organisation of actors(artist),location,costumes and props

Preparing for the photo-shoot for the double page spread.



Organisation:
I have selected only a female actors to model for the front cover photo-shoot.

Below  is an example of a chosen actors/model...

 Location:
The  location of the photo-shoot will be in several settings, e.g. a brightly light corridors with plain backgrounds.

The costumes for the photo-shoot will aim to match the conventions found in R&B music which is the music genre the of this magazine.

The theme /style of the  costumes  will include a variety of  classy clothing to urban clothing, to meet the diverse codes and conventions found in R&B music.


costume:




This costume represents the 'urban edge 'codes  found in the R&B music convention.



This costume represents the classy codes found in the R&B music convention.

 

 Make up:

Make up is also going to be used on the actors, to make them look more aesthetically pleasing.

Double Page Spread research(conventions found)

Code and Conventions of a Double Page spread.

Main image

- There is often one main image: The image sometimes fills up  a whole page, which is either on the left hand side of the page or the right.
However the image can also fill the whole double page spread with the texts placed over it.
the images are always interesting to look at as the artists/models often have direct mode of address which makes the reader feel as though as they are going to have a personal informative connection with the artists whilst they read about them.
-sometimes smaller images are used in between the article to make the articles more appealing and interesting to read for the whilst they read through.

Headline

-The headline is often vague but rather intriguing as, they avoid telling the whole story through the headline, but they use emotive languages to gain the attention of the audience. For example the headline is often a pun which is often associated with the artist. This is used as a way of assuring the reader that the  article will  be interesting make them feel engaged in the article.
the headline is also known to be a the largest piece of text on the page, this is to help the reader easily read and it is also used as a striking tool for the reader's interest.

Text/Quotes

-Quotes/"pullquotes" by artists are often used to break the texts on the page to make the article look more appealing and interactive to the reader.
Drop capital is often used at the beginning of the sentences in the article to help the  reader understand where the article starts.
Other  techniques used for the  same effect are: different font colour for the first line of the article, or the first line's text font being in capitals.

stands

-Double page spreads also have stands. This is an introduction to the article , as it briefly explains what the article is about. This is usually positioned beneath the headline and it often has the name of the artist which will be in a different font style, size and colour of the other texts on the page; although they follow through the colour scheme  of the page.

Layout

-The layout of the page links the two pages together to create a coherent double page spread.
the layouts of the  texts are often in 3-4 columns per page.

-The article is often informal as it contains the humour of the artist through their interview and the humour of the journalist. This is effective on the reader as they will feel engaged in the article.
-The first person pronoun is often used in the article.

The first paragraph of the article is usually very informative and intriguing as it plays the role of gaining instant attention of the audience.
-There is always a common colour scheme on the double page spread.

Examples of double page spreads

researching double spread page(annotations)

organisation of (artists) actors and, locations, costumes and props for the contents page

Preparing for the magazine contents page.

Organisation:

 I have selected both male and female actors to model for the contents  photo-shoot.

Below  are some  examples of the chosen actors...

male/female model/actor/artist
                                                             

Location

The  location of the photo-shoot will be in several settings, which includes a brightly light room with a prop, out doors(actor/model posing on  bench for an urban effect) and brightly light corridors with plain backgrounds.

The costumes for the photo-shoot will aim to match the conventions found in R&B music which is the music genre the of this magazine.

The theme /style of the  costumes  will include a variety of  classy clothing to urban clothing, to meet the diverse codes and conventions found in R&B music.

 This represents the classy codes and conventions of R&B music.         

                                         

 This represents the urban edge found in the convention of R&B music.

Make up:

Makeup is also going to be used on the actors, to make them look more aesthetically pleasing.

researching contents/ music chart for the contents page.

Here is a research I made on the latest music chart for contents page. This information is from the billboard magazine (online). I made this research on the billboard magazine website I wanted the information on the ranking of the latest hits from reliable sources. This information would be placed on the left-hand side of the contents page of the magazine.

Researching the codes and conventions of a contents page

conventions found on contents pages   are :

Issue date and issue number

Issue date and issue number: They are placed on either the top or bottom of the page to help the audience understand the edition of the  magazine they are reading.

contents

"Contents": This word is boldly used on the page to indicate the purpose of the page to the reader, to avoid any confusion, as the  reader will understand  that all the necessary information will be given on the contents page to  help them navigate through the magazine.The  font style ,size and colour often contrasts with the other texts on the page to make it outstanding and easily recognised by the reader.

main image

main image: The main image used on the contents page often suggests the   artists will be an important feature  in the magazine as a whole.The main image is often placed in the middle of the page and framed  by other texts and smaller images or it is either on the lft or right hand side of the page.

magazine name

Magazine name: The name of the magazine is often placed on top of the page as an advertisement tool, which aims to remind the reader to always buy/read the magazine as it has interesting information.

