2. Preliminary
task
• For my preliminary task I
had to create a front
cover and contents page
for a school/collage Contents page
magazine of my choice.
The intended audience is
students and I had to
include my own Front cover
photography and editing.
• My magazine is called
N6F and its slogan is
‘Revision is your
Decision’.
3. Front cover
Analysis
• I analysed the front cover
of 3 Rap/Hip-hop
magazines, I analysed
the codes and
conventions of the front
cover such as the main
image and how it attracts
the intended audience or
the mast head why it is
made to look like it does
etc.
4. Contents page
analysis
• I analysed the Contents
page of 3 Rap/Hip-hop
magazines, I analysed
the codes and
conventions of the
contents page such as
the housing styles and
why they are used or the
typography used and
why .
5. Double-page
spread Analysis
• I analysed a double page
spread of 3 Rap/Hip-hop
magazines, I analysed
the codes and
conventions of the double
page spread such as the
main image and the
ideology it provokes and
the language used in the
text & what it tells about
the intended audience.
6. Magazine
ideology proposal
My magazine ideology is a
few paragraphs that I
wrote that explain the
decisions I had in the
progress of my music
magazine such as the
name and the main
purpose of my
magazine, the ideology
also includes how I plan
on making my music
magazine differ to others
already in production.
7. Market
Research
I created a survey to find out
what people’s opinions
are on music magazines
and to find some
information that could
help me with my own
magazine, I questioned
areas such as preferred
genres and average price
people want to pay.
8. Publishing house
Research
I conduct some research into
publishing houses to find
out some info about the
size of the business, the
location and regions it
works in and what kind of
magazine they
publish, this helps me
with my magazine
because it gives me a
clearer understanding of
what the people like to
see included in
magazines and what they
want the magazine to
focus on.
