Research into existing media products to gain basic information such as dimensions of the magazine, social groups represented, income bracket, gender, ethnicity and how is it advertised.
These are all front covers for the magazine Vibe. This magazine stands out to me because they are vibrant, modern and eye catching. They are vibrant with colours using bright purple, bright blue, red and other bold colours. These are a few annotations I have made;
These magazines look as the target audience would be aimed towards girls. This is because it is women on the front covers however not inappropriately dressed to hint a 'mans mag'. The women are all of a black ethnicity so it looks as if the magazine is aimed towards black people. They are advertising 'RNB' and 'HipHop' which relates to the target audience of possible 16-22.
These magazines will all be used for ideas for my magazine. I aim to make a magazine with the typical styles and conventions that these stereotypical 'RNB' magazines use. The magazine will be bold, eye catching, modern and most of all original. My magazine will entertain the audience range from 16-24 year old females. The reason I chose this target audience range is because I believe females between that age group are more likely to be interested in the Garage genre and there are features such as club craze tickets that would not be suitable for under 16's. There won't be a restriction of age for the magazine though so it will be possible for different age ranges to buy it.
My magazine will include the latest garage events, DJ events and concerts. It will be releasing news on celebrities, for instance the new releases and Cd's. It will have the latest gossip on the stars and my magazine will have a fashion double spread for the reader to see how to get the 'Garage Star look'.
Existing products include magazines such as VIBE (above) which typical purpose is 'RNB' news, gossip about the stars and the latest events. Other magazines include:
SUGAR - which is not a music magazine however I wanted to discover how they attract a female audience.
CLASH - which is a well known music and fashion magazine aimed towards women
My product differs from other music magazines as throughout my research I have not discovered a garage genre magazine. It is also unconventionally designed with a white background and bright bold images.
These are all front covers for the magazine Vibe. This magazine stands out to me because they are vibrant, modern and eye catching. They are vibrant with colours using bright purple, bright blue, red and other bold colours. These are a few annotations I have made;
These magazines look as the target audience would be aimed towards girls. This is because it is women on the front covers however not inappropriately dressed to hint a 'mans mag'. The women are all of a black ethnicity so it looks as if the magazine is aimed towards black people. They are advertising 'RNB' and 'HipHop' which relates to the target audience of possible 16-22.
These magazines will all be used for ideas for my magazine. I aim to make a magazine with the typical styles and conventions that these stereotypical 'RNB' magazines use. The magazine will be bold, eye catching, modern and most of all original. My magazine will entertain the audience range from 16-24 year old females. The reason I chose this target audience range is because I believe females between that age group are more likely to be interested in the Garage genre and there are features such as club craze tickets that would not be suitable for under 16's. There won't be a restriction of age for the magazine though so it will be possible for different age ranges to buy it.
My magazine will include the latest garage events, DJ events and concerts. It will be releasing news on celebrities, for instance the new releases and Cd's. It will have the latest gossip on the stars and my magazine will have a fashion double spread for the reader to see how to get the 'Garage Star look'.
Existing products include magazines such as VIBE (above) which typical purpose is 'RNB' news, gossip about the stars and the latest events. Other magazines include:
SUGAR - which is not a music magazine however I wanted to discover how they attract a female audience.
CLASH - which is a well known music and fashion magazine aimed towards women
My product differs from other music magazines as throughout my research I have not discovered a garage genre magazine. It is also unconventionally designed with a white background and bright bold images.
