Mast Head Design 1

i started to work on photoshop designing my mast head for my mast head. i took into my consideration the reasearch into korean music magazines with the typography being bubblely as a variety of k-pop magazines use this typography. I also decided to go with the colours of the South Korean flag which helps illustrates where the music originates from.

Starting the front page production

Today i started work on the front cover of my magazine. i decided to go with the name seoul music and i decided that the 'S' and 'M' in seoul music will have the colour red and blue against the white background to represent the colours of the korean flag linking back to the country of where my music originates from.

More Research

The XXL front cover has a main image of Lil Wayne and Baby; the mast head has a red background with the lettering in diamond as it is the 10th anniversary issue.
it has civer lines stating the exclusive interviews with some of the industries top artists such as Eminem.
the main coverline is blod and at the bottom of the page to make it eye catching.

The mast head connotes wealth as the lettering is incrusted with diamonds. this is a stereotypical convention for hip hop magazines. Wealth is also induced by the main image as both Baby and Lil Wayne have a variety of necklaces and a wide variety of tatoos.

The main image can be interpreted in many ways such as showing Lil Wayne and Baby are comrads and Protection of eachother as Baby's arm is around Lil Wayne; this can also be interpreted as homoerotic as both of these readings subvert the stereotype and this also opens up the audience for potential customers .

However them both being half naked could also symbolise their toughness and power which is stereotypical as hip hop is about power.

There is also Synergy in the image as Lil Wayne is wearing the " young money" necklace that symbolises his record lable. the magazine itself also contains two puffs which add to the status of the magazine as it is boasting it's greatness " 10th Anniversary"

In conclusion i think this cover is very appealing to a wide audience due to the main image it also subverts and confirms stereotypes in the hip hop genre;for example power and wealth. This appeals to the audience as it is what they expect from a hip hop magazine

Front image

This was a potential image for my front cover however as there is some camera shake i will have to reatke the image so it looks 100% professional

Media Survey

this is a market reasearch survey i made for magazine reasearch

Please could you fill in this survey on your interests in music magazines

Please circle
1) Are you male or female?
Male female
2) How old are you?
10-14 15-19 20+
3) How much would you be willing to pay for a music magazine?
£1-2.50 £3-4.50 £5+
4) Would you prefer competitions free gifts or both
Competition free gift both
5) What is you preferred genre
Pop k-pop rock j-rock j-pop RnB
6) How often do you buy music magazines?
Weekly Monthly quartlerly yearly
7) Would you like a page to write in and share your views?
Yes no
8) Would you like a puzzle and horoscope page?
Yes No
9) Would you like Artist profiles on various bands?
Yes no
10) Would you like info on their fan bases or their company to contact them?
Yes No

and here are some of my results

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Research and planning so far

So far i had done careful consideration into what genre i wnated to create a music magazine on and i chose a genre i have a strong passion for which is korean pop ( k-pop)

i purchased two magazine Bromide and Wawa Girl which are big magazines in korea for reporting on kpop. i studied both magazines and discovered that these are the key conventions
-Free posters and star stickers
- Bold Lettering
Korean Movie + Drama reviews included
-song lyrics
-puzzles and quizzes
-celebrity style pages
- interviews with a variety of artists
-audience pages for fan drawn pictures and comments
- double page interview for every artist with about 5 pics for a solo artist or more if its a group
- writing is spaced out underneath or next to pictures
-artist profiles
- bold titles on every page with bright colours
-competitions

here is a picture of the magazine wawa girl

I then started to think about planning and i have decided between two names which im still deciding on which is either seoul beats/music or Kpop jjang as jjang is a korean word for love but the pun on seoul links to the country of where all the music is produced.

In class we started doing a rough sketch of our front cover i had decided to do a valentines edition . i have uploaded a picture of my design below