Thursday, 18 November 2010

 My rock Magazine              My Rock magazine is also consists of a black and white image and black and white theme, my rock magazine includes a legendary Rock and Roll star a member of the group called 'Aerosmith'. I chose to use him as he is a rock and roll icon. The reason why i chose my rock magazine to black and white is that black is the stereotypical colour which is linked with rock music. The black and white theme is not targeted a specific target market it's open to both males and female so if i was to use the colour pink or purple on the front cover it would exclude men from reading the magazine as these colours are sterotypically associated with females. I have used an image of Kid Rock on the cover in colour contrasting to the whole magazine, the reason for it being in colour is to make look eye catching and appealing and make sure it stands out from and magazine and hope the readers will buy the album. The font i have used fot the text on the cover is 'chiller' this font is bold and eye catching and gives the effect of calligraphy  and is unusual from what you noramlly see on magazines. The title of this magazine is 'EDGE' it is written in block capital letters to make it look improtant and central, the word 'EDGE' links in with the Rock music as it tends to be 'egdy' and wild. 
                                                                                                                   My own Hip-Hop Magazine   I have made my own Hip-Hop magazine, i have included a black and white image of Lil Wayne i chose to use him on my front cover as as his well known for hip-hop music. I  decided to use white as the colour of my font as it contrast's well with the black background and the black and white image i've used on the cover. The use of black and white brings a sense of sophistication and cleverly grabs the readers attention as these two colours contrast very well with each other. The use of black and white is and always will stay in trend as it has been in the market for a very long while, as it's highly sophisticated and sleek still looks modern and minimalist. I have created few stories on the cover such as 'lil Wayne comes clean...' and  'The game "suicide is not an option"' I have chosen to to put these stories as my front cover as it look intresting and gives background information on the artists featuring in this magazine so this gives the readers more information about the artists and not just about the music. On the cover i have included a section where is say's ' Top 50 sexiest men in Hip-Hop' this is used to draw in the females attention as these are the sort of things they tend to look for in Hip-Hop magazines.  The title of this magazine is 'Situation' i chose to use this as my title as Hip-Hop mazagine have a tendency to use one word titles e.g. 'Vibe'  the reason for this is to keep it short, simple and engaging for the readers. The price of this magaine is £1.75 the reason i chose to set the price at £1.75 is because its not too expensive for the readers.