Evaluation

Neelam Mattu 5937

Why I chose To do a hip-hop and rap music magazine?...

I chose to do hip hop & rap genre because it is the genre I am most interested in. I like the

controversy that hip hop and rap cause in the music industry. Hip hop and rap music is the

music genre I am most passionate about and I knew while creating the magazine I would put in all of my effort. This magazine will appeal to

all the people I know, so knowing this I realised that the hip hop& rap industry has a wide audience so this would help make the

magazine work well.

In the magazine I chose to use a female artist in the article I did so

because I think that female rappers need to be given more publicity and if the magazine

went into production I would use more female rappers.

I chose to name my magazine “OldVsNew” this was because I personally like the old school hip hop in

comparison to the current hip hop music. Also in my magazine I had a mix of the two so that the magazine

appeals to all readers. I included charts, artist information and the name of my magazine would also

appeal to different readers.

1.In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Masthead

Sell line

Cover Line

Barcode, Date and Price

Image

Lots of space

The source magazine cover was the inspiration for my magazine. Both the magazines have similar top heavy mastheads, this helps show that the magazine is important and has some establishment. My magazine follows the dame conventions of this source magazine as there is one central image that is used to attract all the audiences to the magazine. The basic

product information is on the magazine such as the barcode, date and price this will make the audience feel informed. The sell line I have used is to make the audience feel like they are buying the best hip hop/rap music magazine out there

by including what the magazine is all about in it. Using only one cover line is risky but the issue is a feature issue so is aimed at a target fan base, this can help bring people out of the target audience barrier to the magazine feature. This also

make the issue feel like it is exclusive, this will get the attention of the 16-22 year old target audiences.

Title (Contents)

Mini Article with images

Subheadings

Subscription information

Simple Page numbering

The masthead on my magazine is a house style continuation from the cover page, this is because I feel that the font co notates that the name of the magazine with the “OldVsNew.” The main image on the contents page is

similar to the XXL contents page, this is because in my magazine I use two fashion inspired images to write s small article for that will continue on the page that is specified, I think that this helps to keep the audience interested and

also to add something unique to the page. The simple page numbering is a a typical convention of a real music magazine. The subscription I have added to my music magazine is also a convention of a real music magazine although not used in the above XXL magazine. I grouped the pages under subheading this is so that the reader

finds it easier to navigate around the page.

Images of the artist

Byline

Picture credits

Picture caption

Text columns

Attractive Title

I think that my double page spread is quite similar to this Vogue magazine spread, even

though my genre is hip hop. The female rapper I have in my double page spread is posing in similar ways to the artist in the

Vogue magazine this makes my magazine look very real. The 3 columns text I used also follows the conventions of a real magazine,

and similarly to this Vogue spread I have one page which has less text on it. I used images that represent the artist in a good light and

relate to the article itself.