2. Title Of Magazine
I have decided to name my magazine ‘FreshFix’ as
these two combines colloquial terms will appeal
to the target audience and they can acknowledge
the meaning and hopefully increases the chance
of them picking the magazine off the shelves.
FreshFix basically refers to the most recent, latest
and up to date news you will get regarding the
hip hop genre and the fix is what the magazine
has to offer regarding its methods of how to
portray all the news to its audience.
3. Genre – Hip Hop
I have chosen the genre of Hip-Hop as I am
interested in this particular genre and am a
regular listener to this type of music which
provides me with my own insight therefore I can
use my own judgement regarding what looks
appealing to the target audience as I am a
member of it.
4. Target Audience
In previous years the typical audience would
have been males of a afro Caribbean ethnicity.
But due to the increase in popularity and wide
spread usage of this genre, people from all over
the world with mixed ethnicity's listen and
follow this music so my target audience cannot
be narrowed down by ethnicity. The audience
however consists of both genders – males more
dominant - between the ages of 16- 25
5. Initial Ideas – Front Cover
I am going to take a medium shot of an artist
who is dressed in an urban way since the
stereotypical image of a hip hop follower has
been changed dramatically over the years. I am
going to use the colour red for the title of my
magazine as its quite bold and also green for the
various sell lines. The sell lines will consist off
exclusive content the magazine has to offer and
the latest news upon fashion and artists.
6. Initial Ideas – Contents
The colours used will be consistent to the front
page throughout out the magazine but certain
things will be put in bold to stand out. The
following page will have 1 large dominant image
with an introductory title to state what the
following pages are about.
7. Initial Ideas - Article
Upon the left hand page will be a dominant
image of the artist performing an activity
whereby they are not looking at the camera.
Another image will be taken to go alongside
the text on the following page and borders will
be put into place to ensure it looks neat as well
as block justifying the text.
8. These are some covers I wish to base my magazine on due to their unique design. What I like about the first
magazine is that although the image is dominant the text is just as equally dominant due to the effects used to
make the text stand out and urban, this kind of design is what I want to implement into my magazine. I like the
way that the second magazine in designed non-conventionally because then the audience will expect a different
kind of magazine which will make them want to buy it and also the text blends in with the image so they are
combined which makes it more interesting. I like that the third magazine has a retro effect to back up the
background of the hip-hop genre with its text that stands out because the images and text are crisp in quality
which makes the magazines aesthetic look more effective.
9. In this contents page everything is laid out neatly in accordance with the topic and borderlines are used to
help enforce that as well as adding to the design of the page as a whole which is something I want to take
further in my magazine. Each sub heading is divided into 3 parts whereby the main heading is in bold to
stand out as the sub heading and the next two pieces or information – the little blurb and page number –
follow on towards the right hand side. The simplistic use of two colours also helps make contents page
look professional and I think it improves the appearance as it makes the sole purpose of the contents page
stand out as it needs to be clear and easy to read in order to navigate the reader to the whereabouts of the
content’s.
10. What I like about these covers is that they
mainly stick to two colours which proves most
effective with their white backgrounds on the
secondary page that contains the article. I also
like the title fonts that they use because it is
kept consistent throughout the magazine which
keeps it professional as well keeping it in an
urban retro font to keep with its context roots. I
think having a dominant image like magazine
one is a good idea especially with the mood
lighting which provides mood for the article
furthermore the colours go down nicely with the
dominant image to simply describe the image
via the name of the article alongside a
borderline which adds to the aesthetic design.
The borderlines make the pages seem more
neat which is an aspect I wish to include in my
magazine to add a sense of professionalism
and act as margins for my text. I like the third
double page spread as the image takes up both
pages and the sub heading is the same size as
the main heading but in a different colour so it
improves the appearance straight away. Also I
think having the text all at the bottom of the
page with a different contrasting background is
a good idea as it challenges convention which
also allows you to admire the image better.
