What Genre Of Music Are You Going To Use?
The genre I am going to use is a punk/rock theme. Although it will only be a mild take on the genre. I have chosen this genre as it includes some of the artists I as a person enjoy listening to such as; Blink 182, Fall Out Boy, Sum41, Good Charlotte, Paramore and My Chemical Romance, Kings of Leon. These bands are mild, quieter than some of the other bands in this genre. I don't like all of the types of bands in this genre, so I have selected a few in which I like and will elaborate ideas to create a good standard of music magazine following the codes and conventions of the typical punk/rock genre magazine layout.
What Media Exists For This Genre Currently?
For this particular genre there are already types of magazines, radio stations and television channels. There is a weekly magazine, Kerrang and NME which does, or have included the artists I have been looking at, this is very well known and very popular. There is also a couple of music channels which include this genre of music, Scuzz and Kerrang. Each artist I have been focusing on have there own official website, filled with merchandise, songs, tour details and more.
What Is Typically Included In The Current Publication?
In the magazines for this genre they follow the general conventions of any magazine. Local magazines include Kerrang. This magazine follows the conventions by using general things to sell the music and magazine. Using posters and other offers to attract the audience to buy that particular magazine. There also lots of detailed stories, ideas and tour dates for popular artists within the genre.
How Much Does It Cost? How Often Is It Published? How Many Pages Does It Have?
The magazine Kerrang costs around £2.10. The magazine is published once every fortnight. The magazine usually has around pages at each issue.
Who Is It Aimed At?
This genre of magazine is usually aimed at the teenage target audience, although people in any age group would be appealed to this magazine for the in depth information about the artists within the magazine.
How Successful Are They?
The creators and editors of this magazine are very successful in reaching there ideal target audience. I think this because they include things such as; posters, offers. merchandise and inside information on some of the best known artists within the genre. This would appeal to the target audience as this is the kind of things they would like to know or obtain, to support there favorite musical artist.
What Are They Called?
What Might You Call Your Magazine And Why?
For this task I may call my magazine something like Smash, or Crash. This name would imply rebellious feel, which is what a typical music magazine of this genre creates the feel of. It also implies that the music within the genre is loud, which it is, so a title like this would be ideal for my music magazine. I have decided on the name of speakers blown for my music magazine, I chose this as it implies the music in this magazine would be loud and interesting.
When Magazine Genre Is Chosen Find 3/4 Front Covers:
Who/what Is On The Cover?, What Kind Of Shot Is It?, What Is The Person Doing?.
On the cover, there is an image of a well known artists to the genre, he is big and over the masthead, to prove his importance. There is a masthead which is smashed, suggesting destruction and loudness, with the slogan 'life is loud' over it. There are also smaller pictures of cover stories, of artists well known to the genre. There is also many elements of 'puff', making the magazine seem important and no other magazine could compare. There is a price, barcode, and issue number in the bottom right hand corner, this needs to be visible on all good magazines.
The type of shot on the main character is a medium close up, although the camera seems too be looking up to the artist, which would stress his importance.
This image looks as though it has been taken at a concert, in mid action, so naturally the artist is playing the guitar and in a pose which looks as though it is very abnormal and interesting, proposing that is what the music is actually like.
Fonts In Which Could Be Used For The Masthead.
These are a few fonts in which I could use to use as my masthead for my magazine.
1. I think this font is appropriate for the genre of music magazine as it's simple yet effective as it is bold and clear.
2. I like this font, I think this may be the one I chose to use in my final piece, it plays along the Kerrang type masthead, this shows it would be an effective font to use in my music magazine.
3. This is my third font I have suggested, I really like this font as it has an effective serif swirls and has an anger and rock theme look to it, this would fit my magazine perfectly.
4. This is my fourth font, although this looks an effective bold and strong like the genred music I have chosen, it is difficult to see what exactly the writing actually says, this is why I wouldn't chose it for my final masthead, it would not catch the audiences eye.
5. This is my final idea for my masthead. I think this is an effective font as it looks bold and big, like the music, however something doesn't appeal too me about this font, which is why I wouldn't use it.
I have chosen to use purple as my main colour within my magazine, I chose this as it is a brighter take on black yet the colour is just as as effective. It makes the writing look more interesting and much more appealing.
1. I think this font is appropriate for the genre of music magazine as it's simple yet effective as it is bold and clear.
2. I like this font, I think this may be the one I chose to use in my final piece, it plays along the Kerrang type masthead, this shows it would be an effective font to use in my music magazine.
3. This is my third font I have suggested, I really like this font as it has an effective serif swirls and has an anger and rock theme look to it, this would fit my magazine perfectly.
4. This is my fourth font, although this looks an effective bold and strong like the genred music I have chosen, it is difficult to see what exactly the writing actually says, this is why I wouldn't chose it for my final masthead, it would not catch the audiences eye.
5. This is my final idea for my masthead. I think this is an effective font as it looks bold and big, like the music, however something doesn't appeal too me about this font, which is why I wouldn't use it.
I have chosen to use purple as my main colour within my magazine, I chose this as it is a brighter take on black yet the colour is just as as effective. It makes the writing look more interesting and much more appealing.
