Hip-Hop style magazine inspiration.

Cover.
These first two are very fashion orientated, especially clash which is a very stylish magazine, the model is using his look to get him places. Also i like the bold headings and large amounts of free space with no text in it. This is something I feel i can emulate well for my magazine.
These covers again are very minimal and have a look that is easy to recreate and still make look authentic. I want to make a real looking magazine and give it a fashionable edge on its competitors to impress and invite the target audiences money into purchasing something a bit different.
     The final two covers i looked at are less minimal but still have something to emulate. For example the shots are much more similar to what i want to use on my magazine because they show more of the artist without being too distant. also these both have a colour pallet i like.
Contents.
 The contents pages i looked at were all very smart and defined in the way that the text is layout alongside an image. Also they mainly include a single image which follows my minimal theme.                                                                             As said above the single image is something i will hopefully use if possible as it looks minimal and focuses largely on the music artist involved. i also think this makes sure that the text and image mash up isn't too overwhelming and make the magazine look too cluttered. The layout i prefer is The Fader magazine '43' as it looks very stylish and on the brink of being a fashion magazine, widening the audience. However if i am to use this look it will need more text than i can see on it at the moment as there is little information.
Double page spread.
These are all very similar to what I will hopefully recreate with a half image, half text DPS that has all the information but has free space to make it look cleaner. I feel that the use of headings in the last three very interesting and it breaks up the page rather that block text top to bottom. Out of these images I like the final two and I feel that they focus more on the artist rather than his look, i need this as the first images of Ben Hall i want to use are shots at distance which focus on style and the artist needs to be the focus in my article.  Also from looking at these pages a pull quote is definitely needed on my image side of the page to make it more to look at than a plane image with endless white space surrounding it.

Looking through all of these pages from cover to DPS i feel that the smart look with hip-hop music and a touch of music can definitely be met. And to do this my shots need to be simple and a suit could be the outfit i use as most of the images above use a suit to smarten up the page and make the appear wealthy and therefore have the look that the audience for my magazine would like to try and emulate themselves.

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Looking backatmy prelim task i feel that i have learnt a lot. Starting with the abvious advance in the use of photoshop i have also had the ability to research far better than i ever have in the past. I think that the biggest improvement in my skills is the use of tech such as photoshop and blogger to put accrtoss my work.

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1. PHOTOSHOP: This was the main technology used in the production of my magazine as it was used to create the pages through a variety of functions. I also used this to edit photos into black white etc.
2. CAMERA: I used the school  camera which is a Nikon to take my images of ben in the light room using a canvas and tripod. The other things i used was another camera for the contents image.
3. LIGHTING: Used when taking photos to create the correct affect with no shadows and an even tone all over the image.
4. COMPUTERS: used for access to all of the website that i have used. It also gave me access to email word and photoshop programs that i needed to blog my work.
5. PHONE: My phone was vital in getting the models to come to the right place at the right time, also I used it to take some sample photos of the contents before i arrived.
6. SOUNDCLOUD: Used to upload a music playist in the research and planning section of my magazine blogger. This allowed mr to represent the audience/artists better.
7. SCRIBD: Scribd was important for blogging and it allowed me to publish all of my word documents that i typed up onto the blog for my teacher to check.
8. ANIMOTO: Used for my pitch.
9. WORD: used to write up areas of my blog which were then uploaded to the blog via scribd.
10. GOOGLE: Used for general access to all of the websites i have used whilst in the production of my magazine.
11. UK TRIBES: used to help create and audience profile.
12. COVERJUNKIE: research covers
13. MAGPILE: research covers
14. ISSUU: research other magazines for free.
15. BLOGGER:  to upload all of my work.
16. MEMORY STICK:  to transfer over my work from home and school.
17. TWITTER:  to communicate with the teacher for help and advice via the school twitter account.

EVALUATION 5.

On my cover i included many aspects that would help to attract the target audience of my magazine. The most of these is the main image in which I have used high fashion which should get the correct audience to look through the magazine, another thing i have done along the lines of fashion include a Givenchy logo bottom right. This is important as i targeted a fashion orientated audience with money to spend. Also i have gone for a minimal look, conventional of many hip-hop magazines on the shelves already. The fonts i have used here are conventional for this genre as they are arty and have an edgy look that you could expect from something like graffiti art and other similar magazines such as _________. The final thing my cover does to attract the young male audience i have targeted is the use of black, white and red which give it a wealthy look and are rich colours.

This is my magazine contents that attracts my intended audience by firstly including a website and twitter address at the top that allows for young people to get informationabout and subscribe to the magazine online. Also down from this you can see an image that shows a high end fashion store which obviously contains good clothing that people who buy the magazine maylike. Then the main section of the page with all of the stories is a big attraction to the audience of my magazine as the are very heavily interestd in the music more than the artists and like to know all of the latest about whats going on the hip-hop world.

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Who would be the audience for your media product.docx

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What kind of media institution might distribute.docx

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How does my media product represent particular social groups.docx

Why minimal.

How does the minimal look veer away from conventions.docx

FINAL MAGAZINE

 COVER

CONTENTS

DPS

Photos for my contents

 

new cover

Contents (main photo)

As my story is about an upcoming artist (Ben Hall) i feel that my contents needs to show what is made out to be a well-known artist so that the magazine looks more realistic and authentic. Also in a real magazine a known artist is needed to help sell the product to the mass market. For this photo I plan to go to a designer clothing retailer that has a well furnished shop floor that has the right look for my magazine and as somewhere a Hip-Hop artist is likely to be seen.

For ideas on what i will do for this photo i researched the store and looked on a photographers website who has already taken photos at the shop for a past event that was held there. I used this link to get ideas of shots and angles to use on my contents so that i had a rough idea before i turned up to take pictures myself.

This is the link to the page with his photos:
http://edbrownphotography.co.uk/2013/02/13/christopher-scotney/

IMPROVEMENTS TO DRAFT.

CONTENTS.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD.

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