Does your magazine use conventions from other professional
magazines?
The conventions of a professional magazine include strap
line, headline, masthead, main image, sell lines and bar code. As you can see
the rap magazine I have used to compare my magazine with contains all of them
features. The magazine I have used for comparison has the main image at the
front so the consumer is aware of the artist or icon, also the sell lines
surround the icon to show the importance of the music figure, the headline allows
the consumer to know what the main article will be about. The bar code informs
consumers that the magazine is up for purchase in stores other than just online
subscription.
I've made sure my magazine conformed to these convention, I
have included these features as you can see, the headline is short and
informing this allows consumers to understand what the article will be about as
it will be summarised well, in addition to that the main image is centre with
sell lines surrounding which allows the audience to be engaged and to inform
the consumer on how important the music icon is which will attract the consumer
to read on. The sell lines are presented in different sizes which increases the
appeal of my magazine on top of that my sell lines are short and simple to
read, making it easier for the consumer to be engaged in my magazine
Did you chose language techniques, layout design, fonts,
colours, locations and models in order
to communicate particular ideas to your audience
Yes, the language I have used is formal to a certain extent,
it does include slang which is used in the rap genre to engage the consumer
more, the audience is able understand the language better because they hear the
language with in rap songs and from popular rap artists.
The lay out design I used was simple but yet effective as it
gives an urban look, This gives the audience the idea that the magazine is laid back
however still will be intriguing. I inserted a banner, this conforms to most
magazine conventions, my banner includes
free merchandise which will allow my magazine to give the idea to my
audience, my magazine is worth
purchasing for the free merchandise.
The fonts I used were bold and clear, however for the mast
head I made it slant, to represent the name flow as it is flowing in another
direction, the fonts used in the double page spread had an urban look which
related back to the genre of the magazine as a whole. The contents page I kept
it all clear and bold, however I used different fonts in certain areas to give
it a bit of style as rap is all about image, the reason i kept it clear is
because the contents page is where people will decide whether they want to read
on in my magazine of not, so i made sure the font was clear.
Location of the front cover image related with the headline,
as the location was in the hood however i blurred it out to show that the
'hood' isn't the focus anymore. The
location of the double page spread relates with article as it says in the
caption they're in the school shed, these locations are locations consumers can
relate to - this communicates with the audience because rap is one of the only
genres that relate to its audience on a deep level so the location shows the
consumers that they can relate to the music artists presented in my magazine.
I chose the colours red white and black because they are
dominate colours in addition to that these colours are associated in rap a lot,
they are also associated in a lot of rap magazines, an example being a one in
the previous slide. this allows the audience to be aware this is a rap
magazine.
The models I used all had baggy clothes and also none of
them had the girly look, it was more tom boyish however they still had a girly
flare, this allowed the consumer to know that the magazine was rap dominated however
still aimed at girls.
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