This document provides a brainstorm of genres and the typical attributes associated with magazines that cover those genres. It discusses the common styles, colors, and target audiences for magazines focused on pop, hip hop, rock, rap, and dance music. Pop magazines typically feature pinks and purples and target teenage girls. Hip hop magazines commonly use reds and dark colors to represent status and power. Rock magazines advertise tours and what rock stars are doing, and use dark colors like black, red, and yellow. Rap magazines employ reds, black, and white to appear bold and strong. Dance magazines complement colors and promote shows and tickets.

1. Brainstorm of genre and
music magazines
POP
Common dress: smart casual
Colors associated: Pinks & purples bright which
are stereotypically for young girls from ages 1016. It also relates to what is inside the magazine
which talks about girly stuff such as boy posters
and girly questionnaires.
Speech: talk to the target audience by using
words such as ‘Sizzling’ to describe posters
which applies to its young audience in order for
them to relate.

2. Common dress: Blacked out clothes, Baggy
clothes
Speech: talk to there target audience about
the the latest hip hop music and the latest
news.
Colors associated: Red and Dark colors the
red is usually used to represent their status
and power. Which also relates to there
music because hip hop music usually is
about them talking about their status
The expectations of a hip Hop magazine
is to have a photographed picture of a
artist on the cover which is usually a mid
shot or close up in order to shot to show
what the artist is wearing or facial
expressions.

3. Common dress: have instruments such as guitar
and drumsticks often wearing dark clothes
Speech: they speak to their audience by advertising
tours and albums they also show what the latest rock
stars are doing.
Colours associated: dark colours yellows, blacks reds.

4. Common dress: baggy clothes
Speech: advertise music and also what the latest rap star is
doing
Colours associated: Reds, Black and white. Which are bold
primary colours which stand out and reflect on the
brand as being a bold and strong.

5. Common dress: dance clothes
Speech: Attract the audience by tickets
and shows
Colours : Complementary colours which
fit in together which emphases how
dance fits together.