Doublepage Spread Analysis
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The document summarizes and analyzes the layout, design elements, and images used across multiple pages of a music magazine. Various techniques are used to maintain the publication's house style and branding, engage the target audience, and represent the subjects of articles. Pull quotes, different fonts, column structure, drop caps, and consistent color schemes help guide the reader through the content in a neat and readable way. Photographs relate visually to the articles and profiles of musicians, depicting their style and public persona.
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For the first magazine, the main image is of a female performer in a revealing pose intended to attract male readers. The fonts and layout are designed to appeal to a female audience. There are only four articles listed to entice readers to look inside.
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The third magazine has Usher as the main image to represent what the magazine stands for. His shades and posture suggest he wants to connect with audiences. He is prominently featured in expensive clothing to
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This document analyzes how the media product, a mock hip-hop magazine, uses and develops conventions of real hip-hop magazines. It discusses several aspects of the mock magazine, including the title, layouts, costumes/props, images, fonts, and how it suggests the hip-hop genre. The summary analyzes how the mock magazine title, cover layout, and contents page follow conventions of titles like "Vibe" magazine, while aspects like the model's dress and article push boundaries of the hip-hop genre. Overall, the document argues the mock magazine strikes a balance between conventions and originality to fit in the hip-hop genre.
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Contents research
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Summary of research
The document summarizes the author's research into the conventions of music magazine layouts, genres, modes of address, and technical elements. Some key conventions identified include mastheads appearing at the top in large font, cover stories and images centered below, and barcodes in bottom corners. Colors like red and black and fonts like sans serif are commonly used for rock magazines. Layouts aim to guide the reader's eye along typical routes. Images and styles suit genres and aim to address audiences informally with edgy, passionate, or aggressive tones.
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This double page spread in Mixmag magazine follows standard conventions through its use of a main image, pull quotes, and related images. The headline gives hints about the featured artist, Dizzee Rascal, and the topics that will be discussed to draw readers in. Dizzee is presented as "grounded" and relatable to make a connection with readers. The layout and design reinforce the magazine's brand identity and use of language aims to position Mixmag as approachable and trustworthy.
Double page spread analysis
This double page spread from RnB magazine features Beyoncé as the main article. The article discusses Beyoncé being named Billboard's 'woman of the year' and her success in the music industry. It also promotes Billboard by mentioning their award ceremonies. The formal tone of the article praises Beyoncé's achievements and includes quotes from her father about her early career. The layout features Beyoncé's image on one page and the article in two columns on the other page.
Double page spread analysis
The document summarizes the layout and design elements of a magazine page profile on British rapper Dizzee Rascal. The title is informal in style to match the subject. Dizzee is pictured graffiti tagging, reflecting his origins and rise to success. Imagery includes a graffiti background, alcohol bottles, and Dizzee in a flashy coat, creating a representation of him as a slightly rebellious figure. The language used in the article is informal with slang to connect with Dizzee Rascal's target audience.
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Evaluation for question 7.
This document summarizes the learning process and improvements made by the author in creating contents pages and a double-page spread (DPS) for a student music magazine from their initial drafts to the final products. The author's initial sketches lacked creativity, appropriate images, and magazine conventions. Through receiving feedback, researching professional magazines, and multiple revisions, the author incorporated more articles, a variety of layouts, effective color schemes and fonts, and additional design elements in the final contents pages and DPS. However, they note areas that still could have been improved further, such as using more relevant images and developing the layout/design more.
Front cover analysis 2
The front cover of Hip-Hop Weekly (HHW) magazine uses informal layout and images of celebrities Rihanna and Chris Brown to target a young audience. Though the text layout appears disorganized, the font sizes follow conventional order of importance. The large headline about the celebrities hints at gossip or rumors, suggesting HHW converges music and tabloid content. The £2.95 price indicates the target audience is lower-middle class 17-24 year olds who regularly purchase the weekly magazine. Though both genders are represented on the non-sexualized cover, internal content more often sexualizes women, implying the audience is somewhat male-dominated.
