Research - Double Page Spread 1

This double page spread was from a magazine called flavour. The target audience of this magazine are for teenagers,mainly girls that listen to RnB music. The layout of this magazine is very simple and easy to understand. The double page spread doesn't have a title which suggests you will need to read the the page to actually know what it is about. As you can see that the image of Alexandra Burke has taken up a full A4 page and the interview is on the left hand side with another image of Alexandra. Their is a paragraph which is in pink and it is larger than the other text. Also it is in capital letters which suggest this is the important information on the page. The paragraph is about how she cant believe how she has made it to where she is now. Which suggests that it doesn't matter where you are from or what your lifestyle is like,you are still able to succeed in life. This relates to the target audience as many girls are desperate to be famous singers and this will encourage them more.The image of Alexandra is a close up shot, this allows us to see the her facial expressions. The colours used in this double page spread are black and pink, this relates to the target audience as pink is stereo typed as a 'girly' colour. The background of the double page spread is white, this makes he double page spread look more  professional as the colours don't clash.The image that is placed with the interview shows that Alexandra is having a good time as she has done a 'wild' pose. This could relate to many teenager girls as they probably want to be like Alexandra when they grow up. Also this image a good impression on the teenagers that want to be RnB singer because Alex is showing that its fun being a singer and it it isn't always pressurising or depressing.

Research - Magazine 2

The genre of this magazine cover is RnB/Hip Hop. We know this as the image is off an RnB star also the straplines show that their is information on rappers as well. The target audience is male and female teenagers. We know this as it features musics stars that sing RnB/ Hip Hop music which teenagers will listen too. The image is of a well - known singer called Ciara..The main focus is this image of her as it is the only image on the front cover.This image relates to the msuic genre because Ciara sings RnB music. Ciara is placed on the right side of the magazine. We can see that her head is covering the 'B' in VIBE. This is fine as VIBE is a well-known magazine company, so many people will recognize it is a VIBE magazine because of the way it is written and also where it is positioned at the top, as the layout on all vibe magazines are the same. In the image, Ciara is wearing a short black dress which brings out her figure, this makes Ciara look even more attractive as teenagers will like what she is wearing because it is something that many teenagers girls will wear.  She is wearing dark eye make up too which matches with the dress. This shows that she took time and effort when taking the shot as she wanted to look her best.The colour of the dress goes with the background colour even though the background colour is blue. However towards the top of the magazine cover the blue gets darker, By the colours matching makes the magazine look more proffesional. In this image, Ciara is not smiling however she doesn't look angry either. By using the two blues relates to the image as it makes the front cover look mysterious.


The magazine is called VIBE, this is a big magazine company which provides the latest gossip on many RnB and Hip Hop celebrities. VIBE  means emotional atmosphere as many songs can be happy, sad, good or bad. This relates to the target audience as  teenagers prefer different types of music. The straplines on this front cover are all different fonts, sizes and colours. This makes it easier for the audience as they will read the big font first which would be the important straplines. By using different colours makes the front cover look more attractive.. They are put on the right side of the magazine as the main message is on the left which relates to the image. Also they used an image of her where we can see her figure as the message on the left mentions  'new body' which suggest Ciara has done somthing to her body to make it look like how it is now. The 'new Body' is in bold which suggests that this is one of the important pieces of information. Also 'Ciara' is big and bold as the image is off her. The barcode is on the bottom left corner.

Research - Magazine 1

The music genre of this magazine is RnB. In this magazine it will include many celebrities that sing RnB music. It will have gossip on their lives and fashion. The target audience of this magazine are teenagers both female and male. There is only one image on the front of the magazine. The image is off Melanie Fiona who is a pop-star that was part of a girl band called ‘The Pussy-cat Dolls’ .This girl band was an RnB group. It is placed on the right side of the magazine. It was placed here because it would be covering the name of the magazine as the name is place on the left. The image is large as this will attract the audience straight away especially females as it would be someone that teenage women might look up to. Melanie is wearing a blue dress; also we can see her hair has tint of blue in it. Melanie eye makeup is blue which suggests that the shot was planned as she wanted to be matching. This matches the font as the font is light blue. The background is white, which makes the magazine cover look elegant and not to flashy. This image relates to the target audience as it is off a young attractive girl that many teenagers can relate to.

The Magazine is called ‘RnB’. This is a good name as it tells the audience straight away what genre it is.The Masthead is on the top left corner. This is the name of the magazine. It is placed at the top because this will be the first thing that people see when they look at the front cover. ‘RnB’ is quite large as it is the name of the magazine. Also it is a different font to the rest of the contents on the page as the name of the magazine is most important. The Pop-star’s name is also quite large as  the audience will want to know who the image is off. The layout of RnB magazines are the same so the name will always be on the top left of the magazine. The straplines are in line with the title and the name of the magazine, this is a good thing as the magazine looks more professional, it doesn't look cluttered and confusing. By having the text in-line with the other texts makes it easier for the audience to read and understand what is going on. Even though the name ‘RnB’ is slang, the actual contents on the page is written in full English. This makes it clearer for the reader. The tagline suggest that the magazine is about music, many pop-stars lives and what they wear. The Barcode is at the bottom of the magazine on the right.

Preliminary task

I took many photos to put on the front cover of my school magazine. Then  i used photshop to create it.

Preliminary task - final cover.

I used the colour navy blue as this mathed the students top. I just kept the one colour as this would make the magazine more consitent.

I did some reserach to help me with the preliminary task, i looked at different college magzine covers.

Intro

I will be producing the front cover, contents page and double page spread for a new music magazine. Firstly i will be working on the preliminary task where i have to produce the front cover for a college magazine using a medium shot of a student. - i will plan my own music magazine and produce mock ups.