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The document discusses magazine cover styles across different music genres. It states that R&B magazine covers utilize bright colors and close-up shots of artists to represent the diversity of the genre. Hip-hop/rap covers tend to use paler tones and more serious poses to match the generally serious nature of the music. Classical magazine covers have a plain, sophisticated look with normal backgrounds that appeals to a limited audience. Rock magazines commonly feature the color red in titles, backgrounds or clothing to contrast with other colors on the cover.
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The document discusses the purpose and design of digipacks and album artwork for three different albums:
Galaktikon by Brendon Small is a sci-fi themed solo album presented in a hand-drawn style featuring monsters and spaceships to depict the album's story and attract fans of hard rock artists like Steve Vai.
Lateralus by Tool uses psychedelic and disturbing imagery without displaying the band's name to attract fans of alternative music intrigued by the bizarre images relating to the album's themes.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers' self-titled debut album features a scrappy graffiti style to match their unusual blend of rock, funk, and blues and attract fans of different genres
Main Task - Similar Music Magazines
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Digipak analysis
The document analyzes existing album covers, or "digipaks", from R&B artists like Rihanna and Beyonce to inspire the design of the author's own digipak. Rihanna's covers often feature close-up images of her face that accentuate her distinctive style and tattoos, creating a recognizable artistic brand. In contrast, Beyonce's covers convey a softer, more natural image. The document concludes Rihanna has become so iconic through her innovative style that she can promote albums just with her image alone.
Presentation1
The document discusses conventions for magazine covers in the R&B genre. It states that mastheads on R&B magazines are typically centered rather than left-aligned so the artist image can overlap the masthead. Cover lines are usually related to the featured artist to attract the target audience interested in that artist or genre. Background images often feature popular R&B artists not featured in the main article to increase popularity and appeal to fans of that genre. Color schemes for R&B magazines tend to use darker colors like purple, black, and blue to appear non-gender-biased and appeal to both male and female readers.
Main task - Research
The document provides information about two different music magazines - "InTune" and "Billboard". It details their cover prices, frequencies of publication, target audiences, and publishing details. Examples of common magazine elements like mastheads, articles, images, and contents pages are shown from sample issues of each magazine.
Media pitch
Kieran Ross is pitching a new hip hop magazine targeted towards young people aged 16-21, primarily males. The magazine will focus on the hip hop genre (sub genre). Potential titles being considered are The Beat, Drop the Beat (DB), and Da Bomb. The main cover image will feature a friend of Kieran's posing against a wall. The double page spread will provide a mixture of text and images profiling the cover artist. Other content may include the latest songs, upcoming artists, hip hop culture websites, equipment for sale, and a questions section. The magazine style will use black and gold colors.
Question 5 Evaluation
The magazine addresses its rap music audience through bold design elements on the cover like a large title in red font and imagery of stereotypical rap artist clothing. It aims to attract readers' eyes with contrasts in color and font size for important information. Quotes from famous rappers are featured to appeal to fans familiar with those artists. Throughout the interior pages, a big font, spaced out text in two colors, and more rap clothing imagery are used to engage the rap genre audience.
Conventions of band websites and magazine adverts
Band websites vary in style depending on the artist's genre and brand, but typically prominently display the artist's name and most recent album to advertise new music. They may also include links to biographies, tour dates, social media, and merchandise. Magazine advertisements usually feature the artist's name in large font at the top and the album name below, along with the album release date, record label logo, and front cover art. The color palette is tailored to the artist's genre to convey aspects of their image and brand.
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Digipak analysis
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The document discusses conventions for magazine covers in the R&B genre. It states that mastheads on R&B magazines are typically centered rather than left-aligned so the artist image can overlap the masthead. Cover lines are usually related to the featured artist to attract the target audience interested in that artist or genre. Background images often feature popular R&B artists not featured in the main article to increase popularity and appeal to fans of that genre. Color schemes for R&B magazines tend to use darker colors like purple, black, and blue to appear non-gender-biased and appeal to both male and female readers.
Main task - Research
The document provides information about two different music magazines - "InTune" and "Billboard". It details their cover prices, frequencies of publication, target audiences, and publishing details. Examples of common magazine elements like mastheads, articles, images, and contents pages are shown from sample issues of each magazine.
