3. My
Magazines
Price;
The price of this magazine will
be about £3.99. I have chose
this price because not many
competitors sell issues for this
cheap. Such as; XXL costs £4.99-
£5.99
Masthead Names;
- 808
- Beats
- TMM (The Music
Magazine)
Straplines
‘The best in music’
‘Love it or 808 it’
‘The best in the business’
Target Audience;
The target audience will be from 16-35 years
old, this is because the genre of the
magazine is hip hop/rap suggesting that the
words in the song are explicit. The gender
for the magazine will be for both males and
females, this will mean my magazine will
have to include an artist on the front page of
a person that is liked by both gender.
Frequency of release;
My magazine will be released monthly,
the price determined this because it is
an expensive magazine to pay for every
week. Also, it will be hard to find
information to put in the magazine to
release weekly.
Colour Schemes; The colour scheme
for my magazine will be black with
white writing but will have partly gold
words throughout the magazine to
math the gold title. I have chosen this
colour because it signifies the reader
that the colours match the music
artists life in which it is fulfilled will
expensive jewelry.
Brand Identity; On the front of
magazine (across the masthead) I
will have all the social media
links that help self advertise my
magazine onto social media as
this is a much more cheaper
alternative to promotion than
releasing a advert on TV for more
audience.
Images;
On the front cover of my magazine I will have a
picture of the music artist that is going to have
the biggest amount of information inside the
magazine. This will be someone who is
extremely big in this music business of this
genre. The technical code of this photo will be
a long-shot, this will give the effect on the
reader that my magazine has exclusive photos
of this artist because not many photos are like
that.
4. Connotations behind the name
The reason the magazine is called 808
is because that is the name of a drum
used in every hip/hop rap or grime
beat. I thought this would suit as those
genres are the ones that are being
covered in my magazine. I also like it
because it is short and easy to say and
with the bold writing it will be easy to
see on the shelves and will hopefully
attract more readers. I also like the
name because it will attract people
that are interested in music and will
understand what an 808 is, this is good
because it will make people think that
because it has good title, it will contain
high quality information.
5. Connotations behind the name
The masthead ‘TMM’ or ‘The Music Magazine’ shows to the reader
that the magazine they are going to pick up is full of everything on the
genre of music I am covering. I have shortened ‘The Music Magazine’
down to just simply ‘TMM’ because I feel that it with its bold writing it
will stand out of shelves instead of the music magazine as it may come
across as something boring when intact it contains very detailed and
exciting music on the chosen genres.
6. Font Style
http://www.dafont.com/next-
ups.font?text=808
This is my chosen font
http://www.dafont.com/mus
icografi.font?text=808
http://www.dafont.com/trapm
usic.font?text=808
http://www.dafont.com/house-
music.font?text=808
http://www.dafont.com/chloe
smusic.font?text=808
http://www.dafont.com/neon-
club-music.font?text=808
7. Font Style Conclusions
For the magazine ‘808’ I have chosen the next ups text, this is because I feel it
has a very modern and unique look which suits my genre of music that is
being covered in the magazine.
9. Steve Neale: What will I repeat?
808
I will repeat the font style when I'm
writing the information that is going
to be put into the magazine. The title
font will also be used in headings and
sub headings when it shows the
article of the music artist. I will also,
use the same layout in which if an
important artist occurs I will set and
double page spread made specially
for them. Repetition will also be used
when a word may not be understood
by the readers (the word will have a
text like this) , the definition will then
be put to the glossary of the
magazine and they can see the
meaning of the word.
10. Steve Neale: What will I repeat?
TMM
I will repeat the colours used for the
masthead and for the detailing in the
headline. The reason behind this is
because I think it will stand out from
the rest of the shelves as they will be
using other colours but a bold red
with catch someone's eye and will
hopefully make them pick it up and
invest in my magazine so that I can
earn money in order to make my
magazine successful. I will also repeat
the little black details as I think it
makes the magazine look more
professional and well made, this will
make the reader feel that because the
front page looks professional, the
information inside will be interesting
and professional.
