Magazine ideas and planning
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The document discusses planning for a magazine focused on hip-hop music. It includes consideration of fonts for the title, images for the front cover and contents page, and ideas for regular sections and features articles. A retro-looking font was selected for the title as it helps convey the desired style. The front cover image shows a model posing in an attitude that links to the genre's origins. The contents image references a famous photo and uses irony. Sections and articles are planned around new music, downloads, reviews, interviews, playlists and profiles of notable rappers.
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2. A focus group provided feedback that influenced design changes, such as using a bold black background instead of purple. Photoshop skills were developed to design the magazine layout and images.
3. The final magazine design featured a model posing as a rapper on the cover, bold typography, and an interview feature spread - all following conventions identified from research into magazines like XXL and Vibe.
Evaluation Question 1
The student originally planned to name their magazine "Opus" but changed it to "Temperature" for a few reasons. "Opus" has a musical meaning not known to many, and "Temperature" is a simpler, more modern title that stretches across the page like other magazines. For the cover photo, they used natural lighting first but switched to artificial lighting for better definition against the plain background, similar to conventions in "Vibe" magazine. Props were kept simple with headphones to reference music. The student's friend could not model so they used their boyfriend, feeling he fit the hip hop/R&B style of the magazine like artists Jay-Z and Trey Songz.
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The document provides details for planning a double page spread for a music magazine called Echo. It includes potential names for the magazine, intended target audience of 16-21 year olds, and main competitors like Billboard and Q Magazine. Examples are given of layouts from these magazines including large central images and pull quotes. Plans are outlined for a double page spread featuring an interview with 19 year old Jake McMann, including a full page image of him. Font, colour scheme and photoshoot plans are also discussed.
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Statement of intent
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- 1. Magazine ideas and planning.
- 2. Possible fonts for the title. I thought the fonts on the left were better than the other 5 because they look more sleek and stylish. Although the other fonts seem to fit into the theme of Hip-Hop in a more obvious way, I think that it may make the magazine look a bit too immature, and possibly even cheap. Hip-Hop can also seem like a cool lifestyle full of riches, so I think that the more sophisticated looking fonts may seem more trustworthy.
- 3. crystal deco The same goes for these fonts, the 3 on the left also seem to give out a messy and cheap look. At first I wanted to match the font with the t-shirt of my model on the front cover, however this made it look to crammed and messy. The top right font is the one I am going with, the retro look to it helps with the idea of style that I want my magazine to give out.
- 4. This is the image I am going to use for my front cover. I edited the colours and lighting as it looked too dark and grotty before. I think it’s a good image as it she is posing in a “I don’t care” attitude. This links in well with the genre of music my magazine covers. She is wearing an outfit which is mainly associated with 80s/90s Hip- Hop, which is when the genre originated.
- 5. This is the image I am using for my contents page. It is an obvious reference to an iconic picture of Biggie Smalls, the “King” of hip-hop. It is an image that will be recognised by any fan of the genre. I think it could link to my stylish theme, with a hint of irony from the use of the monopoly money. I am going to edit the colours as I feel it looks too dark and boring.
- 6. This is the picture I am using for my article.
- 7. Other photos I took…
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- 11. Ideas for articles. • A short interview (in some issues of NME they have a regular where they call up a star and has a small interview with them) with an album review after, talking about the most significant songs on the album. • On the right side of my double page spread I’m going to put a little sub-article which includes some other musicians and their opinions on the main musician.