to.
It is aimed all races and cultures, the main audience being people into urban music.
It attracts audience’s by the use of informal language, the music genre and the simplicity of the magazine.
It has been designed this way to show that although the magazine features many atists, the main artist is the most important as they are on a comeback, and the simplicity and wording is used to show this.
The magazine would be published by a independent publisher, to show the exclusiveness of the magazine.
The use of Photoshop helped cut and paste the front cover and make the cover seem more real and help it stand out. Making the cover helped me learn how to use Photoshop and Apple Macs
If I were to do another front cover, I would spend more time editing the background and use of more text to fill spaces.
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