The document provides details about the process of creating a music magazine. It describes designing elements like the front cover, contents page, and articles. Conventions from other music magazines were researched and applied, like layout, fonts, and inclusion of photos, quotes, and page numbers. Feedback was gathered through surveys to help decisions. Skills with Photoshop and digital photography improved over iterations. The target audience was identified as teenage boys interested in genres like rap and R&B. Distribution through an existing media company was considered.

3. Front Cover
From researching different
magazines I managed to
understand the different and
most common forms and
conventions of teenage music
magazines and I was able to use
those forms and conventions on
my magazine.
The central image of the
magazine has a direct mode of
address towards the reader; it
looks eye catchy and overall a
dominant image for the centre of
the magazine, this enables the
reader to feel directly engaged
with the artist on the cover. The
main colours used were white,
blue and black which do a great
job with contrasting with each
other and making the front cover
more appealing to its target
audience (young male adults).
The title block is placed behind
the central image because they
would be expected to recognise
the title block from previous
edition of the magazine. There is
only one other image on the
magazine which is a picture of
“Lily and Amy” I only added one
image because I wanted the
main focus of people looking at
the magazine to be on the
central image and on the
anchorage text. The colour
scheme used in my front cover
does not always reflect those
throughout the magazine,
however the style, layout and
fonts are kept the same or similar
so you look at different parts of
the magazine you would still be
able to tell that it’s from the
same magazine.
By looking at this front cover I
can tell that this is a music
magazine, this is mainly due to
the music related buzzwords and
the anchorage text which are
“Gabriel’s Music Revolution” and
“exclusive interview...” I can also
tell that the target audience
would be young adults due to
the pictures on the front cover
being of young people. This is
because teenagers tend to go for
magazines with people their own
age or at a similar age on the
front cover. I also added a
website under the title block so
that people could go on the
webpage and find more about
the magazine.
The title block was designed to
represent a volume
interface, this means that just
by looking at the title block
people would know that the
magazine is music related.

4. Contents Page
The types of images used on the
contents page are very similar to
the front cover; however the
font styles has changed because
they no longer need to stand out
like they do on the front cover.
The first image on the contents
page is showing the reader
where the main article is and a
brief description of what it is
about. The main photo was
edited with the super man logo
on his top this is to show that he
is currently seen by his fans a as
a super hero. On the second
page there are pictures of
different artists that the reader
would expect to see throughout
the magazine with page
numbers for quick reference; this
reflects conventions which I have
seen in other music magazines.
The most predominant colour in
the contents page is blue, which
reflects the colour scheme of the
front cover; most of the fonts are
black to contrast with the
background and facilitate
reading.
The information is well organised
and separated into sections with
page numbers and description of
the reader will see in that page.
The logo is placed on top of the
second page as well and what
month in which the magazine
came out, the logo is very
dominant and matches the
colour scheme of the pages. I
also used columns to organise
the contents page and make it
easier for the reader to find out
what page they want to go to.
The website address has been
placed on the bottom of the
page to highlight to the readers
that the magazine also has an
online edition.
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5. Article
My magazine has displayed
a consistent house style
throughout, some of the
fonts in the titles have
varied, however the fonts
used have similar style and
the layout of the magazine
as well as colours are kept
similar so that the audience
are able to recognise the
magazine simply by looking
at any page.
The central image of the
article has an indirect mode
of address, this is because
the same person has been
seen a couple of times in the
magazine looking into the
audience and I wanted to
change this a little, this also
shows that the person
doesn’t need to be looking
at the audience to be
recognised or admired by
them.
In many other parts of my
magazine I have tried to
challenge the conventions of
popular music magazine;
however with the article I
tried to follow and develop
the main conventions of
articles. To do this in a
complex and professional
way, researching different
articles was paramount. By
doing this I gained different
techniques that I could use
on my own work. Some of
the conventions that I
followed include having the
text written in
columns, having page
numbers and highlighted
quotes.
The background image is of
a graffiti wall this is done to
reflect the artist’s rap and
hip hop style of music.
The reason why only one
image was used was to
make sure the main focus
would be on the article
itself.

