1) The document discusses the design choices made for a magazine about R&B music. Fonts and visuals were selected to attract the target audience and match other magazines in the genre. 2) A graffiti-style font was chosen to make the magazine look more "edgy" and represent its focus on street culture. Red was used as an accent color to look vibrant and represent potential danger. 3) Research informed the layout of the front cover, double page spread, and content pages. Names of famous R&B artists and cover stories about artists were used to attract the target audience.

1. I triedto make mymagazine similartoothermagazinesof mygenre (R&B) forexample magazines
like VIBEor Billboardsothatit wouldattractmy target audience forexample if theywere tosee it
on a shelf andtheypickedupthe magazine theywouldknow the genre straightaway.Inotice that
oftena sansserif fitisusedon themtype of magazinesasit isboldand can be seenfromfar.
However,Ichangedmyfontto more of a graffiti type fonttomake itlookmore edgyand represent
the ‘straightfromthe streetsbackground’thatI’mtryingto portray.
As youcan see frommy PhotoshopStagesIstartedwithTHEDROP thenI addeda poundsignto
portray the sense of wealthwhichrelatestomygenre were a lotof rapperswouldhave the slogan
of comingfrom‘nothingtosomething’. Furthermore, IkeptmymastheaddistinctandIusedthe
same fonthoweverusedthe colouronmy contentspage tomatch the theme of red whichvibrant
colourand perhapsrepresentsdanger.
Additionally,Iusedvarioustypesof researchtogive me a goodunderstandingonhow Iwas goingto
layout my frontcover,double page spreadandcontentspage.Forexample,inmyheaderIinvolved
namesof famousR&B artist whowouldimmediatelycatchthe eye of a readerand thiswould
forwardto the niche withinR&Bas not all fanslike all artists.Furthermore,Iusedcoverstories
whichwouldlinkwithartistswhich wouldmainlyattracttomy audience.Imade sure mymaincover
line stoodouton the page and I done thisbyit havingthe biggesttextasit alsorelatestomy central
image.Ithoughtthat my star was effective asthe tattoosandthe way that he dressed portrayedthis
perhapshoodcelebrity.Imade sure Ifocusedonhiswealthashe gazesdirectlyathisdesignerbelt
and jeanspresumablycreatingamoodof ‘lookatmy wealth’makingthe readergaze asthe designer
clothesaswell. AlsoIaddeda barcode at the bottomright of my magazine toshow that it readyfor
sale.Inaddition,Iplacedthe webaddressof how the readercouldlookat the magazine online
perhapsif theyweren’table tobuythe magazine atthe store the nexttime buthoweverIplacedit
undermy mastheadina small texttomake sure it didnot take the attentionoff mymastheadasit is
one of the mostimportantconventionsonmypage.Asitwouldbe somethingthatsetsmymagazine
differentfromothermagazines(aunique masthead).

2. The layoutof mydouble page spreadwasa huge part of the successof makingmyarticle because
thenI knewwhere Iwouldbe able toknow where mydropquotesand pictureswent.Asyoucan
see I aspiredformydouble page spreadtosuitthe one onthe right.AsI wanteditto lookas
professionalasIcouldI made sure I wasstrict withthe use of colouron mydouble page spread.Red,
blackand white;andI made it consistentthroughout.Imade sure myintroductionwasclearin
difference tothe interviewandIuseda drop capital tomake it clearthat it wasthe start of my
article.Formy mainimage I useda twoshot of my star and hisson.It was at a mid-shotandI made
it like thattoshowthat theywere the mainfocuson the page. I placedthe weblinkat the bottom
leftof the rightside of my double page spreadtogive an alternative.Furtherthroughmyheadline I
made sure it relatedtomy mainimage andI usedplayon wordsinmy drop quote nexttomymain
image to create a sense of humour.The headline “Nino’sWorld”directlylinkstomystar as the
whole of the double page revolvesaroundhim.