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Kieran Ross is pitching a new hip hop magazine targeted towards young people aged 16-21, primarily males. The magazine will focus on the hip hop genre (sub genre). Potential titles being considered are The Beat, Drop the Beat (DB), and Da Bomb. The main cover image will feature a friend of Kieran's posing against a wall. The double page spread will provide a mixture of text and images profiling the cover artist. Other content may include the latest songs, upcoming artists, hip hop culture websites, equipment for sale, and a questions section. The magazine style will use black and gold colors.
Question 5 Evaluation
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Band websites vary in style depending on the artist's genre and brand, but typically prominently display the artist's name and most recent album to advertise new music. They may also include links to biographies, tour dates, social media, and merchandise. Magazine advertisements usually feature the artist's name in large font at the top and the album name below, along with the album release date, record label logo, and front cover art. The color palette is tailored to the artist's genre to convey aspects of their image and brand.
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This document summarizes and analyzes the main recurring pages and sections found in issues of the Kerrang! magazine. It describes the magazine's rock charts page that lists the 20 most popular rock songs, as well as pages promoting upcoming tours and concerts. The summary also mentions double page spreads that feature posters of individual artists and a competition to win band t-shirts by purchasing multiple issues of the magazine.
Assignment 12
Rag'n'Bone Man is a British pop/soul/blues singer known for his unique smoky voice and bluesy style despite his young age. His stage name is a reference to a British sitcom and he began as a hip hop artist before finding success in blues-influenced pop. His 2016 single "Human" was a number one hit and his debut album was also successful, winning him several awards. Rita Ekware, who performs as Ray Blk, is a contemporary R&B and soul singer who was the first unsigned artist to win the BBC Sound of 2017 award. She releases music independently under her own label and writes about empowerment themes that have helped her gain a growing fan base.
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- Through its lyrics, instrumentation, and genre-blending style, the song captures the band's signature sound while offering something different from conventional love songs or pop.
- Metronomy is signed to an independent label, appealing to fans who value authenticity over mainstream commercialism.
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The document discusses different genres of music magazines and their characteristics. It describes pop music magazines as targeting teenage girls with bright colors and simple language focusing on celebrities. Hip hop magazines also target teenagers using dark colors like red and focusing on new music releases. Classical magazines are aimed at older audiences with soft colors highlighting new performances. Rock magazines use dark colors and detailed text without a specific target age, while R&B magazines brightly target teenagers with images and little text about new albums.
Genre convention in music magazine
The document summarizes the key aspects of magazine covers for different music genres, including R&B, rock, pop, jazz, and country. For R&B magazines, the color scheme is neutral and gloomy to evoke emotion. Rock magazines use dark colors like black and white to convey mystery. Pop magazines feature bright pink colors and photos to appeal to young female audiences. Jazz magazines emphasize one bold color, often red, and photos of musicians playing instruments. Country magazines aim to feel fresh and happy with their color scheme.
Dfferences in mastheads
The document discusses the mastheads of four different music magazines and how they reflect the genres of music covered by each publication. The rock magazine has a grungy, cracked masthead reflecting the loud, edgy nature of rock music. The pop music magazine has a playful, rounded font reflecting the innocent nature of pop. The NME magazine has a simple masthead that could represent various music genres. The Vibe magazine has a bold, punchy masthead resembling the beats and melodies of R&B and hip hop music.
Dfferences in mastheads
This document discusses the mastheads of four different music magazines and how they reflect the genres of music covered. The rock magazine has a grungy, cracked masthead reflecting the loud, edgy nature of rock music. The pop music magazine Top Of The Pops has a playful, rounded font reflecting the innocent nature of pop. NME's simple masthead with a thin outline could represent various music genres. Vibe's changing, bold masthead reflects the punchy beats and melodies of R&B and hip hop music.
Genre convention in music magazine
The document summarizes key aspects of the cover designs of music magazines across different genres, including R&B, rock, pop, jazz, and country. It describes elements like color schemes, photography styles, writing styles, overall looks, text to photo ratios, and fonts used for each genre. The color schemes, photography, and designs are tailored for each genre to represent the mood and themes of the music styles. For example, R&B magazines use neutral colors to represent mystery and elegance, while pop magazines use bright pinks to appeal to young female audiences.
Research into magazine adverts
The document discusses magazine advertisements for various music artists found in Q Magazine and Kerrang Magazine. Q Magazine targets older music fans over 25 years old and features many genres of music. The ads in Q Magazine primarily feature pop artists like Paloma Faith and Lily Allen promoting their image. Kerrang Magazine is devoted to rock music and its ads feature heavy metal/rock bands like Slipknot, Die Antwoord, and Motorhead using dark imagery and fonts typical of those genres rather than the artists' images. The ads vary greatly between the magazines depending on their intended audience and music genres covered.