Category headings

 Category headings: This is usually on the bottom of the page and often included information o offers and  completions on the page, or subscriptions too.

specials

Specials: They are often in a different font style or colour, this makes the reader understand the importance of the information. These contain features and interviews.

page numbers

-Page numbers are always placed beside headlines to help the reader know where they will find the articles they are interested in reading. They are often in a different colour to the headline texts.

website name

-The name of  the magazine's website is also placed on the bottom of the page as it acts as an extra information option for the audience.

-Quotes from interviews  are also sometimes placed on the contents to make the reader excited to read the article.

An example of a content page is:

Annotating contents page/ Research

Here is a mood board of different professional music magazine contents page layout. This is to help inspire me on the designs of my own magazine contents page.

front cover design ideas

Here is a sketch of how my front cover could potentially look.

this sketch evidently has all the features all magazines must have. Such as a masthead which has most preferred font style by my target audience through the survey I did. This magazine sketch also has sell lines, a bar code , the price of the magazine and a consistent colour scheme; which are black, white and yellow/gold.

the main image sketched also suggests that my magazine can potentially have a group of individuals ranging from 2-4 on the front cover of the magazine. This front cover sketch evidently has 3 individuals.

organisation of (artists) actors and, locations, costumes and props

Preparing for the magazine  front cover photo-shoot.

 Organisation :

 I have selected both male and female actors to model for the front cover photo-shoot.

Below  are some  examples of the chosen actors...

 male actor/model 1   

                                                             

 

female actor/model 1

                                                              

 Location

The  location of the photo-shoot will be in several settings, which includes a brightly light room, out doors in a garden, and brightly light corridors with plain backgrounds.

The costumes for the photo-shoot will aim to match the conventions found in R&B music which is the music genre the of this magazine.

The theme /style of the  costumes  will include a variety of  classy clothing to urban clothing, to meet the diverse codes and conventions found in R&B music.

costume:
               
Hoddie: This represents the urban         Winter Classy Fur Jacket: This represents the
 edge R&B conventions have                                   classy aspects of R&B music.

 Makeup

Makeup is also going to be used on the actors, to make them look more aesthetically pleasing.
 makeup:

 


 Props which will be used will be musical instruments, such as a piano, and a bench which the actors will sit/pose on.

pitching my magazine.

Deciding on a masthead

 The masthead name is :
here are some font style i will be using for my magazine.

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 Here is a survey taken to help me know what my target audience would prefer the font style of the masthead to be.

from the results i gathered, i have chosen to use the most popular font style which received 27 votes.

This is the winning font style.

NUMBER 6

when i was deciding on a masthead name , i had a survey.here is the results.

rhythm was the most popular masthead name.
so i decided to sketch out some font style ideas.

here it is ..

Target Audience

one the left here is an image representing my target audience .

Annotating music magazines

genre research on my chosen genre.

Rhythm and Blue  this is abbreviated as R&B or RnB, is a genre of music   which originated in the  1940s.This term was originally used by record companies describe recordings  marketed  hugely to urban African American , at a time when " rocking , jazz ,base  music  with a heavy ,  beat" was becoming popular . For the  commercial rhythm and blues  music typical of the 1950s  through the 1970s , the  bands usually   had a piano, a guitar or two , bass, drums , and  background vocalist. rhythm and blues lyrical themes  normally  had  the  African-American experience of  agony  and the  thrive for   their  liberty  and happiness. the lyrics  often   focused on the themes   of freedom .However modern  R&B lyrics tend  to  have  themes of triumphs  and failure in terms  of relationships  economics/money, aspirations , and sex.



British rhythm  and blues  began   in the  early  1960s , mainly   as a  response  to the  recordings of  African American artists,  who were  usually   brought  over  by  African American  servicemen stationed in  Britain  during  the cold  war , or  merchant seamen visiting  ports such as  London , or Belfast. Most bands , tried to mirror   black  rhythm and blues  artists , giving  them a new raw sound.

music magazine moodboard.

Here is a moodboard i created from my research of different  music magazine covers.

This is to give me inspiration during my own music magazine design.

Jazz music genre seems to be a very interesting music genre to focus on so i will focus my magazine design based on this genre.

