Jazzay's Blog dude =]

Jazzay's Blog.

This is the official blog of new music magazine 'Jazzay'. It is a monthly magazine keeping YOU updated with the latest R'n'B/Hip-Hop artists.

Logo Planning and Questionnaire =]

Above are logos i made using different fonts and colours. This made it easier to see which colour and font would work with my magazine. Soon after making these, I came to the decision that I would use none of these as I would like my colour scheme to be Pink and Purple.

In order to make my Masthead I experimented with a few different fonts and designs. This made it easier to come to a full conclusion in which Masthead I liked.

 Questionnaire.

In order to create the perfect magazine for my target audience, I made a questionnaire in which I had ten people to answer. I collected these answers together and drew pie charts to show the results. These results showed that the majority of people I interviewed:

-were 16 or 18

-were from South or North London

-were willing to pay £2-£3 for an R'n'B/Hip-Hop magazine

-said that they believed R'n'B/Hip-Hop music was portrayed in a negative way

-expected to hear about new artists in an R'n'B/Hip-Hop magazine

-wanted more text in R'n'B/Hip-Hop magazines

-expected to see Beyonce in R'n'B/Hip-Hop magazines

-enjoyed both images and text in R'n'B/Hip-Hop magazines.

This made my magazine easier to create and I believe it made it more attractive to those who are interested in Hip-Hop and R'n'B.

Front cover analysis =]

In order to create my overall front cover I analysed two different magazine covers, with different genres of music, that use different techniques in order to appeal to their target audience. I used these as inspiration of what to do and what not to do.

Masthead Analysis =]

To help create my Masthead, I analysed some existing music magazine mastheads to find out what fonts, colours and layouts are used to attract what kind of target audience.

Final Music Magazine =]

This is my final music magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread in which i wrote an article about a new band. I used the knowledge I gained from the research and planning I did and the questionnaires I made. It is an R'n'B/Hip-Hop magazine aimed at 16-18 year olds with a small income. It is an inexpensive magazine costing only £2. I feel I have designed my magazine to resemble existing music magazines that are selling at this moment in time but with my own special flare. I feel this magazine represents me and what I enjoy, which is R'n'B and Hip-Hop.

Preliminary task =]

This is the final product of my preliminary task; my school magazine. From this task to my final music magazine task I feel I have made a lot of progress and I feel my music magazine has gained a lot from having previous practice with my preliminary task.

Original images =]

This is my original photo for my front cover. It shows a girl, from the band inside the magazine, in a club or party scene. She seems to be dancing and her facial expression tells me that she is really into her dancing and particularly a new type of dance, 'Skanking'. Her clothing could represent that of someone into R'n'B/Hip-Hop, so this image would be a good one to use for my front cover. Her top is pink which is my chosen colour scheme so it fits well with it. I feel this image would appeal to an audience of around 16-18 year olds which is my target audience.

I have chosen to use this on my contents page. It is a picture of the band I have done an article on, and it just shows you some members of the band itself.

This is another image I decided to use on my contents page. This is a picture of the opposing band.

This is the photo I decided to use for my double page spread background. It is a picture of the whole band together. The members are placed: the lead female singer in the middle, with three girls each side of her and the only male stood leaning in front of them all. This breaks up the image a bit and makes it look more down to earth and less organised.

I have used this image on my double page spread to show the 'Couple'. They are also the main members of the band so I have taken an individual shot of them to emphasise this.

I chose this image to put it on my double page spread to show the readers the lead female vocalist. It shows her style as she has a gold ring saying 'Love' and a gold necklace saying 'Disco'. This image shows she is a stylish, good-looking female.

This is the last image I chose to put on my double page spread. It shows some of the female band members. I really like this image as the angle is different and interesting. Because of this angle, the light is mainly on Jordane, the lead singer, which shows she is the leader. She is up close and everyone else in the image is further away, yet close enough to see great detail. I think this is a perfect image for an R'n'B/Hip-Hop music magazine.