Music magazine genre
The document discusses different genres of music magazines, including their target audiences, visual styles, and content focuses. Alternative, rock, and pop magazines like NME and Rolling Stone target broader audiences, while more niche magazines like Q and Kerrang! focus on rock. Top of the Pops targets younger pop fans. Magazines' visual styles reflect their genres through imagery, colors, and layouts. For example, pop magazines use bright colors and feature celebrities, while classical magazines have sophisticated designs and focus on performances.
Presentation1 magazines
The document summarizes expectations for different music genres in magazines, including:
- Hip-hop artists are expected to wear expensive brands and have tattoos, serious expressions, and rap about materialism, money and street life.
- Pop artists are expected to dress casually in bright colors, have happy expressions, and sing about love and parties.
- Rock artists are expected to have dark, minimalist styles with tattoos and piercings, unusual hair, and sing about sex, drugs and rock and roll lifestyle.
- Reggae artists are expected to have dreadlocks, colorful Jamaican-inspired clothing and jewelry, and sing about love, unity and politics.
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Presentation1 magazines
The document summarizes expectations for different music genres in magazines, including:
- Hip-hop artists are expected to wear expensive brands and have tattoos, serious expressions, and rap about materialism, money and street life.
- Pop artists are expected to dress casually in bright colors, have happy expressions, and sing about love and parties.
- Rock artists are expected to have dark, alternative styles without brands, tattoos, skulls/chains and talk about sex, drugs in their lyrics.
- Reggae artists are expected to have dreadlocks, colorful cultural clothing and jewelry and sing about love, unity and politics.
- R&B artists are expected to have sexy, expensive
Genre Exploration
The document summarizes expectations for different music genres in magazines, including:
- Hip-hop artists are expected to wear expensive brands and have tattoos, serious expressions, and rap about materialism, money and street life.
- Pop artists are expected to dress casually in bright colors, have happy expressions, and sing about love and parties.
- Rock artists are expected to have dark, minimalist styles with tattoos and piercings, unusual hair, and sing about sex, drugs and rock and roll lifestyle.
- Reggae artists are expected to have dreadlocks, colorful Jamaican-inspired clothing and jewelry, and sing about love, unity and politics.
- R&
Colour scheme
The document discusses the color schemes for different issues of a rock/indie rock magazine. The first issue uses dark and bright primary colors that boldly portray the genre. The second issue has more muted colors that are less bright than usual, possibly changing based on the cover artist. The third issue chosen has muted neutral colors that complement each other well and portray the softer indie rock genre through their tones.
Magazine adverts media
The document compares magazine advertisements for Ed Sheeran and Beyonce. It notes similarities like both featuring the artist's name in bold text and images highlighting distinguishing features. It also discusses how advertisements use color and imagery to represent different music genres, with a colorful ad for pop artist Mika and a darker ad for rapper Plan B reflecting their different styles. Finally, it compares an album cover to its magazine advertisement, noting they share layout, design and theme but vary slightly in color and text details.
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The document compares magazine advertisements for Ed Sheeran and Beyonce. It notes similarities like both featuring the artist's name in bold text and images highlighting distinguishing features. It also discusses how advertisements use color and imagery to represent different music genres, with a colorful ad for pop artist Mika and a darker ad for rapper Plan B reflecting their different styles. Finally, it compares an album cover to its magazine advertisement, noting they share layout, design and theme but vary slightly in color and text details.
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Music Genres
- 1. R&B is one of the biggest genre in music right now due to how diverse it can be means each R&B song can sound completely different when compared to another, its diversity allows a very open style for magazine colours but usually what all covers have in common are that they all utilise bright colours with either close ups or medium close ups of the cover star. R&B
- 2. Hip-Hop / Rap Hip-hop is commonly more serious than R&B therefore its covers are toned down a lot colour wise, utilising paler toned down colours that contrasts for backgrounds and then close up photographs of the cover star who usually pose in a more serious pose or with a stern facial expression.
- 3. Classical Magazine • Classical music magazines are a lot less bright and eye catching and are usually plain, appealing to only those with an interest in the genre. Due to it’s limited audience the covers never really attempt to stand out on shelves with colours or headlines, it sticks to a sophisticated look with a cover star in a normal background.
- 4. Rock Rock magazines seem to use the colour red a lot with their front covers, either with the title, background or the clothing on the artist themselves, the contrasting colour seems to be a common feature when it comes to rock front covers.