Research and planning: Masthead name ideas

I have come with up with three ideas for my music magazines masthead name:

1. Blank
2. Beat 
3. Relevant

Research and planning: Audience interview videos

Research and planning: Drawn drafts of music magazine

Research and planning: Audience video interview questions

Here are a selection of questions that will ask my target audience:

1. What stories would you expect to see on a magazine of this genre?
2. Do you think that the Masthead is relevant?
3. Do you think that the shot type on the main images is right for the magazine?
4. Is the layout of the front page layout right?
5. Does the contents and or front page have enough detail? 
6. Are the colours relevant to the type of magazine this is?

Research and planning: Production schedule

Research and planning: Podcast

Research and Planning: Questionnaire results

Research and Planning: Questionnaire

This is my questionnaire that I will distribute to a variety of people in my class.

Research and planning: My Target Audience for my music magazine

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Research and planning: Music magazine double page spread analysis

The audience to a double page spread of this genre would be mostly teens to early 20 year old's, this is because rap/ hip-hop hasn't be that well known for that long so not as many late 20's + will actually listen to hip-hop unless forced to. I can also see that the artist 'Game' the man on the photo, is quite famous and he obviously is because he takes up most of the room on the double page spread showing he is quite famous in this genre of the magazine. They have done a medium long shot to capture some of the background in the picture to show where he is and follows the stereotype of most rap artists which is that they have grown up in a rough neighborhood. As you can see in the picture that the story is actually about the man in the photo 'Game'. I also know that this magazine has stuck to there three colour rule all along this magazine as I have seen the front cover and they stick to this rule through all the most important sections of the magazine including the contents page.

Research and planning: Music magazine contents page analysis

The genre of this music magazines contents page is hip-hop I can tell this because the fact the man on the contents page "Kanye West" who is dressed quite "fresh" which shows that he is in hip-hop and also the way he is stood and is looking quite mean and relaxed at the same time tells me that he is in hip-hop. I can tell that this contents page is designed to show the audience what the big hip-hop stars look like, such as the smart casual look, with the blank expression on his face to show that he doesn't care what people think. This links to the genre because in hip-hop all the artists have to have this kind of look to show that they don't care what people think about them. On this contents page we have a medium shot of Kanye west which takes up most of one side of the page which shows that he must be famous because not only has he got into one of the biggest hip-hop magazines but he has also got a large photo on this magazine meaning he must be a big artist to the hip-hop audience.

Research and Planning: Fonts

These are the three Masthead design fonts that i have chosen for my music magazine front cover, this is because they are all related to the rap/hip-hop genre of music.

Research and Planning: music magazine analysis

This music magazine is in the rap / hip-hop genre, this is the genre of music my music magazine will be based on, I have noticed that they have used a medium close-up on the front cover, and the cover lines are about the same genre of music and about the man on the cover '50 cent' who s a very well known rap artist, this magazine follows the three colour rule and has a large masthead to show the audience what it is about. This magazine audience would be teenagers from the age of 14-19 and people in there early to mid 20's. The person on the cover is also portrayed to be very menacing and stylish just like what rap is about, and a very expressionless face to show that he really doesn't care what everyone else thinks about him. I can also tell that this music magazines genre is rap/ Hop-hop because of the fact that in big bold writing on the front next to the man on the photo '50 cent' it says "50 CENT: HIP-HOP ICON"  which shows that this magazine is definitely a rap/ Hip-hop magazine.

research and planning: music magazine analysis

 This music magazine is the same genre of music that I am going to use in my music magazine, I have used this vibe magazine because it shows of what genre of music that it is, which is rap / hip hop. The audience for a magazine of this genre is mostly teenagers and early to mid 20 year old's. the layout of this magazine is very simple, following the three colour rule, and having a medium shot of one person on the cover who relates to the genre of music that the magazine is about. I can tell tat this front page is for the genre of music that I chose because of the way that he is dressed and the way he has the look of all rap/ hip-hop artist, which is the blank facial expression which makes him look like he really doesn't care what anyone else thinks of him. You can also tell what genre of magazine this is from the fact that the colour scheme is all black, white and red, which because of the white changes it from something more heavy metal to hip-hop.