Photographs

I took a variety of photos which I believe would best suit my Hip-Hop/R&B magazine.

Paying attention to lighting, the models being used, clothing and poses.

Front Cover

I was most inspired by an issue of XXL an H-p-Hop magazine which front coverfeatured Nicki Minaj and Drake. It consisted of the two artists challenging theconventions of ‘The Rule of Third as it took up the majority of the three thirds. Iwanted to recreate this as I felt it worked well in capturing the attention of theaudience. I also wanted to recreate the look of artists, New Boyz, I felt my two modelwould do this and genuinely resembled a Hip-Hop duo.I also took a pciture of another model as to which he would feature another aricle inthe magazine, the use of this would give readers a wider insight as to what cna befound in my magazine.

Contents Page

As a magazine reader I believe the contents page is easily read is there are limited/smaller sized images used. I believe this allows you to easily read/identify text and navigate through the magazine to the desired page. The images I used referred to that of the main article featured on the front cover, cover lines and additional stories. Again the styling of my modes reflected my genre magazine and its features.

Double-page Spread

This image continued the use of artists found on the front cover and styling. This allowed a flow and relatively easily identifiable look from the front to the double page spread. Again the models represented my genre magazine and pose/attitude linked with the article as they were appealing to the audience and making a statement as to what they are about.