Mood Board

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Here is my mood board to show what genre i have chosen. I have chosen HipHop/RnB because they are my favourite types of music and feature all my favourite artists. I believe it would not be hard to find artists to base the magazine on as there is a wide variety of HipHop and RnB Artists at present. My mood board features some of my favourite artists of all time such as Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Beyonce, Kid Cudi, Jay Z, Drake and Lil Wayne. I have also included items that symbalise these Genres, these are Dre Beatz and Niki Trainers. The Nike Trainers, Dre Beatz, Hooded sweatshirts and bizzare clothing are signs that signify that Hip Hop artists are glamourous and individual.

School Magazine Mock Up

This is my mock up of a school magazine front cover. I believe this should be aimed at the students of Deyes High School so they can keep up to date with the news and activities of their school. I have included the school logo on the mockup as it makes the school recognisable. Also an image of Deyes High School students, puffs, a sell line and pugs.

Genre Analysis

I have chosen to have a mix of HipHop, RnB and Pop as the genre of my music magazine. I have chosen these because they are my favourite types of music and involves all my favourite artists such as Kanye West, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Drake and so on. This would be a good genre choice as there would be a huge variety of artists that you could base your magazine on and would have a wide audience. Below i have put together a few pictures to show my Genre Choice.

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Magazine Terminology

Masthead: The name of the magazine.

House Style: A magazines own design that makes it different to other competitors.

Puffs: Boxes promoting inside features. Usually very colourful and bold.

Strap Line: A slogan

Buzz Words: "Free", "Wow", are examples of Buzz Words.

Copy: The Main Story in a magazine.

Pugs: Known as the "ears" of the cover. Always placed at the top left or right of the page. Normally contains the price, logo or promotion offer of the magazine.

Caption: The description of the main image.

Headline: A Catchy Title for the main article.

Sell lines: A piece of text on the front cover of the magazine that helps to sell it to the audience.

Motto: A phrase that is recognisable to the brand.

Anchorage Text: The way text helps to pin down a meaning on an image and vice versa.

Banner: Text which stands out on a colourful background. Normally at the bottom of the magazine.

Drop Capitals: A letter to start off an article. The letter is huge compared to the rest of the text size and stands out.

Lead: Usually written in bold or capital letters, this is the introductory paragraph of an article.

St Ambrose Barlow Newsletter Analysis

Front Cover Analysis

This is an analysis of the NME magazine. After analysing this i found that it appeals to the younger generation because of the funky colour schemes and modern text.

This is an analysis of 'Vibe' magazine. After analysing this magazine front cover i found that it appeals more to the younger/middle age generation because of the hip and modern colour scheme. Also the artist featured in the magazine is more for the younger generation. 

For research of how to layout my magazine cover, i have analysed my school (Deyes high school) newsletter front cover. I have found at that this front cover is dull and boring and wouldnt appeal to anyone. It uses no colour and is untidy. Attached is my analysis of the front cover.