Before I actually started my music project I did some research to gain a better understanding and knowledge of how real life music magazines are designed and how they attract the target audience, the convections that I found were three main convections in the way music magazines are sold to the target audience and these are done through masthead, cover-lines and a selling line to make the music magazine different from other magazines. After the research was conducted I drew up front cover, contents pages and double page mock ups to give me more of an idea of how I want my music magazine set out.
I have a big masthead which is very dominate to attract the target audience and make my magazine look as real as a proper music magazine would with the non-serif front which I downloaded from Dafont.com makes the magazine more professional and stand out from other magazines and to also to give my magazine that inner city culture and to assiocated this inner city culture with large cities such as London, Birmingham and Manchester where the population is so diverse and unique as the masthead is placed behind the model.
Another convention used in my music magazine is a selling line; a selling line is used by music magazines to help attract the target audience to buying the magazine. My selling on my magazine was UK’s No.1 R’n’B and Hip Hop magazine which clearly indicates to the reader that my magazine is specifically for R’n’B and Hip Hop fans and to show to the audience that there is no other magazine around like mine.
Another convention used in my music magazine is a selling line; a selling line is used by music magazines to help attract the target audience to buying the magazine. My selling on my magazine was UK’s No.1 R’n’B and Hip Hop magazine which clearly indicates to the reader that my magazine is specifically for R’n’B and Hip Hop fans and to show to the audience that there is no other magazine around like mine.
In my magazine another convention that I used was the barcode at the left hand side of my front cover along with the price which is above the barcode, every magazine should have these conventions if they want their target audience to purchase there magazine. I don’t have a date on my magazine even though most music magazines generally have a date but I have instead gone for the issue number on my magazine instead of a date even though some magazines have these, I have chosen to be different and not include a date as the issue number will be the week that the magazine would have been published.
I have even included a website at the top on the left hand side just below my masthead to make my music look more professional and to help my magazine stand out.
To fully maximize my music magazine and attract the target audience I have used cover lines which are used in every magazine to give the target audience an insight into what is in the magazine and to help sell the magazine if the cover lines are good enough as it will help persuade the audience to buy the magazine. I have used the same font for all of my cover lines which was the Trajan pro font, and even made some of my cover-lines bold to attract the audience and to have that wow factor that will make my music stand out from other magazines. However the main cover-line has a white rectangle box around to make this cover line stand out from the rest and to ensure that the target audience knows what the main cover-line is and was placed on the right hand side of the magazine with more space so that the target audience know directly that this is the main story in my magazine.
Preferably my image is male in a medium close up to illustrate the dominance that the image has on my magazine and how without an dominant image the magazine would lack the professional factor as it would not be attracting the target audience. Having the model stand in a position side on means that I’m trying to replicate that dominance.
Preferably my image is male in a medium close up to illustrate the dominance that the image has on my magazine and how without an dominant image the magazine would lack the professional factor as it would not be attracting the target audience. Having the model stand in a position side on means that I’m trying to replicate that dominance.
My contents page also follows the conventions that are used in real life magazine. Firstly my images that I have included as used in so many R’n’B and Hip Hop magazines to express to the audience what is included in the magazine which may eventually determine whether my particular target audience would buy the magazine. I included so many pictures on the contents page to engaged and attract the audience and to correlate with the picture I have on my front cover to give my magazine that sense of continuity.
I have included categories on my contents page to make the magazine more organized and structured for the target audience and also to make the contents page more professional, which means my pictures were allocated to one side of the magazine so that the audience have to look to the left hand side of the magazine then revert their eyes to the right hand side which means that the audience eyes are not wondering and making sure that the audience is constantly looking at my magazine.
My Double page spread uses and develops the conventions of a real life double page spread. Firstly I use a colour scheme partly the same as my front cover and contents page
To give my magazine that real life look and to make my magazine more professional look. Also I have arranged my articles in to columns with a headline and a short introduction of what will be happening on my double page spread which means my magazine is following the conventions of a real magazine, with the image being allocated on the left hand side of the page.
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