Planning My Magazine...

Who will model for you?
*  Female/ Martha

When will you take the pictures?
*  Before Christmas holiday and during Christmas holiday

Which props would u need?
* Santa hat, mistletoe, shopping bags, fur jacket...

Mood Board...

Drafts Double Page Spread(1)

Draft Contents Page(1)

Audience Research

Contents Page Analysis

Demographic Profile(2)

 ( Image Above) Christiana

I intend to develop my music magazine to target this type of reader (Christiana) by including a fashion page where she can be updated with the season’s latest fashion trends which can help her improve her own fashion style, and also get tips on how to do so. I will also include within my music magazine, the latest gist (gossip) on celebs that she may be interested in e.g. Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Keri Hilson, Rihanna etc. I will also include information on the most recent releases of singles/ albums of worldwide artists of the genre of R&B/ Hip-Hop.  The front cover of my music magazine will give the reader a glimpse on what the magazine will include through the cover lines, a photograph that will be of an artist of the genre the magazine will be based on e.g. Beyonce (American recording artist, fashion designer and actress), this will attract the reader as Beyonce is a well known artist, known worldwide for her music that is R&B genre based and this is part of what the magazine is about. Beyonce being used as the main image of the front cover will draw the reader‘s (Christiana) attention as a female on the cover of a magazine would be what she wants to see.  The way she will be dressed will also get the attention of her as being dressed inappropriately will allow the magazine to be seen negatively and alien Christiana from the magazine and this is not what should be happening, by dressing Beyonce in the way Christiana would dress or like to see others dressed will gain her interest.  The colour scheme used will also catch the attention of the reader as it will relate to the magazine target audience ( Christiana) and its genre, the colour scheme used will be daring and strident connoting the genre Hip-hop  and will help the sales of the magazine as it will stand out amongst other magazines.

Demographic Profile

THE VIBE READER: Christiana is 21 years old, her life is devoted to music; she lives and breathes music, it is a big part of her life. At the age of five years old, her parents got her auditioning at Tech Music Academy where she found her infatuation for music. Christiana wakes up with music and sleeps with music; she is surrounded by music 24/7, if not singing along to it, she is listening to it. She takes pleasure in reading Vibe magazine as she loves finding out the latest bangers (music) out and the up-to-the-minute gossip within the celebrity world of singers and rappers. Her motto for life is “Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up”. She believes in making the most out of life, being cool, having fun and doing whatever, as you only live once!  After work at the Apple Store, she is out in town with her friends, out clubbing and having a good time till the “wee wee” hours. She is a big fan of Barbadian R&B singer Rihanna; she finds her style and music second to none. Christiana is feisty, very outspoken, has a lot of confidence and likes to make her own mind up in situations. She is into fashion, makeup, music (R&B, Hip-Hop, African etc) and clubbing/ partying.

Textual Analysis 3.

Magazine No.3

Denotation:

The magazine consists of a colored photograph of a woman looking directly into the camera. It is a medium long shot photo showing her knees and upwards. The background is black outlined flowers placed onto a white background. In front of the photograph are several cover lines coloured, pink, purple, black and white. The woman shown in the photograph name is placed on her right side in bold, pink writing. “Christiana Milian”.

Masthead:

Rap Up magazine’s masthead is distinguishing as it is different from other music magazine mastheads. Pink with no outline and no drop shadow. The “U” in the word “Up” has an upright arrow. The font used is san serif font modernising the magazine. The boldness of the word “Rap- Up” stresses it and gives it emphasis. It also relates to the genre “Rap” which is bold and strident.

Character:

The coloured photograph is of American recording artist, actress, dancer and model Christian Milian.

Composition:

Christiana is posed a seductive and saucy way. Her body language, pose and clothing are sexy and hot.

Costume: Her clothing is a pair of jeaned shorts with silver studs placed on the left sided pocket, a grey vest top with a piece of lace placed at the top and a purple leathered jacket with rolled up sleeves. She is accessorized with a pair of black shaded sunglasses, a pink leathered gloved, hopped gold earrings and a bangle.

