The document discusses Blender, an American music magazine, as an example to base a new music magazine on. Blender began in 1994 as a digital CD-ROM magazine and later launched print and web editions. It featured lists of popular music and celebrities. The document discusses targeting a readership of 16-24 year olds and using eye-catching design elements like prominent images of celebrities, simple color schemes, and fonts to attract both female and male readers.

1. Task 5
Emily Sampson
Research into similar music
magazines on which I could base my
magazine.

2. -Blender is an American music magazine that calls
itself “the ultimate guide to music and more”.
Blender is also known for sometimes steamy pictures
of celebrities. It compiled lists of albums, artists, and
songs, including both “best of” and “worst of” lists.
-Blender was published by Dennis Publishing and the
magazine began in 1994 as the first digital CD-ROM
magazine by Jason Pearson, David Cherry, and
Regina Joseph, acquired by Felix Dennis/Dennis
Publishing.
-In the UK, it published fifteen digital CD issues, and
launched on the web in 1997. Blender then started
publishing a print edition again in 1999 in its most
recent form. The first digital advertisers Blender had
included Calvin Klein, Apple computer and Nike.
-This example that I found on the internet shows a style of a magazine that best reflects
how I want my front cover of my magazine to look like. The effectiveness of this magazine
is to target a younger audience of 16-20 because of the cover star used as the main
image, being Taylor Swift. The colour scheme is very simple yet eye catching because the
white background highlights the cover lines, mast head and draws the main attention to
the celebrity. The celebrity is within the centre of the rule of thirds.
-The photograph the magazine has intentionally used effective eye contact which is also
known as extra diegetic gaze. It is a marketing strategy because the audience believes that
Taylor Swift is looking at them.

3. -Blender as a music magazine company overall highlights the kind of ideas I would like to
include in my music magazine front cover. I would like my target audience to be both
females and males, but more females will be drawn towards it. I would think the target
audiences would range between the ages of 16-24 so this will mean I will have to
include features that attract both sexes and I will have to consider wisely the photograph
of my magazines front cover. I will use colours that are relatively matched to both sexes,
however the front cover’s image which will be a girl may attract more females than
males.

4. -This magazine uses a similar colour
scheme to what the celebrity is wearing
in the main image, being purple and
black against the white background that
is used in every Blender issue. This
colour scheme makes the magazine very
eye catching which is what my aim is to
do for my music magazine. The colour
scheme makes it all come together
professionally and allows the main
image to look correctly in place on the
music magazine front cover. Again, like
every issue, the main cover line is the
name of the celebrity in the main image
which shows that she is a big part of the
issue. Not too much purple is used
within the front cover as a main part of
it is in the main image. (her shirt)
-This issue of the Blender magazine
represents a good unisex colour scheme
which is what I will be looking to do for
my music magazine. Blues and light
browns are used in the issue which is
both female and male orientated. The
main image of Fergie, a celebrity, is quite
steamy which is well known with the
Blender issues which would most likely
attract a young audience such as the
range I am aiming for: 16-24. Fergie is
also an attractive celebrity which would
possibly attract males to the music
magazine, and again the main cover line
is of the celebrities name to show that
there is an article(s) about Fergie within
the magazine. The colours against the
white background stand out and are eye-catching,
like what I want to do.
-The issue above again represents the
kind of theme I am looking to recreate
in the making of my music magazine.
Whereas on this one, the masthead is
overlapping the main image which is
what I will do as my music magazine
will be brand new, and if the masthead
is covered, it may be difficult to read
and recognise as it is never been seen
before. Again, the main image is of a
female, Kelly Clarkson which is what I
will be intending to do, and the colour
scheme of the front cover is of unisex
colours to attract a wider audience of
not just females but also males. The
issue is following codes and
conventions as it has a white
background which is what I think I will
want to do.

5. Similar Music
Magazines

6. Fonts