6. Through the clothing that
most of the artists are
wearing you are able to see
what type of social group
they fit into; hoodies and
graphic printed tops
represent urban teenagers.
Colloquial quotes from the
artist show the artists idiolect
as well as adding to the
representation of the urban
teenage social group “its
gonna be a long day”. I tried
to concentrate it’s
representations on music and
the life of artists, this can be
seen by the pictures used
throughout the magazine as
well as the language most of
the people displayed on my
magazine were artists and the
language was professional
but not formal to ensure that
it was still representing a
younger generation. For
example the graffiti on the
main article was used to
represent the grime and hip
hop style of the
magazine, this is not kept
consistent through out
because the genres portrait
on my magazine do vary so it
can be aimed at a wider
audience.
Because the article is of a
young person who was in the
same position as most of the
audience is likely to be in
(ordinary boy in education)
yet he was able to make it as
a big star, this may encourage
the audience to aspire to be
just like him and feel as if they
can actually achieve this goal.

7. I believe Immediate Media
would be a perfect media
institution to distribute my
magazine this is because they
work with similar styles of
magazine aimed at a very similar
target audience as mine. They
also already distribute music
magazine such as “Top of the
Pops”. Immediate Media have a
wide range of target audiences
and although they have
magazines with similar genres
already being published I feel as
if there is a gap in their target
audience for teenagers. “Top of
the pops” is the only magazine
that they publish aimed at a
teenage audience, and this
audience is mainly female, my
magazine will fill the teenage
male gap in their audience

8. By looking at the front cover, the
colours scheme used as well as
the central image would straight
away suggest that the target
audience are based mainly
around teenage boys aged from
14 to 18 years old who enjoy any
of the genres of music present in
my magazine. The age group is
portrayed by the use of people of
a similar age being displayed on
the magazine as well as the
colour scheme would be suitable
for this particular age and social
group. The pictures used in the
magazine were of teenagers, and
the language used is also aimed
at a teenage audience.
The common interest of this
group of people is music and
celebrities, this is both of these
interests are displayed
throughout my magazine, from
what is happening around the
music industry to how a famous
person got to the top. I did not
aim my magazine at a specific
ethnic race since the picture of
the people on the magazine are
very multi ethnic.

9. I addressed my audience in
a variety of ways, from the
way that the people
featured in my magazine
dress. That being the “dress
code” of the younger
generation, in other words
people featured in my
magazine would wear
things that my target
audience would too.
The language used
throughout my magazine
would appeal to people of
the younger generation.
Pictures used in the front
cover and contents page
are all of people of a similar
age to my target audience.
The main article is about
someone that everyone of
that age would up to. I am
not targeting a specific race
or ethnicity as the people
featured in my magazine
are of different races and
cultures.

10. Although the most popular result was pop I few as if there are
already too many pop magazines out in the market and a lot of
people also voted for R&B and Rap so that I those are the genres I
decided to pick for my magazine.
Because a lot of people said that they read music magazine every
other month, that’s how often my magazine will be published, this
will give enough time for the magazine to have enough articles for it
to be an interesting issue.
I have found out that my target audience buy magazines depending
on the front cover, this means I will spend a lot of time making sure
that my front cover looks as good as it possibly can

11. I used Adobe
Photoshop to create
most of my
magazine, from this I
have learnt many
skills such as how to
change the
background of a
picture and how to
experiment with
different background
colours and how
different colours,
contrast with each
other. I also learnt
how to change the
exposure of an
image, and I was
able to experiment
with an images
contrast and
brightness to see
what looked best for
my images. I also
improved on some
of the skills that I
already had such as
blurring images and
adding a shadow to
a picture which had
its background
removed.
All of the pictures
used in my magazine
where taken using a
digital camera. I was
able to get many
shots out of one
position of my
model (long shot,
medium shot and a
close-up) with the
cameras zoom
settings. I
experimented with
different angles of
lighting which at first
were not working
but eventually I was
able to have the
perfect lighting in
my pictures.

12. To present my work I used
blogger where I was able to
organise my work and put it in
order as well as adding text and
titles to my work. I was able to
upload original images and final
products to be compared and
analysed.
To have audience feedback, I
created surveys, using
SurveyMonkey. This enabled me
to devise several surveys without
any difficulty. SurveyMonkey is
user friendly and is easy to use
for the audience taking my
survey this helped me make
many important decisions such
us what title block to pick.
Looking back at some of my first
projects and my final one I can
see how much I learned along
the way in terms of manipulating
my images and overall editing.
There is a clear improvement in
terms of professionalism of my
last magazine draft; this is
because after experimenting
with different editing techniques
I learned how to make my
magazine look better by
smoothing images and
sharpening others as well as
having a background that goes
well with everything else on the
page.