NVC: Her NVC is also seductive as she stands tilted to her right side as she places her hand onto her bare skinned leg and has her finger onto her lips as she looks directly into the camera.

Lighting: The lighting is high keyed as it focuses on her face and body bringing notice to her.

Setting: There is little setting other than a white with black outlined flowers.

Cover lines

The main cover line is the cover line that is related to Christian Milian “‘Shh! Christiana Milian ‘My secret is...’ “This links to the message shown through her NVC in the photograph. The way she is positioned with her finger on her lips connotes secrecy and this also means the onomatopoeia “Shh” that is part of the main cover line. The other cover lines include artists such as Plies, Brandy, Robin Thicke, T.I., John Legend, Soulja Boy, Shontelle etc. The cover line show us that the magazines concentration is of the genre R&B and Hip-hop and it not all about music but also fashion “ It’s a buyer’s market: 18 essentials to keep your swagger on lock!” The font of the cover lines is of san serif which connotes the magazine being up to date, up to date, with its gossip, fashion and music.

Target Audience

The target audience would be male and female mainly females due to the feminine colours used for the colour scheme of the magazine and the gossip the magazine contains. Females are usually the gender to be associated with gossip. The age range is from the age of 18 and above.  

Textual Analysis 2.

Magazine No.2- Rap Up

Denotation

The magazine cover consists of a colour photograph of three women looking unswervingly at the camera. They are standing up whilst positioning their hands in a “stop” position. It is a long shot showing them from head to toe. The background of the photograph is grey; the coloured photograph covers up most of the magazine cover. The names of the three women are in separate coloured boxes peach, yellow and hot pink on the bottom left of the magazine.

Masthead

Rap Up magazine’s masthead is distinguishing as it is different from other music magazine mastheads. Black with no outline and no drop shadow. The “U” in the word “Up” has an upright arrow. The font used is san serif font modernising the magazine. The boldness of the word “Rap- Up” stresses it and gives it emphasis. It also relates to the genre “Rap” which is bold and strident.

Character(s)

The cover photograph is of successful American R&B singer Keri Hilson, Teyana Taylor & sister of R&B singer Beyonce, Solange Knowles.

Composition

Teyana Taylor on the left is posed supposedly with her arm on her hip and she slants the side as she has her left hand up in a “stop” position. Keri Hilson in the middle is posed with her legs close together as she is in a slightly squatted position with both her hands in a “stop” position as she smiles. Solange Knowles on the right is posed in a similar position as Keri Hilson but is posed more upwards as she also has her hands in the “stop” position. The poses of all three women is sexy, grabbing the attention from the opposite sex, males. They are trying to get a message across but do it in a lady like way, their body; pose and clothing help them to do this.

Costume

Teyana Taylor (left)

Her clothing is black and white checker bordered leggings, with a pink, purple and white cropped top showing her lower part of her stomach and a silver leather jacket. She also has a pair of green, orange, purple and orange high topped trainers. She is accessorized with a pink glove and silver hopped earrings.

Keri Hilson (middle)

Her clothing is a black and off white short dress. She has on a pair of black leathered open toed high heels. She is accessorized with a black leather glove, a silver bracelet placed onto her left wrist and a pair of silver earrings.

Solange Knowles

Her clothing is a white and silver bowed dress with a left legged yellow and right legged orange tights. She has on a pair of black, with silver stars high heeled sandals. She is accessorized with silver earrings.

The clothing worn by all singers complements the colour scheme of the magazine grey and black but with a dash of bright colour e.g. pink and other feminine red and white. The clothing also worn by each individual suits their personality and style. E.g. Teyana Taylor is known for her very colourful and bold style which is shown through this photograph of her.  

NVC: Hands positioned in a “stop” position as they smile as they pose in different ways.

Lightning: The lighting is high hey; as the photograph is meant to show they are in a studio like room.

Setting: The setting is of a grey background; little setting. The grey background with nothing other than just the grey background gives off the impression of the setting being a studio.

Cover lines

The main cover line relates to the three women in the photograph:

“Stop & Stare”

Introducing...

Teyana Taylor

Keri Hilson

Solange Knowles

This main cover line also explains to us, the reader, as to why they are all positioned in the way they are. Telling us the readers to stop and stare with no dialogue, but with non verbal communication.