  Here are some examples of  different music genre magazines.

 R&B music magazine.                  Rap music magazine.                    Pop  music magazine  

           

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Jazz music magazine                 Blues music magazine           Gospel music magazine.

              
 

Most of these magazines have a medium shot, or close ups,

 All these music magazine cover pages are very appealing to me as they are professionally structured in a very simplistic way whilst being very relevant to its genre. This is because depending the genre of music, each magazine establishes stereotypical features making it very personal to its purpose so it is able to easily entertain and interest the audience.


 Rap music conventions portrayed in magazines.
 The styles that are portrayed through rap music can be shown through clothing that include of known branded loose-fitting clothing (usually hoodies and tracksuits), jewelry :mainly shiny diamond chains, gold or diamond rings and shiny earrings. Baseball caps  which are mainly representatives of different areas of countries or sports teams and  sometimes beanie hats.  Another convention is tattoos and hairstyles, most rap artists have tattoos on their body that are shown in the video and some magazines in my mood-board. This often  Influences the people who watch the videos or read such magazines to get tattoos similar to the artists. Jay-Z has been presented with most of  the rap conventions in this magazine .

  pop music conventions portrayed in magazines

The artists are normally dressed in very mainstream, fashionable  and stylish outfits. They are also portrayed as happy individuals  who seem to be very fond  of life. Most pop magazines are themed with very  bold and   bright colours like pink, yellow blue etc. Such colours are used in order to create a positive vibe for the audience. The hair and makeup also makes the audience understand the artists feelings and emotion this therefore creates a  connection between the character and artist this then makes the audience to buy the magazine as they are intrigued by the artists emotions and feelings being portrayed through their hair and makeup.

 
R&B music conventions portrayed in magazines

 

The  conventions found in  R&B music are shown in their magazines. The  male artists  tend to dressed in smart/smart casual clothing. Potentially represents  their social class or status in society.  Usher and Ne-Yo are examples of artists who  follow the Smart/Smart casual look.

where as the women are presented in a classy manner yet with  very little clothing.

 Women being  generally clothed as classy but revealing clothes, makes them attractive to the males, who are the main target audience for the conventional R&B music magazine. It also encourages young girls to aspire to look in a classy yet sexually appealing Jewellery is also  the most conventional piece of clothing shown on R&B magazines.   there is always a form of jewellery on the artist whether that being  a watch,  earring, or a  necklace, these jewellery on most artists also represents their wealth and status in society, so the audience of the magazine would be inspired to be an R&B artist too as they will gain great wealth and a higher status in society.

 

 

 

 

 

Rock music conventions portrayed in magazines

Rock music magazine covers  usually have black and white images for older model artists older whilst simple colours for text, black or white or a colour that fits the common colour scheme.some inconsistent colour scheme, are usually specific to each issue/artist. The font style used is also normally very simple yet Gothic .This is a reflection of  their stereotypical  image portrayed by society, as  they are seen as being Gothic individuals.The clothing of the artists also reflects the Gothic imagery as they tend to be wearing very dark Gothic like clothing. they usually wear leather clothing with a lot of jewellery e.g. skull skull ring.

Jazz music conventions portrayed in magazines.

Jazz music magazines covers usually have their artists wearing very smart and classy clothing, and with a serious but yet a cheerful facial expressions. the font styles also appear to be very simple yet classy with a very subtle colour scheme. This prevents the cover page from looking unprofessional and cheap, as it will be a very bad representation of the artists as they are stereotypically portrayed to be very classy. Therefore this magazine would be very appealing to the target audience as they will realise that the magazine is going to give them relevant and more reliable information as it successfully highlights all the typical conventions Jazz music artists have.

Blues music conventions portrayed in magazines.

Blues music conventions are very similar to jazz music conventions, as the artists are clothed in similar clothing and accessories they also tend to have props like guitars etc. The font style of the front covers are also very similar to the font styles used in Jazz music as both music genres are stereotypically seen as classic and simple; these reflects the conventions found in music magazines.

Gospel music conventions portrayed in magazines.

Gospel music magazines also have similar conventions to Jazz and Blues music as the artists are usually dressed very professionally and church like, with a delightful facial expression; reflecting the  pride they feel for the religious music they are making. The font style used are also usually simple and  bold with bright colours. these are to easily remind the artist to read/but the magazines as the information it may have is going to be as joyful as the music made in this genre are. In contrast to Jazz and Blues music, Gospel music occasionally  have religious elements/ symbols on their magazine covers to distinct them from other music genres.