Mission Statement

The music genre which I will focus on will be a hybrid of R&B, Hip-Hop and Rap. By combining each of these genres in one product, it creates a unique selling point which will interest the general public. For my task, I will be creating a magazine cover along with a contents page and a double page spread. I hope to imprint the genre on these products, by clearly making it clear that this magazine is for the fans who likes these genre. In addition, the age of the target audience I which to attract are teenagers and young adults (below 30) as they are more likely to be interested in music magazine such as these.

A feature which I will include in my magazine is the promotion of ‘big’ and ‘popular’ artist within the 3 genres I wish to focus on. By maximising the exposure of these artist in my magazine cover, it may attract and encourage the public in buying my magazine.

Music Genre Digital Collage

As an addition to my task, I decided to make a collage of R&B surrounded by current artists which are popular. By doing this, I am hoping that it can help me as I can look at the current artists and include them in my magazine front cover (e.g. 'Exclusive Interview with Rihanna' etc). 

Research - Music Magazine Double Page Spread Research

Finally, I also research on what and how double page spreads are set out. Similar to the other research, I looked at the magazines which features artists that fits the genre I am focusing on to see if there are any features which are frequently used in such magazine. In addition, I looked at how it is structured and what photos they use. Here are 3 double page spread which I decided to look into and analyse closely:

Research - Music Magazine Contents Page Research

Similarly, I researched current contents page from magazines such as "Vibe" and "Billboard" which fits the genre I am looking to focus on. In the contents page, I mainly looked at how it is presented and structured to see if there is a specific way in which content page are meant to be structured in. I also looked at different types of photos which magazine includes in their contents page to get an idea of what kind of photos I may use for my own magazine contents page. Here are the 3 contents page I decided to analyse and closely look at:

Research - Music Magazine Front Cover Research

During my research, I decided to look at current music magazine which fits the genre I look to focus on. The magazine which I decided to focus on are 'Billboard', 'Vibe' and 'Rolling Stone' which suits the hip-hop, rap and R&B genre. I look at current convention and features which were typical of music magazines. I looked at how they have presented their title/masthead, the kind of background image they use and how they structured the cover lines and main cover line. Here are the 3 magazines I decided to analyse:

Music Mixtape

Introduction to music magazine

I have now completed my premilinary task of creating a school magazine front cover and contents page. I am now moving on to my main task of creating a music magazine front cover, contents page and a double page spread. Up coming post will be my progress on my music magazine.