Tuesday, 10 November 2015

Hair, make up and costumes for Musician Who Will Be Featured My Music Magazine


According to the research I did looking into what is the character/appearance of a Member of my music magazine audience, I decided that the musician who feature in my music magazine will wear this costume showed in the image above. Through this, my audience will be able to relate to the artist and may even be inspired by the choice of costume which may provoke them to be interested in my music magazine. Furthermore, regarding hair, this is not entirely important as, not only does the musician featuring in the magazine have a number one hair cut, but, he will be wearing a snap-back cap also. Finally, the artist will not be wearing any make up as some editing in terms of using filter to improve the appearance of the photograph


Monday, 2 November 2015

Can My Music Magazine Fit the Ideas of The Rolling Stone Magazine?

The Rolling Stone magazine categorize their audiences through utilizing demographics. Demographics are investigations into a population focusing on factors such as age, race, sex, economic status, level of education, income level and occupations etc. Demographics are used by governments, corporations and non-government institutions to gain a better understanding of a population's characteristics for many purposes like audience research for instance.


I can fit my magazine to their ideas but only to a small extent. The Rolling Stone magazine's audience from what I have gathered when reading through reading the demographics section of the publication, the magazine is aimed at mass audience as, their ages range from ages 18-24 to ages 55+. My target audience is solely young adults (14-30 years of age.) Other demographic factors as mentioned above such as race, sex, economic status, level of education, income level and occupations are not relevant in answering the question 'Can my magazine fit with the ideas of the Rolling Stone Magazine' are irrelevant as, regrading race for example, if an audience member enjoys the genre of hip-hop their ethnicity should not determine whether or not they listen to that style of music. However, especially for Caucasians, it stereotypically expected that they enjoy genres of music normally created by individuals of their own race such as house, rock or popular music, just as black person is more likely to enjoy and relate to hip-hop, reggae or music of African descent (afro-beats)



Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Summary Of My Final Magazine Ideas

The genre of my music magazine will be hip-hop as, this is the music I enjoy listening to and I feel it will be easier for me to publish this style of music magazine. I will target the audience through the use of conventions on my front cover, contents page and double page spread such as the colour scheme of my magazine which will be turquoise and white. These colours are unconventional and wouldn't typically be seen in a hip-hop magazine. As a result, my audience will hopefully be intrigued. My target audience is young adults (14-30 years of age.) This age group are most likely going to be more interested in this genre of music compared to young girls who may be more inclined to listen to popular music.

Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Flatplan For My Music Magazine Double Page Spread

I researched many hip-hop magazine double page spreads and discovered what should be included in this sector of a publication and created my own double page spread flat plan