Questionnaire

This is to help me with my research to see what makes a music magazine of my genre successful and what i can incorporate in my magazine:

Preliminary Work - Final contents page

After various concepts i decided to use this design as the contents page for my college magazine;

Textual Analysis Front cover 01

To create the best front cover for my magazine I will need to analyse 5 existing magazine covers and use the best bits from each to connect with the target market. This cover of Vibe magazine is a simple but expressive layout, the colour scheme has a blank background with black and red text surrounding the model (Eminem).

The model is dressed in a black tank top which is kind of dark and angry, his arms are crossed which suggests he commands respect and there is no nonsense to his personality at this time. All of his tattoos are on show which shows a kind of pride. In other words he isn't hiding anything which goes with the theme of the article where he "comes clean", displaying almost everything.

Eminem is clean shaven and his hair is tidy, this makes the audience think he's sorted everything out. Like he's emerging from the shadows of his past, the text of drugs is translucent, fading away from him. He is wearing a crucifix, perhaps showing his faith in himself to get through his rough period.

The red text captures the readers attention and makes them think of blood which relates to drug usage by Eminem. Nothing really overlaps, all the texts are in their own section on the page and everything is neat and tidy like the model's hair.

Preliminary development - contents page

The trouble with the contents page is that it doesn't have a set layout, so finding the right one for a specific magazine can be difficult and time consuming. I've began playing around with photoshop and the structure of this page as shown here:

Preliminary work - College magazine front cover

I kept my original layout but edited the text type and colour along  with image size, I tried to make the title similar to other magazines which have a sort of clean spacious layout whilst keeping the emphasis on the model.

Mood board 02 - Inspiration

This other mood board I have created includes extra inspiration which is not specifically about the artist, clothing and colours are the main themes I have found inspiration from.

Preliminary develpment

Started my preliminary task of making a college magazine cover! I was experimenting with photoshop and i found the curves setting for some pictures very useful with the brightness lines of the main photo. Making the title and strap line more visible. I'm still getting to grips even with some basics of the programme, it's pretty fun anyway and i hope that by the end of this preliminary task i should be experienced enough :)

Mood board 1 - Artists

The main focus in hip hop music is the artist and their stories, so helping me with inspiration i have created this mood board with a number of big named artists. This helps me see what kind of images
are portrayed in R&B magazines or in media in general.