Double page analysissss
This double page spread from Hip Hop Weekly magazine features a large image of comedian and actor Katt Williams on the left page. The image aims to draw readers in by showing Williams' personal style through his clothing and accessories. The right page contains three columns of text about Williams interspersed with smaller images of him. The headline "No laughing Matter" is in red sans-serif font to stimulate readers and contrast with the more somber image. Additional design elements like the black background and yellow strap line are intended to highlight key information and guide readers through the article about Williams and his ties to the hip hop community.
Front cover analysis
The front cover of Hip-Hop Weekly magazine uses informal layout and images of Rihanna and Chris Brown to target a young audience. Though the text layout seems disorganized, the font sizes follow conventional order of importance. The cover story on a rumored feud between Rihanna and Brown suggests the magazine covers informal celebrity gossip alongside music news. The £2.95 price point indicates the target audience is lower-middle class 17-21 year olds who regularly purchase the weekly issue. While both genders are represented on the non-sexualized cover, interior content seems aimed more at male readers.
Questionnaire Analysis
This document summarizes the results of a questionnaire about hip-hop music preferences. The questionnaire found that:
- Hip-hop is a male-dominated genre, with most popular artists being male.
- Younger people ages 17-25 are more interested in hip-hop than older age groups like 30-39.
- Ethnic groups like Asians, Black people, and those in certain London neighborhoods are more likely to engage with hip-hop culture.
- Features like album covers showing serious or angry facial expressions and graffiti-style artwork would appeal most to the target audience.
- Jay-Z is the most popular hip-hop artist and writing about his story could work
Survey analysis
This document summarizes the results of a survey about music preferences. The survey found that:
1) Hip-hop is a male-dominated genre, with most popular artists being male.
2) Younger people ages 17-25 are more interested in hip-hop than older age groups like 30-39.
3) Ethnic groups more closely associated with hip-hop's roots, like Black and Asian respondents, engage more with the genre's culture.
4) "Rampage" was the most popular option for a magazine masthead targeting this audience. Grey was preferred over white or black for a color scheme. Images are most important on double page spreads.
roots of hip hop
Hip-hop originated in the late 1960s and was invented by Afrika Bambaataa in New York City. It began as a street culture within the black and Latino communities in New York and spread through the city. In the 1970s, the key elements of hip-hop culture like rapping, breakdancing, graffiti, and DJing developed within the South Bronx. Hip-hop continued to grow and evolve through the 1980s and 1990s, absorbing new styles. Today, hip-hop remains a popular culture that is exploited by the media and magazine industries for marketing.
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The magazine aims its content at young hip hop fans between 16-22 years old. It uses bright colors, emotive headlines, and numerous celebrity pictures to grab attention and indulge its target audience. The front page features a large picture of rappers in sunglasses speaking directly to readers, with bold colors and a quote that make readers feel personally addressed.
Double Page Spread Analysis
This document discusses a magazine spread featuring rapper Lupe Fiasco. The spread includes an interview where Fiasco references God, shown in a pull quote. An accompanying close-up photo shows Fiasco looking skyward, conveying his religious beliefs. The color scheme and positioning of the text boxes are designed to draw the reader's attention to key details about Fiasco's image and lyrics referring to religion.
Content page analysis 2
The magazine cover features a close-up photo of rapper Ice Cube with an aggressive expression, framed by a dark background and half-covered with a red transparent text box. This is an artistic design choice meant to portray the darker side of hip-hop music and convey themes of seriousness, anger, and aggression associated with Ice Cube's rap style. Additional design elements like placing the magazine name at the bottom rather than the top and abbreviating the original logo are intended to attract audiences based on the visual image rather than text elements.
Content Page Analysis
The document summarizes the contents page of a magazine. It highlights that Kanye West is the only artist featured in the main image in a pose that conveys confidence. The heart being the only bright color and a hand reaching for Kanye West's heart are meant to draw in the target male audience. Black and white is used for the title and page numbers, while light seems to emanate from Kanye West's chest to make him stand out on the page.
