Reserch on music magazines

Music magazine research:

I have chosen to make a fuck music magazine: I have chosen this genre of music as it enables me to open up my ideas and also allows me to be very creative. With funk music I am able to do learn new things as its genre/type is very different to other music genres

funk music: Funk is a very distinct style of music based on R&B that reached its height in popularity from the mid 1960s to late 1970s. . The word funk being transformed from the original one of a pungent odour to a re-defined meaning of a strong, distinctive groove. One of the most distinctive features of funk music is the role of the bass guitar

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Target Audience:
Due to the fact that the genre of music that i have choosen; funk, which originated in the mid 1960's, my target audience would have to be older ages.
while I was reserching the fashion and styles of the 1960 it began to make sense of why funk originated at that time and age.

Due to this, my target audince would have to be the ages from 25 and above.


Attributes of funk music: mood board:

1st magazine analysation:

Layout: all of the cover lines have been placed on the right hand side of the magazine, which is not normally done in magazines (normally, the image is placed in the middle of the magazine). The masthead seems to also not follow the conventions of an ordinary magazine, it is being covered by the artist’s hair, this might have been done to connote how huge or popular the artist is.  The name of the artist is also very bold and properly laid out. I have also noticed that the artist’s name is the same colour as the name of the magazine.

Cover lines: this magazine includes very little amount of cover lines. But in red it refers to (again) the featured artist “the diva and her demons Amy Winehouse” this magazine also makes references to concerts and “tours “the police the white stripes, the velvet revolver Dave Matthews”  this  informs the readers that Dave Matthews would be performing but does not actually say it: this almost acts as a teaser.

Colour schemes:  rolling stone magazine uses three colours to promote itself. These colours are light blue, black and red. These three colours are very easy to spot, which works in their favour. Although these colours are very attractive, they have been structured in an orderly way; the main title has been coloured in blue while the subheading as been coloured in red, which immediately draws the audience in.

Main image: in this magazine (rolling stone) the main image (Amy Winehouse) has been placed on the right hand side of the magazine cover, which could have been done to connote that she is on the right hand side of her career; which makes her very popular. In this image, she seems to be overpowering the magazine; I say this because she seems to be taking up most of the space, and covered the mast head with her hair. Here, rolling stone magazine doesn’t seem to be following the conventions of a magazine cover.  I have also noticed that the celebrity on this magazine seems to be posing and looking at the readers: which is very conventional to when making a music magazine; it creates a synthetic personality with the audience.

Mask head: “rolling stone” has been written in Monotype Corsiva font. This is very fancy but yet still makes a statement. Parts of the mask head is covered by Amy Winehouse’s hair, which could have been done to show how proud and honoured the company may be to have her on the front cover their magazine. The mask head is also coloured in blue similar to the colour Amy Winehouse’s name is. Again to emphasis on how honoured they may be to have her on their cover.

2nd magazine analysation:

Layout:  Again, just like the rolling stone Magazine, vibe magazine also lays the main image on top of the mast image. This could have also been done for the same reason; to honour and show how proud they are to have the artist on their front cover.  Most of the cove lines have been laid on the right hand side of the magazine, unlike the other two which have been laid on the top of the magazine and on the right hand side. The cover line on the top of the magazine has been laid on the top for an immediate effect; the readers read the cover line at the top before anything else. 

Colour scheme: there are about five different colours been used on vibe magazine, although they are not exactly bright colours they are almost very stereotypical to the male character, I say this because colours such as black, blue, yellow on black are normally associated with the male gender and not the female because of the impact the have on the gender. I have also noticed that the words coloured yellow, black and blue seem to be the “the must reads” as they are very appealing as well as eye catchy.

Main image: the main image on this magazine features usher: a musician, in this image the celebrity sticks out his middle finger which is offensive but due to the type of magazine this is, this is not recognised as offensive, I say this because vibe magazine is about being different, this also works hand in hand with the cover lines on the magazine, as most of the words used would not be used if the character looked cute and innocent. Again, in this image the celebrity looks at the readers, but this time he’s got glasses on, which as well as creating synthetic personalisation, puts a little twist on it.

Mast head: again, the mast head is covered with the main image (celebrity) which could have also been done to show that this is not like any regular magazine as it does not seem to abide with magazine codes and conventions.  The mast head is coloured blue, which is the same colour as the important cove lines on the magazine, I say this because words such as “sex”, “Ashanti” “you” have also been coloured the same as the mast head. The font wide Latin has been used, this is due to the boldness and the way it stands out.