These are my initial ideas for my music magazine featuring my mock ups.

1. Mock Ups
Front Cover
This is my front cover mock up. I have decided to
have my artist represented as a current hip hop
icon in the rap genre. He has the current
representation that will be enable him to relate to
the audience with the specific costume that he is
wearing which conform with the conventions of
rap, e.g. black hoodie and bandana.
Also I have followed the codes and conventions
with the layout of my magazine front cover as my
masthead is the biggest and boldest text at the
top of the page and I have featured buzz words
such as exclusive which I hope to lure the
audience in with.

2. Mock Ups
Contents
On the other hand I have decided to challenge the
common conventions in a rap contents page. I have
done this as I feel I want to have a unique contents
page to set my magazine apart from the common
rap contents page.
I have been creative with the word ‘Contents’ like
the magazine Vibe, in the way that it is in a
microphone and has never been done before. The
reason for this is because the magazine is called
‘Open Mic’ and the genre is rap so having a
microphone on the page screaming at the audience
would justify that this is a music magazine. Then to
have the contents page to represent rap I have my
artist have the common conventions in his costume
which is jewellery, dark masculine baggy clothes and
a backwards hat.

3. Mock Ups
Double Page Spread
I have based this mock up on
the Vibe double page spread in
my research task with the
rapper NAS, in which he is
placed on two thirds of the
page allowing less text and
more visuals.
I will also have a mid shot of
the artist and the full face
reveal because this would link
in with the main sell line on the
front cover.