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Presented below is a presentation including information of the particular genre I intend to follow in order to create my final products. This will allow me to get more of an insight into the music genre and get a grasp of its history as well as it's potential and future in the music industry.

media type="custom" key="21038882" width="150" height="150" ** For best view > more > full screen. **  Below is a presentation of a case study magazine in relation to the genre I have chosen to follow for my project. This will allow me to consume basic information of the particular magazine as well as begin to think about my final products. media type="custom" key="21187706" Here I have done a thorough brainstorm of masthead ideas. I have done this as I have a numerous amount of concepts for my magazine masthead furthermore they all have a meaning behind them and I believe to represent the magazine to its full potential the masthead should be more than just a title. ** What genre/s will your magazine cover? ** My magazine will cover the genres of hip hop & rap ** Who is the target audience? How old are they? Where do they live? What are their interests? ** My target audience are both males and females that particularly live in the urban areas of London aged 16 and over. They’ll likely have interests in hip hop and rap music as well as the culture of the two of these genres furthermore they’ll take an interest into fashion and new trends.
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** What is the name of your magazine? Why? Connotations? ** The name of my masthead would be out of Underground and Hustle as I believe they both represent the genre hip hop well and both connote hip hops gritty and somewhat aggressive nature which is usually expressed through artists lyrics although they both connote the somewhat struggle and come up in the genre and show in a way how hard it is to gain fans and get people to #|listen to your music and like it and somehow relate to it in their own way and for it to have a sort of meaning to them.

** What will your masthead look like? Do you have any idea’s for fonts? ** Currently I’m unsure of the font I would use for my masthead although I would want it to be as bold as possible and at the top __centre__ of my magazine cover as it’ll grab the attention of my target audience.

** What will be the focal image for your front cover and why? ** My focal image will be of an upcoming artist who’s trying to gain more success in the music industry. This will be the focal image because I believe it’s a good way to relate to my target audience as well as giving them an idea on how to also be a success.

** What photography will be required? ** Preferably a variety of long and close up shots as it’ll be possible to use them for both the front cover and double page spread. ** What mise en scene will be required? ** The ideal location for me to shoot some of my pictures would be in a location with graffiti and vandalism as it will bring a classic hip hop culture to a modern magazine furthermore I believe using a image with a naturally creative background will make the magazine stand out and make it different from other magazines. The props that may be used would be jewellery such as rings or necklaces etc to show the modern twist of the genre and its culture. The clothes I would want my model to be wearing would be a tracksuit and probably a snapback hat as again it shows the change of hip hop culture. The lighting used would most likely be dark as it will show the gritty nature of the hip hop genre and the personality of the artist of the front cover. My sell lines will be eye catching and engaging also closely relating to the genre hip hop. Ideally I would include sell lines about current artists as well as album releases and achievements made in the genre furthermore hip hop culture. To entice my target audience I’ll use sell lines that may relate to them as well as using colloquial language.
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** What items and feature articles would you need on your contents page? **  The items I’ll include on my contents page would be images relating to the genre and most likely include another image of the model on the front cover. The feature articles I’ll include will involve fashion, hip hop culture, other new artists, album reviews etc. ** What is the focus of your double page spread? **  The focus of my double page spread would be my artist. I would like to split it in half and have one side dedicated to the artists and their story although on the next page I would want there to be a close up image of the artist to allow the target audience to relate to him and have a better understanding of him and to properly take in his story. ** What photography will be required for the double page spread? **  Photographs that have a dark background will be used to reflect the genre as well as poses that show a relaxed and laid back nature to in a sense contrast the artists work ethic.

Below I have created a mood board relating to my chosen genre. I created this based on common stereotypes of the genre as well modern conventions, popular artists of the genre as well as it's culture. I believe this will give me an idea of what to possibly include in my magazine and get me thinking of how things can be presented in my final product. Presented below is an audience questionnaire. I created this in order to allow me to understand who I'm targeting and what will attractions I should include in order for my magazine to grab their attention and stand out from other magazines that have the same genre as mine. media type="custom" key="21219324" For my audience research I also interviewed my target audience and asked them the questions presented in the questionnaire as well as a general, overall opinion on the ideas I have come up with. Here I have created a collage of different colours as well as font styles that I believe will be suitable for my magazine masthead, allow it to stand out and make my target audience aware of my chosen genre. I decided on these particular colours as these are common colours used in most magazines from my genre in addition I considered the results of my audience questionnaire as well as what I believe would be good to use as a masthead regarding fonts and colours. I have used the colours red, blue, yellow and white on the different font types on a black and white background in order to decide what type of background it will look better on, in addition what colours work better with what background. I personally believe the text on the black background are better and a lot more successful than the text on the white background as they look more vivid and stand out a lot more. So with my magazine in mind I would concentrate more on the text and colours presented on the black background. Presented here is an analysis of the photos that I have taken in regards to my music magazine. media type="custom" key="22752606" Here I have given evidence of editing my photographs with screen shots from the photo editor used as well as what section each image could be suitable for. media type="custom" key="22754694" Presented below are three different presentations showing the drafting process of my front cover, contents page and double page spread. media type="custom" key="22812022" media type="custom" key="22812028" media type="custom" key="22812044" Presented below are the final products of my music magazine.
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