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.