16. Graphic Design
Cover Lines (white with
gold borders)
Cover Lines
(white with
gold borders)
Cover Lines
(white with
gold borders)
Main
Headline
(white with
gold
border)
Barcode
Main Image
(Picture of a
music artist)
Gold
Black
17. Main Image
(Picture of a
music artist)
Cover Lines
(white with
gold
borders)
Cover Lines
(white with
gold
borders)
Cover Lines
(white with
gold
borders)
Cover Lines
(white with
gold
borders)
Main Headline (white with
gold border)
Barcode
Graphic Layout
20. Steve Neale: What will I repeat?
I will repeat the font style when I'm
writing the information that is going
to be put into the magazine. The title
font will also be used in headings and
sub headings when it shows the
article of the music artist. I will also,
use the same layout in which if an
important artist occurs I will set and
double page spread made specially
for them. Repetition will also be used
when a word may not be understood
by the readers (the word will have a
text like this) , the definition will then
be put to the glossary of the
magazine and they can see the
meaning of the word.
21. Summary of Ideas
Genre; The genre of my magazine is hip hop/rap. This will mean the
magazine will include artists like; Drake, A$AP Rocky, Future.
Colours; The colours of my magazine are going to be; Black, white
with gold outlines of the text.
Target Audience; The audience for my magazine is unisex from 15-30
years old. This is because if I interview an important music and there is
explicit language, I can add it.
Price; The price for this magazine will be £4.99 per issue, the reason it
is this price is because it will be released monthly and will contain a lot
of information.
What size is the magazine; The size of this magazine will be on a4
paper. This is because the most common size of a magazine is a4.
22. Target Audience
Gratifications and uses (Katz)
The theory is about the how the use of media can
be different for all different people and that the
choices made are their own and its what they want
to do. When they do this, they are supposed to get
gratification instead of just watching a video or
reading something. The Q magazine audience
would be a variation of inform and educated as
well as diverse reviews and other information that
can make the audience learn something from the
magazine or they may be focused on what happens
in the artist interviews.
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
This is the theory in which the audience can
become motivated to achieve a specific need and
when they have achieved this they try to achieve
the next activity, this ends up working in a pyramid
shape. Q magazine would more likely to be
explorers because they are people that become
intrigued by social change. This is good for them
because Q magazine includes features of the
calendar that shows what the next music artists or
bands will be doing next.
23. Hartley
John Hartley say there are 7 socially grouped categories when identifying the
audience;
1. Self interests of the audience
2. Gender
3. Age Group
4. Class (Social Classes)
5. Ethnicity
6. Family
7. Nation
Target Audience
24. Form and Style
The title for my website will be white writing with gold trimmings. The font will be the
same simple writing throughout the magazine but will sometimes have a word
highlighted like the title if that certain word is important (such as the sub headings that
are in the contents page).
25. Inspiration Slide
Strapline.
‘The Chosen One’ in all capitals shows how
successful XXL magazines stories have been
throughout the years and beats any competitor.
Artists Picture.
This is a mid-shot photo of the successful artist
Kendrick Lamar, the photograph shows him
looking up, this could metaphorically mean that
Kendrick is showing XXL magazine is at the top of
the scales.
Writing.
The white writing on the red background
signifies that he is different to every else and
metaphorically sticks out from all the other
artists.
Cover Line.
The cover lines signify what the
magazine covers in that issue. It has the
artist in big so it catches the audiences
eye to see if they are interested in that
artist.
26. Inspiration Slide
Masthead.
The letter ‘XXL’ is in a modern font
which makes it look smart and
different to other magazines.
Main Headline.
The front cover is a picture of
Kendrick who is an extremely
successful artist looking up at
something. This matches the
heading ‘The chosen one’ the
picture matches because
Kendrick Lamar is looking up
(almost like he is thinking about
his stories and dreams he’s told
XXL)
