I will also inclue photographs of other artists falling under the genre I want to focus on. Their pictures will be either on the front as teasers, or in the content page.


Kinetic

Narada and Jamal

O'shea

After taking a variety of photographs at various venues that '6VI' (the band I am featuring on the cover and in the double page spread) played, I have chosen to focus my interview mainly on Frankie Kamal, the band's vocalist, as he is usually centre of attention and formed the band.

I have decided to base my product on the Hip Hop magazine 'Vibe', as it features many of the artists that I want to and it is very sucessful. It also uses similar layout and font to those of my own choice. 'Vibe' includes many conventional aspects of a Hip Hop magazine, such as the mis en scene within the photography, the bold magazine titles and simple backgrounds, (in their case gradiated) and teasers that follow the shape of the photograph and I have used elements of each magazine looked at to help me with my flat plan.

To help me to decide on a colour scheme for my magazine, I created a colour anaylsis slideshow, showing how I used my information on consumer preferences from the questionnaire in my final product.

Colour analysis

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I have decided to present a second slideshow in order to compare the typical conventions of a music magazine in areas such as layout, colour scheme, font and photography. By doing so, I can meet the requirements set by other sucessful magazines and professionally develop the detail and thought in my own magazine.

Q magazine

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To gain a better understanding of the typical reader of my magazine, I have created a reader profile, stereotypical to what I would expect of the the target audiences' personalities.  This will also help me to decide on the layouts and aesthetic appearances of my front cover, contents page and double page spread.

Name: Bobby

Age:17

Gender: male

Residency: London

Class: working class

Ethnicity: mixed race (England & barbados)

Interests: bmxing, going to gigs, seeing friends, sports, social networking sites, listening to music

Appearance: casually dressed (hoodies, t shirts, jeans and trainers)

Other: oldest of 4, lives with 3 sisters, mum and step dad

This is a presentation on NME to allow me to design my magazine well using other sucessful magazines as examples by researching them.

Nme

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In order to design my magazine to meet the requirements of the consumer, I have designed a seperate questionaire about visual prospects and content of a magazine, that has been filled out by the same 10 that answered the personality qustionaire.  Both visual (such as layout and colourscheme) and content (for example, features and content of the double page spread) aspects of the magazine can be constructed in a way that will interest the consumer by reviewing the information given by them below.



1. How often do you buy magazines?

Once a week x x

Once every 2 weeks x

Once a month x x x x

Other x x x

2. How much would you be prepared to spend on a magazine?

£1 x

£2 x x x x

£3 x x x

Other x x

3. Who would you like to see featured in a hip hop magazine?

Jay Z x x

Kanye West x x

The Narcysist x x x x

Nicki Minaj x x x

4. Do you prefer to read blocks of text or spaced text?

Blocks x x x x

Spaced x x x x x x

5. Do you prefer humorous or serious articles?

Humorous x x x x

Serious x x

Inbetween x x x x

6. Would you be interested in the magazine containing a lot of photography?

yes x x x x x x x

no x x x

7. Desired colour scheme for the magazine?

Yellow, blue, white x x x x x x

Blue, red, white x x

Black, green, white x

Purple, red, white x

8. Patterend background?

Yes x x x x

No x x x x x x

9. Font colour?

Pink x x

Green x x x

Grey x x

Black x x x

10. Rough font size?

Small x x

Medium x x x x x

Large x x x

To create a reader profile for my magazine, a survey containing 5 questions was designed.  It was given to a variety of people, differing in areas such as gender, age and musical taste.  From the questionaire, I can develop my magazine by accomidating to the preferences of the 10 people that were asked according to individual personalities.
QUESTIONNAIRE:

1. In which age group do you fit?


10 - 15 x x


16 - 21 x x x x x x x


22 - 27 x


Other x


2. Gender:


Male x x x x


Female x x x x x x


3. Which area of England do you live in?


Streatham x


Norbury x x x x x x


Thornton Heath x


Addington


Wallington x x


4. What genre of music do you prefer?


Hip Hop x x x x x


Rock x x x


Pop x


Electro x


5. What stereotype would you put yourself in?


Emo


Chav x


Goth x


Metalhead x x


other x x x x x