Front cover draft

This is my R&B front cover draft.  I did this to develop my ideas of how I want my front cover to look.  I came up with my own eye catching sell lines and did my own photo-shoot.  In terms of mise-en-scene, I used red as my colour scheme because I thought that red was an edgy colour which represented fire and fire can be conveyed as fierce.  Red is also a very bold colour which I put certain sell lines in to stand out.  I stuck to my plans of the costume using the style I wanted.  I used a brick wall as the background to my photo-shoot as its urban which ties in with the R&B theme.  I also used different fonts to separate the text on the page and so they vary so the front cover isn't boring to look at for the customer.         

Photo mood board from the front cover photoshoot

This is my mood board for my R&B music magazine.  I took all of these photos myself.  I chose the location with a background of a brick wall as I thought it would give the photo-shoot an urban feel.  I changed it up a bit by trying a wooden background but I didn't think it was as effective and edgy as the brick wall.  Also the model stands out better in front of the brick wall.  I stuck to my plan of the style of the costume using chunky heels, skinny black hot pants, a crop top and a snapback/beanie.  I changed up the position of the model to get different angles to see which looks best, as I didn't want the photo to look flat (up against the wall).  I also changed the zoom of the photo, capturing wide shots (full body) and mid shots.   

Social class and demographics

What social class is my magazine aimed at:
The price of my magazine reflects the social class which is a wide range as the price isn't high, its affordable.  Therefore I am allowing my magazine to have a wider audience.   

How am I going to address their needs:
I will address their needs by including current, relevant content which matches the genre of my magazine, which is R&B.  This is the purpose of my magazine, to interest the reader.  I will include content such as, interviews, festival information, bands and updates about the current charts.   

What is the price of my magazine:
The price of my magazine is £1.50.  I chose this price as the results to my questionnaire where positive towards this price.  Not many people will pay over £1.50 for a music magazine (from my results).  The price is also affordable and acceptable for good content.   

Gifts/prizes they would like:
I have offered free headphones with my magazine.  They are small travel sized ones (just like the ones you get with your phone)so you can fit them easily in your pocket or your bag.  You can never get enough small headphones as they can brake or be lost easily.  I also offer competitions inside my magazine to enter.  The competition winner will receive FREE tickets to wireless festival.  This is because we are sponsored by Wireless and our magazine is called after that.  I think the customer will benefit from this competition prize as everyone wants to see live music, if you are interested in music, and its enjoyable, so is the whole experience and atmosphere of a festival.  Also their favourite artist might be playing which is an even better prize.  In my questionnaire I asked what they would expect to see inside a music magazine and the results told me that the second highest result was festival information, so this tells me that a high number of people are interested in going to a live music festival like wireless.       

Reader profile research

Why do magazines do such research?  How does it help them to make the magazine?

The magazine have to be right for their target audience.  If the magazine doesn't appeal to their target audience, who are they making it for?  Magazines do research so that it does appeal to their target audience   For example, they have to have the right genre of music throughout the magazine, the right clothing, makeup, props, colour scheme, mast head and appropriate language for their target age/gender of their audience within the sell lines.  
They also do research to find the conventions for their magazine.  Where to place them/layout, the sell lines included, the cost and any competitions included.  The magazine needs to be eye catching whether the target audience is young teenager or elders.  The magazine needs to be current so that appeals to people today, to sell well.  The magazine needs to include people in the industry today, this will make the magazine more current.
If research is done, slip ups are less likely to accrue and its more likely to be successful and appropriate for your target audience. 
Social media is a big part of today's world.  Social media is a big platform for an up and coming magazine if it gain followers/views.  The younger generation, in particular, are very forth coming when it comes to social media sites like, Twitter and Facebook.  The teenage generation are the target audience of social media.  Teenagers today would rather have a quick look on their phone then go out and buy a hard copy as its easy and Free, unless you chose to subscribe to a magazine online.          

 

 

This is the model I have chosen for my R&B magazine.  She is female teenager.  The clothing I have picked is edgy and street inspired.  The tight hot pants and crop top are very figure hugging which shows a careless, confident attitude which fits in with the genre of R&B.  I have put her hat on backwards so a street vibe which may come across as being cool and shows her rebellious side against how it was made to be worn.  The bleached hair also edgy as it looks like fire, this also shows a careless side as bleach is very damaging for the hair.  It shows that she is willing to try new things with her image that may inspire other teens, which draws them into the magazine.   I put my model in chunky, heeled boots instead of flat shoes, as this shows a grown up look as my target audience is from 15-25.     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTENTS PAGE current research

These are some examples of current market RnB contents pages.  The similar themes throughout are:

1. minimum/dull colouring, mainly one colour throughout.

2. Emotionless faces by the models involved, which is total different from pop for example, as they have smiley inviting faces with pops of colour all over the page.
3. Bold title with small information at the sides.  The contents information is considerably smaller than the title and is places around the main image to frame the photo. 
4. One main image, normally a famous artist as this will invite customers in (one has three other smaller images (artists that are included within the magazine).
5. The contents pages range from the dress code of a suit to casual to an edgy style of statement jewellery and tattoos on show.  
                           

                            The conventions

The conventions that these contents have are:
1. page numbers
2. main images
3. smaller images
4. sub lines
5. title
6.competitions

The last three examples of current R&B music contents pages all have the contents information on the right hand side of the page.  This makes the text easily visible as soon as the page is turned making it is easier for the reader to hold the magazine as you dont have to bend the spine of the magazine.