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Genre's

Genre: a way of categorizing a particular media text according to its content and style.
E.g. magazine genre's: music, fashion, sport, home.

Sub-genre: A subcategory within a genre
E.g. some sub genres of music magazines may be: pop magazines, rock magazines, indie magazines.



































Hybrid genre: A cross-genre is a genre in blends themes and elements from two or more different genres.
E.g. A music magazine could be a fashion magazine also this would be a hybrid genre as it is a mix of two genre's.

Music Magazine Proposal

My magazine is going to be called ‘generation’ and is going to be a pop magazine, its target audience is going to be girls aged 14+. It will include things that girls around that age would like such as popular television shows, shopping, festivals, popular music artists, fashion and makeup. It will be slightly more mature than the typical pop magazine e.g. top of the pops; it will be similar to magazines like billboard and teen vogue. I chose pop as it is the most popular type of music so will appeal to a wide audience and possibly secondary audiences.

I would publish my magazine with ‘Hearst’ who publish magazines such as Elle, Company, Bazaar and Cosmopolitan so they publish magazines relating to fashion and with similar target audiences. They also publish magazines such as reveal and inside soap relating to the gossip side of the magazine and they also publish sugar scape; for the younger audience.

My magazine will be distributed in print form but also a replicated website where readers can interact by a daily updated web page, and can access things spoke about in the magazine such as music videos and new artists.

Some features I will be likely to include in my magazine are: festivals and fashion event coverage, high street versions of celebrity outfits, how to recreate celeb makeup looks, makeup reviews, artist interviews and weekly music charts and up coming artists. My magazine will be £2.50 as in my target research that was the most popular price for a magazine.

My unique selling point will be that it will be a music magazine but it will include all the aspects of the music e.g. the fashion and the makeup of the actual artists etc.. This will hopefully appeal more to my target audience of teenage girls. Also that it will be slightly more mature than the typical pop magazine so hopefully appeal to a wider audience.

Audience Research

The results which I got from my survey will help me decide what to include in my magazine, for example: my magazine is going to be around £2 and £2.50 as that is the amount the majority said they would most pay for a magazine.

Magazine Ideas

Mood Board

Summer Photo's

 

 

I will use these pictures for my festivals and concert aspect of my magazine. They are useful because they have different types of artists in them and portray the audiences experiences as they are taken from the crowd. This interacts the audience as they might have been there or it would make them wany to go.

Contents Page

 

The colour shceme of my contents page is red, white and blue this matches my front cover and creates brand identity. I have used various image's to promote what the articles are going to be about and anchored them with a brief description. To improve my contents page I would have made the text bigger and bolder so readers know where to find the articles.

Aquinas Magazine

Aquinas Magazine Evaluation

I have used a colour scheme of red white blue and black. I have done this because the red and white stands out against the white background and would grab the reader’s attention. Also the A on the Aquinas logo is red so could be considered the brand colour. My main image is of an Aquinas student and it anchors the pull quote. As the pull quote is positive I have chosen a happy photo for my main image.

All the articles I have featured all relate to my target audience research; what they filled out on the questionnaire. Hopefully this shall appeal to the target audience as it includes things they have told me they like.

What I think is good about the cover is the range of photographs. They show what was included in the magazine.

What I would improve is the text; it is very plain and boring. Another thing I would change is the layout; I would make it neater so it’s easier to read and more appealing to the eye. I would also give more details and better over view of the main article

Contents Page Analysis

 

The main image on vibe magazine’s contents page is of famous musician Kanye West. This relates to the cover as he also the main image on the cover and his article is being used as the main selling point. The image is in black and white, this brings more attention to the only thing in colour on the page which is the heart. Hearts connote love suggesting the article could involve personal things about Kanye West; this would be a unique selling point as Kanye West is not typically known for speaking about personal issues. The heart is being held by a woman’s arm, this also suggests the article could be about personal things as the woman backs up the connotation of love. However as you cannot see the woman this creates mystery and doesn’t take the main attention focus off Kanye. Kanye is also dressed very smart enhancing that the magazine also has aspects of fashion and not just music. This gives the magazine another selling point.  

The background is grey and very neutral this makes sure it doesn’t take any attention away from the main image.  However a large ‘V’ in the background represents the brand identity and reminds you of the magazine name but it again it is half covered to not take the focus point of the main image.

The word ‘contents’ is in black and sticks out from the background. It is laid out in an unconventional way; this might anchor the edginess of the magazine. In contrast the sub headings are in quite a classic, fancy writing this portrays all the different levels of the magazine and might anchor the sophisticated dress sense of the artist in the main image. The house style is very neat and spacious, there is no irrelevant information and it looks very professional matching the colour scheme and main image.

Contents Page Plan

Front Cover Plan