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The document describes the design choices for the masthead, cover, and contents page of a magazine prototype. For the masthead, red was chosen to catch attention and represent hip hop. A simple bold font was used. The cover features two female models to challenge gender norms in hip hop magazines. Inspiration was drawn from magazines like XXL and The Source to have a professional look while also being unique. The contents page uses a play button icon and separates sections with lines for easy reading.
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- 2. Title of my magazine The masthead head of my magazine conforms to the audience’s expectations. It’s what you would expect from a hip hop magazine it uses elements from magazines such as the source magazine, XXL and vibe. I positioned my masthead straight across the top rather than in the left hand side simply because it looked better in my opinion and in that position it’s clearly and easily seen. I chose the colour red as the main colour simply because it immediately catches the audience’s attention because the colour red stands out due to its brightness. I also chose the colour red because I believe it conforms to the genre hip hop as well as black and white. I wanted to keep my masthead simple in terms of a title so I chose ‘The industry’ because it’s short, simple and snappy (instant gratification). I chose a font that would be simple, easy to read but yet still stud out so I chose the: franklin gothic medium it was easily readable but still had an impact. To make the masthead stand out even more I bolded it out and added a black stroke.
- 3. Mise-En-Scène of the images Both models are positioned in a simple way which shows there maturity. They are also facing each other which interprets that they have some sort of relationship like being good friends, related or in this case a band. Both magazine chosen within my case studies have all the models directly looking at the reader. The two artists are looking directly at the camera which makes it look as if they are looking at the reader. This makes the reader feel important as it may feel like anything said in this magazine is directed towards them. Usher is looking straight at the reader which establishes a relationship with them. However he is wearing glasses which maintain the view of being superior. I have also used this, to establish a similar relationship and because these are the traits of a real magazine.
- 4. Costumes and props I haven’t given or chosen for my models to have props because I simply thought it wasn’t necessary my aim was to present hip hop through my magazine in a sophisticated, simple and professional way so I didn’t think props were needed. I made both modals wear plain strapped black dresses. My aim with was to give the readers the impression that my artists were mature as well as fears and sassy.
- 5. Music genre and how your magazine suggests it I used different magazines based on the same genre as my magazine to get a clear idea of what a hip-hop magazine looks like. I also different conventions from genre magazines and brings them all into on, which develops the idea of hip hop and how it’s evolving. However this could also be challenging conventions of real media products simply because again my magazine brings different elements from different genres together.
- 6. People The image of my front cover is obviously the most important because it’s what attracts the readers the most. The hip hop industry is a male dominated industry so hip hop magazines predominantly have male rappers on their front covers simply because they are more relevant so I chose to have female models to challenge the normal conventions of real hip hop media products. I also writ my main headline influenced on this statement ‘Eron & Vancia back on top ‘this simply meant that these to females are back on top in the hip hop i.e. relevant again. The main aim of this image/photo was to show the independence and professionalism throughout the whole cover and I think my models showed this off perfectly.
- 7. Layout My front cover was inspired by this xxl magazine front cover. I chose to use this magazine because it’s very simple bold and bright yet it still keeps the hip hop look it’s also set out so it can be easily read it looks professional. However I did use another magazine as well as this one and my own ideas as stated above. The black box beneath the main headline particularly stood out for me because no other magazine had it and also because it was another good way to get the headlines in rather than having then having them bunched up on the page. I also used xxl magazine as inspiration for my contents page how ever I still kept some element conventional like naming it ‘contents page’. The contents page of xxl magazine uses play the fast forward icon to signify readers to carry on reading, I’ve used but this but rendered it I little and used a play button I simply used this because it simply just relates to music. However this could also be an improvement to the original as it uses a fast forward icon it could interoperate that it’s telling the readers to skip pages or move quickly where as the play button from my point of view just means play, go with the flow or take your time. Small things like the black line between the features was good it made it easier to take in. I also used this same line to separate the features and the regulars. The way the images were set out on this page also caught my attention because again it was different and no other magazine had it (unique selling point) I used this and changed some bits around and added my own twist to it.