Other artists mentioned are Rick Ross, N.E.R.D, Leona Lewis, Flo Rid, the Game, Lloyd, Nelly etc are all artists of the genre of R&B, Rap and Hip-hop. This is the representation of all these genres and tells us that the magazine doesn’t just focus on one particular genre of music; it is a diverse music magazine. The cover lines are all written boldly which also helps to give emphasis to it all.

Target Audience

Considering all these points the target audience is most likely to be male and females who are interested in the music genres that the magazine is all about. The age range would be from 18 and above.

Textual Analysis

Magazine No.1- Vibe

Denotation

The magazine cover consists of a photograph of a woman looking directly at the camera whilst holding a camera in her left hand. The shot of the photograph is medium long shot which is showing her head, arms and waist. The masthead “Vibe” is placed behind the photograph of the woman and she is surrounded by several beige, white, black and blue cover lines. “Janet Jackson” the name of the woman shown in the photograph is placed on the right hand side of her. There no spaces separating the cover lines from each other. The bar code is placed on the bottom left of the magazine.

Masthead

The “Vibe” masthead is very distinguishing: Beige with no outline, bold and san serif .The font used is the same font used on all the other “Vibe” front covers which makes it recognisable to its reader and this is brand identity. The colour pink used for the masthead shows that this limited edition of Vibe is targeted at, young women. The san serif font connotes that the magazine is up to date, modern and the bold font emphasises the meaning of the word vibe and connotes to the genre of the music, R&B, it also connotes the black culture in music nowadays as most of the artists shown on Vibe are of black or mixed ethnic. 

Character:

The photograph is of American recording artist and actress, ‘Janet Jackson’.

Composition:

She is posed with her waist tilted to the right, her left arm held up high whilst holding a camera that she is looking through. She also has her right hand slightly tucked into the front of her jeans as she smiles in a seductive way. Her body language, clothing and pose are simple but sexy and promiscuous.

Costume:

Her clothing is a white vest top; fish netted tights which are only shown from the waist and a pair of dark denim jeans. She is accessorized with silver bracelets, bangles and a ring.  Her clothing has been chosen as it engages with the targeted audience of the magazine, young females and also young males. Her clothing has an urban twist to it and this relates to the genres of music (R&B and Hip-hop) that the magazine predominately features. 

NVC: The non verbal communication used within her face expression is seductive, her mouth is open showing her teeth and she is looking directly into the camera.

Setting:  An off white background, allows readers to focus and not be distracted, also allows them to keep attention to the text shown.

Cover-lines:

The main cover line “Janet Jackson- Likes to watch”. This relates to how she is shown in the photography, holding a camera as she looks through its lenses. The other cover lines show us that the magazine is a music and entertainment magazine, it relates to music, the genres of R&B/ Hip-hop and entertains with its creative direction of covers, famous cover subjects such as Janet Jackson herself and their music related stories, gossip etc. Other artists are being mentioned include Rihanna, Mario, Erykah Badu, Angel Lola, Run DMC, Bobby Brown, Tupac etc. The cover lines are positioned in all areas of the front cover to grab the reader’s attention. It also shows that the magazine is up to date with the latest gossip “Rihanna- Exposed” and “Jermaine Dupri’s Wild Night”. The font used for the cover lines is san serif which modernises the magazine and also connotes that it is up to date.

Target Audience:

The target audience would be male and female (more female members of the audience than male) aged between 18 and upwards. They are to be expected to have interest in music especially the genres of R&B and Hip-hop and its artists. The target audience is also for those who have interest in knowing the latest gossip in the celebrity world.

" Focus" Contents Page:

Front Page

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"Focus" Magazine Front Page:

Introduction

Hello Guys :D ! My Name Is Nancy Lahai <3 And I Am A Student At Christ The King Sixth Form College Where I Am Studying My A Levels; English Language, Media, Drama & Sociology. I Created This Blog To Display My A Level Media Work To Give Others A Chance To See What I Have Done.  Feel Free To Give Me Feedback On How I Can Improve My Work, Thanks x ;)

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