Plan

My Music Magazine Layout Ideas

Ideology for my music magazine

"Whack", the brand of my rap magazine, will focus on many aspects in the music industry. Although it will feature many established artists such as Jay z, Drake, Eminem and Logic to meet the demands of the audience, it will also focus on the less known rap/hiphop artists as I feel that this is very important. As G-Eazy said, " The dream of being discovered is dead", as there are many artists nowadays who aspire to make it big and our brand make it our mission to try and find great talent in the country. Also, the Magazine will focus on the actual raw ability of rappers such as the rhyme schemes they use, syllables a line, speed, and context as we feel that most listeners don't understand a lot about this and this Magazine would inform them about this side of hip hop and rap. It will also feature more serious issues about the established artists outside their music career as I feel that this would attract a lot more people as they would want to know what is going on in their lives.

First Draft

Photography for Main Image

For my front cover I will be using James to pose as Eminem. He will be wearing a hoodie and sticking his hand out to the audience, so that the reader feels a part of it and engaged and will get a sense that Eminem is reaching out to them . I will be using a dark background and am not too bothered about the colour as long as the background doesn't have any patterns. I won't be taking it in the school environment as this is unrealistic and won't be effective. James will have to pose with a lot of confidence as this is an established and very popular artist.

Front cover and contents conventions

Masthead Feedback

From the 10 people that I asked, 7 said that they preferred the 3rd one as they found the black and yellow colour scheme very vibrant and eye catching and they  also liked the structure of the Masthead with "Whack" at the top and "Magazine" at the bottom. They also said that the font was very appropriate for the genre and that it would merge well with the other aspects of the front cover.

The other 3 people said the last one as they liked the simplicity of it and found the font very clever and unique.