Mock-up photo shoot

 Before I actually conducted my real photo shoot for my music magaizne I had a practice with my model Will Hales. I have not taken as many photo's as I would in the real shoot but It has given me an idea about what type of shots to use. I have only used my phone for the pictures so the quality is not as good as it would be for the real shoot. But it has definitely helped me to work out different angles and shots to use, I can now focus on planning for the real shoot.

Model Choice

For the model of my R&B music magazine I have decided to use my friend Will Hales. Will is very fashionable and has a particular look about him that I think is suitbale for my magazine. I am looking forward to working with Will as I think he really understands the concept of my magazine and I think this will really help. I also think using a male will help because I do not have to do make-up and hair is not neccessarily hard to do. The clothing he wears just normally is very urban so I dont think ill have much trouble with clothing.

Decisions on colour scheme

After researching different fonts I have now started to look at different colour schemes. I have noticed that black, white and red are main colours of R&B music magazines so I have decided to almost replicate the colours in my magazine.

As you can see red, is a prominent colour in these magazines as it catches your eye. I think using red in my magazine will draw people to certain parts of my magazine, like the puff for example.

The black and grey will be the base colours, like for coverlines, to emphasises different points. And the red will act as the colour to draw attention to different competitions and puffs, etc. I am happy with my colours as I think they will work well together and help me create a successful R&B and Hip-Hop magazine.

Font's design and Name decision

Font idea's

For my R&B music magazine I have now decided to look at different names, I quite the name VOID but also the name CRANK. But after much deliberation I have decided to call it VOID, I think this name suits the genre of my magazine. So now i have decided the name i have looked at different fonts. 

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To create these fonts I used the website

http://www.interactimage.com/

 

I quite like fonts 1 & 3, I think they are both easy to read and clear. I think they would make a statement in the cover and really emphasise the name. Although with font 3 I think it could possibly look too much on the page, it may make the page look to busy and complicated to read. But I am going to try both fonts for the masthead and see which one I think looks best and is clear for the reader. Also, one common convention of R&B magazines is that the model usually covers part of the masthead, like this..

So I will take this into consideration when editing my masthead with my model. But I will need to make sure that my masthead is readable so people can see what it is called easily even though part of it is covered. 

Magazine Layouts

Layout for my R&B and Hip-Hop

Now I have decided the genre for my magazine I have started to look at layouts from different magazines. I have taken inspiration from VIBE magazine and RAP-UP magazine. These have helped to understand what type of layouts to use and how they affect the reader in a positive way. Here are the layouts I have created for my Front cover, Contents page and Double page spread.

I have used typical codes and conventions for my front cover, the masthead is large and will catch the readers eye. Also the main image is very prominent in the cover, this will attract the reader to look more into the magazine. The main image will relate to the double spread so it needs to be eye catching and interesting so people will read it.

Here I have chosen to use a large picture, I think using a big picture is a common thing for R&B magazines. It focuses more on who the magazine is about than other things. So I need to make sure I have good images to attract the reader to my magazine. Using a competition puff will add another element to my contents page and also involve the reader in the magazine.

For my double page spread I have used a typical layout. I would like the montage of images to be in a camera strip, black and white maybe. I am also going to base the main article around an interview with a current R&B artist. I think this will allow me to create the main article quite easily because I can actually conduct the interview. I am happy with my layouts and I think I will be able to create my magazine fairly easily.

Questionnaire Evaluation

After deciding that my target audience will be males and females aged 16-19 I chose people to fill out my questionnaire to fit this criteria. From the results I complied these pie charts to represent the data. 

Firstly I asked what was their preferred genre of music. As you can see in the pie chart Pop and R&B were the highest amounts. This could suggest why there are so many Pop magazines already out there. But could also suggest that there is a gap in the market for a R&B magazine as people enjoy that genre of music. 

Secondly I asked what attracts you to buy a music magazine. The front cover is the highest amount, this includes the model and layout. So it shows I must focus on the front cover to attract my customers and catch their eye. But also not forgot about the main article and a suitable price for the my R&B magazine. 

I also asked what type of things people would like to find in my magazine. I think this question will definitely help the most when creating my magazine. It will help me in the sense that I will already know what the public want before producing my magazine. As you can see Reviews and Articles on artists and bands are the highest scoring answers, so I will pay close attention to including these features in my magazine and making them of a good standard. I will include coverlines on the front cover that explain different articles in the magazine to make people want to buy my magazine. 

And finally you can see I have asked what price they would pay for a music magazine. This question is crucial because I do not want to make the price to expensive so people will be put off buying it. I think if the price is between £3-3.99 I must include several entertaining features to really fulfil the audiences wants and needs. 

Final decisions!

After collecting primary data for my magazine I have decided that my magazine will focus on R&B music, the main selling point will be my front cover and main article. It will be priced at £2.50 as I think this is a suitable price for the target audience. My R&B music magazine will be released every month and the demographic for my magazine will be both male and female teenagers 16-19 years of age. I think this demographic is well suited to society nowadays and  more people are being introduced to R&B music which highlights a gap in the market. 

Magazine Research and Evidence

Magazine research and evidence from maddieefaye