Content page analysis
The document summarizes the contents page of a magazine. It highlights that Kanye West is the only artist featured in the main image in a pose that conveys confidence. The heart being the only bright color and a hand reaching for Kanye West's heart are meant to draw in male readers. Black and white is used for the title and page numbers, while the artist glows to stand out. Common magazine design elements like subheadings and the magazine name reflected behind the artist are also included.
Front Cover Analysis
The magazine cover features a close-up photo of rapper Ice Cube with an aggressive expression, framed by a dark background and half-covered with a red transparent text box. This is an artistic design choice meant to portray the serious, angry, and aggressive nature of Ice Cube's rap music and highlight the dark side of hip-hop. Additional design elements like abbreviating the magazine's logo and placing the name at the bottom are intended to attract the audience's attention solely to the image rather than text or masthead.
Front Cover Analysis 2
The document analyzes a magazine cover featuring rapper Ice Cube. The cover uses a close-up of Ice Cube's face with an aggressive expression to portray the dark and serious style of his hip-hop music. Various design elements, including the faded image, dark background, and red text box covering half the face, emphasize the dark side of hip-hop. The abbreviated logo and placement of text is intended to attract the audience based on the image rather than traditional magazine elements.
Contents Page Analysis
The document summarizes the contents page of a magazine. It analyzes various design elements including the use of color, images, layout and text to convey the magazine's style and target audience. Specifically, it notes that the heart image is meant to make a statement, Kanye West's portrait complements hip-hop conventions, and bold typography and masculine imagery are intended to appeal to male readers.
Contents page analysis
The document analyzes the design elements and artistic choices made in the contents page of a hip-hop magazine. Key aspects summarized include: the heart image is used to make a statement; Kanye West is the only artist featured; black, white and red colors match the genre's themes; titles and images are large to stand out; half of Ice Cube's face is obscured by text for effect. Overall, the page layout, images, and design aim to attract the target male audience interested in hip-hop music and culture through bold visuals and messages that celebrate the genre.
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Doublepage Spread Analysis
- 1. The pull quote has used the same colours as the house style which is black and red. They have used different style of fonts to show the quote and have changed the colour of the main word 'SHOOTING'. This could represent his a double sided personality. This is an abbreviation of the original vibe logog. The logo consists on several lines and the website is on the page as well with a bold V at the enf, which very much resembles a bar code. The article has been put into seperate columns which is part of a convention so the article can be easily read and makes the text look neater. A drop letter has The image is an eye level shot of the rapper been used and is 'soulja boy'. In order to make the image stand of the same out, the editor uses a dull silver to contrast colour as with his hair. The tattos an his face and neck 'shooting' so the are clearly visible and it demonstrate a clever colour scheme of use of photoshop as some are not real. The the house style word 'swag' on his face relates to the article is continuos and and gives an idea of what its about. regularly used.
- 2. The picture used for Dizzie Rascal relates to the picture used on the fornt cover. The image relates to Dizzie's type of music and it shows he is causing mischief. The mise en scene adresses the target audience as graffiti is part of the Hip-Hop culture inwhich fans would appreciate. To promote the magazine the editor reminds the reader constantly that they are reading NME, it is for that reason, the page contains the NME title, date and page number. At the botton of the page they have included pictures of objects in realtion to the style of the magazine such as bottles and music box to show the genre type. The second page consists of of the main featured story. The bold writing catches the eye of the audience and the crafty phrasing is a way of trying to attract target audience, instead of 'from rags to riches' they have written 'from tags to riches', which brings familiarity to the audience reading.
- 3. The drop cap at the beginning is the same colour and the same font to keep fonts and colour schemes the same throughout. A music magazine generally talks about bands and relate to the genre of the magazine and this paragraph it talks about previous events and gossips about Dizzie. Dizzie's facial expression shows that he is peering over his shoulder to check that he won't be caught which relates to the article. Dizzie is presented as an urban bad boy from the prevalent street clothing and committing an illegal offence. The empty bottles and big radio pictire the image of aprt being thrown is a typical hedonistic lifestyle for young people. The byline is important as it credits the people that contributed to the articles' page.