1. Candidate Name: Giacomo Pisa
Candidate Number: 3111
St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Unit G321: Foundation Portfolio in Media
Prop List
2. Candidate Name: Giacomo Pisa
Candidate Number: 3111
Prop Reason
why/Inspiration
Many rappers/Hip Hop
artists are seen wearing
a lot of gold jewelry.
Therefore to emulate
their success the model
on the front of my
magazine will also be
wearing jewellery to
attract more buyers to
the magazine who
follow the artists who
are pictured wearing a
lot of jewelry.
An old school retro
Adidas track jacket will
feature as this is a
fashionable piece of
clothing and much of
Hip Hop is fashion
related. In addition to
this the retro jacket fits
in with the origins of
Hip Hop from the 1980s
attracting the older age
range of my target
audience but also
nowadays many young
people are wearing
vintage clothing so they
will also take note and
buy the magazine if this
piece features on the
cover.
3. Candidate Name: Giacomo Pisa
Candidate Number: 3111
As well as Adidas Nike
is also another
fashionable company
that many people wear
today and also wore in
the 1980s and the
origins of Hip Hop.
Therefore the magazine
will appear fashionable
to those looking at it
and will encourage
people to buy it. In
addition to this many
Hip Hop artists wear
brands such as Nike
and people will want to
buy the product to be
more like their idols.
These glasses will also
be a prop for my front
cover as many of the
world’s biggest Hip Hop
artists frequently wear
glasses. This is evident
in the below picture of
Ice Cube, one of the
most recognizable
names in Hip Hop.
4. Candidate Name: Giacomo Pisa
Candidate Number: 3111
Nike can also be used
on the front of my
magazine cover for
advertisement
purposes. Additionally
many gangster rappers
are pictured wearing
caps these days so it fits
in with the rap gang
culture of Hip Hop. This
is proven in the picture
from the previous row
of Ice Cube wearing a
cap. The cap can also be
used to represent an
urban lifestyle that
most people who listen
and produce Hip Hop
are part of, therefore
the front cover will
appeal to them and they
will be likely to buy the
magazine.
I will be using a good
quality ‘Canon’ camera
to take the picture of
my model for the front
cover in the various Hip
Hop attire because it
will give a good quality
and crisp image which
will not require too
much editing on
Photoshop and will
ensure that the cover
looks very professional
in appearance.
5. Candidate Name: Giacomo Pisa
Candidate Number: 3111
I will be using Adobe
Photoshop to edit my
image to make it as
professional looking as
possible. I will also use
Photoshop to overlap
the main image with the
masthead. As a result of
spending time editing
the image the finished
look will attract more
people to purchase the
magazine because a
professionally
completed product will
appeal much more to
the customer to one
which looks rough and
unfinished.
As well as a
professional
appearance, I can also
use Photoshop to add in
any tattoos if I so wish
as tattoos are not legal
at my age but many
rappers and Hip Hop
artists are pictured
with tattoos and they
are seen on almost
every gang member
which fits in with the
culture of Hip Hop.
6. Candidate Name: Giacomo Pisa
Candidate Number: 3111
I will be using Adobe
InDesign to edit my DPS
because InDesign
because it is another
programme which
when filling in the
information about the
interview, the
programme allows me
to straight away put the
interview into columns
which is how
interviews should be
presented, therefore
making it easier to use
than Photoshop for this
particular task.
