Drafting and Planning

This is another draft of my music magazine starring my artist. The mast head i have used is already an existing one because im still in the process of thinking of an idea of the name of my magazine. however the 'vibe' masthead was specifically chosen because this magazine usually associates with pop, r&b and rap artists which is who my artist is. I thought of my final name of the artist which is Serena Gold. This was used when i studied media at GCSE and had to come up with an artist name for a CD cover. For the name i found a website which combined two celebrity names together and i took an interest in. Also i have used several cover lines which consist of talking about existing artist which will no apply in my final product. most of the cover lines are based on music or other artists or celebrities. The cover star story as to why she is present on the magazine is stated about an interview as this will be visible on the double page spread. Lastly i have used a bar code which makes the magazine look more realistic. These features were all used to ensure the magazine looked real and applied to the codes and conventions of a music magazine.

Research into similar products

Rita Ora Music magazine-

I researched pop music artists to see how they present themselves in music magazines. A lot of the research i found, female artists tend to wear very little clothing to come across as revealing. Also a lot of the female artists wear a lot of jewelerry and makeup. These features will be present in my music magazine.

Organisation

Blogger tracker shows that my positive area is drafting as i have 17 posts but could do with some similar products research as i only have 10. However my main focus is target audience and organisation as these have a poor number of posts compared to others who have four or five posts. The next few posts i will aim to do two target audience posts and 2 organisation posts.

organisation

Another photoshoot of Jayne who will be starring in my music magazine representing the pop/r&b genre. A lot of her outfits consist of aztec patterning which show a crazy, unusual artist. Also the props used within the photoshoot. For example the rose gold watch, gold bracelets and gold and silver rings where used to connote wealth and achievement. Curly/frizzy hair was influence by Niki Minaj. Pink lipstick- girly look. One of the images of the artist in a bikini top was used to make the artist quite revealing which a lot of female artists come across as in magazine front covers etc.

Research into similar products

New idea for my artist:

Nikki is another inspiring artist who sings pop/rap. She is a major inspiration to the younger generation. She has a very funky look with variety hair colours and styles. The above images show her bright pink hair with all the coloured clothing/fashion she wears. she wears alotof makeup with shows her girly style.my artist will be clothed in bright coloured clothing which makes it more exciting and appealing to read. Nikki usually wears a lot of jewelerry which connotes her wealth and achievement.

Drafting and planning

The above images are screenshots of a website called visual theasaurus which i visited in research to the masthead of my music magazine. The idea of any terminology in reference to sound will be ideal for a music magazine as it would make more sense. the word which stands out to me most is 'volume' this is because no other magazines have this masthead. Also my artist is loud, confident and bubbly which will also link to the artist itself.

drafting and planning

i have been using a software called page plus, which allows you to use a variety of backgrounds and do rough versions and final versions of whatever your creating. in my case it was a contents page as shown above. The font colour of the word 'contents' which have some link with an item of clothing the artist is wearing. In the above the colour matches the jumper. Also the font of the different topics is in black which links to the trousers the artists is wearing. these colours connote a female attitude as the colour pink is feminine. The colour black on the positive side connotes power, elegance and formality. however on the negative side can connote death, evil and mystery.