1. Title:HUSTLE Magazine
Explanation ofgenre:I have chosento do a hip-hopmagazine,due tome havingagood knowledge
on hip-hopmagazinesandthe genre itself.Hip-hopisagrowinglypopulargenre soIthinkitwould
be a goodgenre to choose.Thoughit’spredominantlylistenedbymales,females are beginningto
listentohip-hopmore andmore.
Target Audience:
Name:
Age:20
Gender:Male
Ethnicity:Black
Lifestyle:Frequentfollowersof hip-hop,sociable andmiddle-class.
Initial Ideas about Front Cover:
I was goingto putmy mastheadinthe top leftandhave mymain model centred.Inthe image I
wouldlike tohave a plainwhite background.There shouldbe sub-headingsgoingdownboththe left
and rightside.The keywordswill be inboldanda differentcolourtothe restof the text.Imay
include astripbut I am not entirelysure.
Initial Ideas about ContentsPage:
I will putthe mastheadagaininthe top left.Iwill have the contentsgoingdownthe leftmiddle third
and the bottomleftthird.Some informationandsellinglineswill butin the topmiddle thirdandthe
top rightthird.The remainingthirdswill be filledwithanimage of amodel thatlinkstoone of the
articles. Inthe bottomleftthirdI will putmysocial information(website,twitteretc.)
Initial Ideas about Double-Page Spread
The top half of the firstpage will be filledwithanimage of the artist.The bottomhalf will have aby
line inboldanda slightlybiggerfontthatthe text.The restof thatpage andmajorityof the next
page will be the contentof the article. There will be afew quotesthatare enlargedandputin
quotationmarksinthe article.
Initial Ideas for Photographs
I wantmy picturesto lookquite unnatural andposed.Iwantto go withthe colourscheme and
therefore alotof mypicturesI wouldlike awhite backdrop.Ithinkmostof my shotsforpictures
inside the magazine will be midshotsandthe mainimage onthe cover will be alongshot(able to
see full body).
