Ideas for magazine cover image/Ideas for magazine cover layout

 

ØTo look for inspiration for my front cover to my music magazine I have researched into Vibe magazine. I have chosen Vibe  over Rap-up magazine as I particularly like their style and would like to include similar conventions into my own work.

ØI think the image used on the cover is very effective. The images colours works well with the rest of the cover. The image also portrays women as being, sexy, confident and casual.

ØIt portrays this because she is looking directly at the camera, looks as if she taking a picture of the reader, she is wearing jeans and a t-shirt but still looks rich. This is the view of women I would like to portray of women.

Ideas for magazine cover layout

ØThis image shows a magazine front cover of a past issue of “Blender” magazine, a music, celebrity , gossip and entertainment  magazine, As my magazine is aimed at a young target audience I need to include particular conventions of other general music magazines, as I understand my target is attracted to “bright” and “eye catching” objects and are more likely to pick up a magazine which is visually pleasant and has a popular coverimage.

 

ØThe spaced out cover lines and orange font is what makes this magazine very recognisable,  I would like to include this into my own magazine.

Vibe and Rap-Up Magazine

ØI have decided to use Vibe magazine for my research. I have chosen this magazine because I think it is very successful and it suits the genre of my magazine,  R&B.

ØVibe is a magazine which was published quarterly in the United States Its first issue was in 1993 and its publisher was Time Inc

ØThe language is English and As of 2007 Vibe had a circulation of approximately 800,000

ØVibe made a consistent effort to feature models of all ethnicities in their pages.

 

ØI have also decided to use Rap- Up for my research as I also think this is a successful magazine and suits the genre of my magazine, R&B.

ØRap-Up is a popular R&B music magazine which is published quarterly 2001 by founder Devin Lazerine

Ø The magazine is not audited, and is sold in more than 20 countries worldwide

Analysing Magazine Pages

I decided to analyse front covers, contents pages and double page spreads looking mainly  two prominant examples: Vibe and Rap Up

In order to help me plan the pages for my magazine.

Target Audience

Target audience

My target audience is going to be young people from the age of about 16 -25 who are interested in R&B music.

This age range are the type of people to download and purchase alot of music  

They are very open minded and will buy magazines to find out new artists, gossip and even style tips to follow trends. 

Type of Arists

R&B artists
I have looked at other artists in my genre for inspiration and ideas, I have come up with a list below and the magazine front covers  they have graced and they will help me to create my own

R&B artists:


Chris Brown
Trey Songz
Ciara
Justin Bieber
Usher
Cassie
Keri Hilson
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna

R&B Magazine Which cover works best?

For my magazine genre I got given the R&B genre, In general women on R&B magazines front covers are often protrayed as either really sexy or wholesome and role models for younger girls. The representation of women in the media is often protrayed as derogatory because of video girls.

A) A female who suggest sex appeal, and sas.

 The Ciara edition of 'Rap Up' shows the target audience a musican who is sexy and confident hence the way she is dressed. The coverlines in relationship to her curves is a prominant feature of the front cover.,

One  generic conventions of Rap-Up music magazines, is that it’s masthead has the same font and colour on each issue (large, easy to read font, bold and black) and it’s always situated in the middle.

 

The central figure/s help to maintain a stereotype, as well as customer loyalty. They are always current and popular groups that fitthe music genre of Rap-Up (R&B/Hip-Hop)

B) Females who connote friendship, empowerment and fun in music

Preliminary Task Blogging

WHAT DID YOU DO?
I looked at other examples of school magazines and sixth form bulletins to get a rough idea of what my magazines front cover will look like. 


My target was students (16 -19 years old) who are going to the college so therefore the magazine would feature fellow pupils and have headlines which relate to them.

With my target audience in mind I was able to visualise what the magazine should feature and what is most appealing. I used bright and appealing colours and pictures of students on the front cover.

Use of Adobe InDesign for Front cover

Working on the contents page using Adobe inDesign

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Introduction

Introduction

As part of my A level media coursework, the brief requires me to:

•  Create a front cover, contents page and a double page feature spread of an R&B music magazine. 
• I'm also required to use a desktop publisher such as Adobe InDesign  
• Use of image manipulation program, for example Adobe Photoshop. 

I have created this blog in order to record my research and planning which will help me to produce a successful magazine.

                                      What a captivating music magazine front should look like