Moodboard of Artists to include in my Magazine

Front Cover Collections

I have used these magazines for my mood board so i can compare a magazine of my genre and a different genre so i can take inspiration from it. I have also used these so i can follow the conventions of a hip-hop magazine.

Analysis 3: Front cover of a different genre

Same Genre Analysis 2: Cover, Contents and DPS

LIIAR analysis: Front cover, contents and DPS analysis

Target Audience and Brand Identity

The genre of music that my magazine will be is Hip-Hop. As it is a genre of music that has a large following, large amounts of music artists and it is my preferred genre of music.

This genre of music generally appeals more to teenagers and people in their early 20’s. However, there are people of all ages that like this genre.

I am going to make people want to read it by including other artists that are popular like Drake or the Weeknd. I would include clothing offers in magazine, the charts for the week, offers to win things like signed albums or signed posters.

I want my magazine to be an informative music magazine that tells the reader about the artist, songs, albums what they have done and how they have done it. I have taken some inspiration from Billboard Magazine who tend to cover lots of different artists although they tend to cover pop music they do on occasions cover artists from other genres. I would use this magazine as a main inspiration as it is very popular and is very renowned so I believe it to be a good inspiration. I think that the main thing that you would see in my magazine would be about music artist, new song that have come out, popular songs, clothing and other things related to Hip-Hop. For the Style of my Magazine I would have more of an informal style as I feel it would appeal more to my target audience, if it was in more of a formal style it may deter teenagers from wanting to read it.

Evaluation

Evaluation

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The Audience for my Magazine would be students of Plantsbrook school who would be between the ages of 11 and 16 as I won’t include sixth formers in my target audience as I don’t believe they will be as interested in a magazine as those from younger years. I also won’t make it orientated around parents as I believe that if students feel as though its more orientated around them it will create a better interest in school activities and parents have things like the newsletter which is more formal and less enticing for students. Also I have constructed my school magazine around Plantsbrook School but making it appear more informal which may appeal to the students.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I feel that throughout my time creating my magazine I have built up a better understanding of programs such as Adobe Fireworks CS3. When I initially used Fireworks it seemed alien in comparison to programs that I was used to using such as PowerPoint 2016. But after a couple of lessons I felt comfortable with the software and felt as though I had built up a greater understanding of the software, which in turn meant that my coursework had drastically improved and I was able to go back through some of my initial designs and create better versions of them that look more aesthetically pleasing.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of school magazines?

I feel as though my magazine develops and challenges the regular conventions of a school magazine; for instance, in one of my magazines I have got a small masthead in the top left of the magazine but most school magazines have a large masthead that spans the top of the page or at least two thirds of it, I have done this as I feel like it makes it appear to be more unique which would in turn make it more recognisable. But I do follow the conventions of a magazine as I have included pictures on my front cover of students working, I have done this as I believe it gives the students a positive message about lessons.