This is a brief questionnaire based on the front cover for my magazine which I'll be designing.

1. Magazine questionnaire

2. The genre and content
• Magazine Questionnaire -
• Answer the following based on information for the magazine you will be creating.
• Music Style: Hip Hop
• The main styles of music which will be in the magazine include Hip Hop, R&B and rap
• Audience:
• Who will be the target audience for your music magazine?
• Age- The intended age target audience for my magazine are from young adults (from the age of 15) up to adults
(Aged up to 35)
• Gender- The main gender group which my magazine will be aimed at will be for males
• Class (income level)- For my music magazine, the main class and income level it will be aimed at will be the lower
middle to lower working class.
• Race (if applicable)-This magazine will predominantly be aimed at African American/ African British men.
• Interests- My magazines target audiences’ interest will usually include those with interests such as music like hip
hop itself, possibly sports and those who take a possible interest in material goods
• Personality- The personality of the target audience for my music magazine usually have either very flamboyant or
popular personalities or can also be very solitary, reserved and quiet. (Meaning they keep themselves to
themselves.
• Psychographics- The Psychographics used for this magazine are used to entice audiences
• Mass or niche audience- This magazine will be aimed at mainly a niche audience
• Any other important information

3. • What will be the colour scheme of your production and why have you selected this style? What
will these colours or combination connote? For the colour scheme of my magazine I will present it
in a dark blue or possibly navy blue with a black backdrop in order to represent and connote
seriousness, elegance and professionalism. These colours aren’t particularly bright or may not be
considered ‘eye catching’ but are very subtle and elegant which is what may draw in customers to
it.
• Why will these colours appeal to your target audience? These colours will appeal to my magazines
target audience as the majority of the target audience will have some level and degree of maturity
and serious so they won’t be interested in magazine with colours too bright, bold and even
considered ‘childish’ which could put them off from the magazine.
• Possible Titles
• Possible magazine titles could include ones such as ‘Is Hip Hop dead?’ which shows use of a
theoretical question. Another title could be ‘Revival of a genre’.
• What names are you considering for your magazine? What do these names connote?
• Possible magazine names could include ones such as ‘Real times’ which connotes a magazine which
is of relevance and real world issues and discussions relating to the Hip Hop genre. ‘Daily
input’ could connote the fact that reader are receiving their ‘daily’ input of hip hop. ‘Hip Hop daily’
simply connotes that people are receiving
• Why will this name appeal to your target audience?
• This name will appeal to my target audience as the magazine will be of relevance and interest
towards them.

4. Story ideas
• Story Ideas
• What story ideas will be the main story for your magazine? What will be your secondary stories? How will each
of these appeal to your target audience?
• The main story for my magazine could be an article on how Hip Hop has changed over the past decades and years
in terms of rap artists and lyrics used in songs and how the two compare to each other.
• A second story could be where an old-school Hip pop artist such as ‘Jay-Z’ or ‘Dr.Dre’ etc could be interviewed to
discuss their thoughts on whether the Hip Pop music genre has changed for the better or worse over the past
decades or if the music industry has changed as a whole.
• Possible coverlines
• Coverlines for my magazine could include ones such as ‘Dr.Dre’s views and thoughts on Hip Hop now’. Others
could include ‘Looking back over the past 10 years’ or even ‘We discuss Hip Hop’s current state.
• Fonts
• Which fonts will you include for each different story? Explain your choices.
• For the first story about ‘How Hip Hop has changed’, I’d use fairly formal colours and a font which connotes
importance and seriousness such as bold Calibri font in black which is simple yet effective and captures readers
attention.
• The second story could possibly also use bold Calibri font but instead of black for this story, I’d use the colour red
as a font as the colour red connotes importance and could also be used to bring across some sense of urgency to
readers making them interested
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5. • What other copy will appear on your magazine cover?
• Who will the subject/model be for your magazine? What do they
look like?
• The model on my front cover for my magazine will preferably be a
younger male model from the age of roughly 16 years old up to 25
years old.
• Describes the subject/model’s costume and make-up. How will
this fit with their image and the article in the magazine?
• The model will have to be dressed with iconic and recognizable
clothing and fashion accessories which are commonly associated
with the Hip hop genre such as shades, gold chains, fashionable hair
cut, baseball cap and possibly tattoos if available.

6. Front cover
• Describe the lighting scheme you will include and why you have made these decisions.
• For the lighting scheme I will use a faded background and low lighting which amplifies the artists appearance and
makes them stand out more on page meaning that they’re the main point of focus on the cover.
• Will any props appear significantly and why will they be used?
• Props which are commonly associated with the Hip hop genre such as baseball caps, gold chains and designer
clothing items will be a common theme and appear regularly to give the impression that the person is
‘fashionable, cool and iconic etc.
• How do you anticipate your subject to look and pose (include reference to gaze).
• I’ll anticipate my subject to look at the camera as if they’re staring directly at the audience in order to grab
peoples attention and to hold their gaze which could almost make them feel obliged to buy the magazine in a way.
The pose will have to be one which is seen as confident, rebellious and independent where the model gives off
the idea that he or she won’t listen to what others tell and simply ‘do their own thing’
• What will the background look like?
• A greyish or dim shade of white almost to give off a fading light effect to amplify the models appearance and make
them the main point of focus.
• Will any secondary images appear? Describe them and explain how they will relate to this edition of your
magazine.
• No secondary images of yet will be displayed on the cover as I want to keep the main point of focus and attention
on the model and for readers to not be drawn away or distracted from other images or pictures which could be of
interest to them.

7. • Overall
• How will this magazine relate to the style/s of music you have
chosen, therefore appealing to a similar target audience as the
music genre you have chosen.
• It will relate to my chosen music style and genre as it shows and
depicts as well as including articles, stories and discussion which all
relate to the Hip hop music genre meaning it will therefore appeal
to the intended audience which are young males from the age of
15-30 as it will content relating to the music genre of their
preference which will keep them interested.
• Presentation Task
• Once you have answered the questions above, package your
response in a Prezi presentation. To make your response more
visual, find images that relate to the questions.