Brief cover story

   This cover looks like it’s for students/young adults 16-25 years old. Who probably like to spend their money on going out with friends on a weekend socializing, They are probably interested in music concerts and gigs also the weekly chart. We know this because it is a young artist who is being used for the model of this magazine. Also the language that is being used on the cover isn’t something with a older person would use. The young audience would also be familiar with this model. The music choice like with the younger generation also. The text is selling different types of rock music and the main title links in with rock music as the rolling stones genre is rock so many people know what they are going to be reading when they buy this magazine.

Rationale

I am using Yellow, orange and purple as my colour scheme because they are colours which are both male and female orientated. They are also bright colours so stand out on a shelf. I am using a 3 shade colour scheme it contrasts the colours and gives maximum impact. The yellow of my colour scheme gives of a bright calming atmosphere and it it’s welcoming. The orange also gives of a bright connotation. The purple is also a unisex colour so it’s welcoming to both genders.

The mise en scene of my magazine is there will be lots of celebrities and music related pictures. I will have a big full body shot on the side of my magazine which will be the main image this is draw people in to read the magazine, I will also have another collage of pictures of celebrities of just their faces to show the other celebrities I will have in my magazine so if there are some celebrities buyers don’t like there will be others choices so people are more likely to buy. The image connotations will be very positive and happy as if they were negative it will attractive les buyers. The setting of my scene will relate to the celebrity lifestyle because people are interested in celebrity life and having a setting of this will be very persuasive.

In my magazine I am using a variety of text usage to benefit my magazine and attract buyers. For example I am using Hooks like “life in a celebrity eyes” which is very persuasive as it saying if you buy this you will see everything in a celebrity’s life. My masthead is ‘soundz’ its catchy and looks a lot more layed back since it’s a z on the end and not a spelled correctly using an s.

I am going to use I plain fonts like arial for my main title. I am doing this because it’s clear and easily read.

I have chosen a music magazine for my coursework brief. The type of genre magazine i am going to do is pop and RnB. My inspiration is Q and Vibe. Both these magazines show a variety of music genres and both these magazines feature things i like. i really like the pictures that are shown in both these magazines. There colour schemes are also bright and lively and stand out on a shelf. I like both mastheads on both magazines because there both plain and simple.