Final Forms

 

 

I decided to change and alter the whole content from my drafts ‘ the wicked Afro ‘ to ‘molly’ this is due to the fact that it didn’t conform to the genre of hip hop and more of Afro swing. The whole dark with the red sections all add to the general house style of the products. They compliment each other through this, not looking completely different furthermore its dark colours relate to the genre of hip hop. I took Inspiration from a lot of different magazines. They all seemed to have the common theme of the logo being bigger or overlapping the head of the main artist or featured artist. However a lot of the Hip Hop magazines had their masthead fully go across the top of the front page. I challenged the convention by placing it in the top left, this is due to the fact that i looked neater and furthermore the logo is an M. Which I manipulated by extending its right leg on Photoshop. So this gave a way for me to present the logo as well as the masthead. on the other hand I was heavily inspired by a contents page by the source with a well known hip hop rapper ‘ Ice-cube ‘. The source’s has a close of up ‘Ice-cube’s’ face, i didn’t want that to be the same case as you could fully see his face but I didn’t want that shown as it would have went against the whole dark theme. So as well as  using a picture with low lighting covering majority of his face, I manipulated the picture using Photoshop.

Audience feed back

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Questionnaire

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9XKD5NV

Draft

A side contents page

B side contents page

Double page spread

This is the magazine front page, contents, A side and B side, and the double page spread. I have not finished designing the drafts due to the fact that I would like more audience feed back to make them the best I possibly can. I have made drastic changes from the last drafts I uploaded. first of all the background colour and the overall colour scheme. From my previous target audience feedback, they said that I didn’t seem professional enough because of how the models were positioned. they said it looked like they have just been thrown on and it seemed dull and lifeless due to the grey background, therefore I decided to go to the first feedback I got to make that theme more ‘Dark and sophisticated’. hence the reason I made the background a more dark colour. I decided to position the models in a uniformed manor in the front page rather than the models tilted on the front page. this gave it a more professional aspect to the magazine, in addition, this added a more significant affect on the model as a result.

Almost Finished Draft

Front page

Front page and Contents

Front Page

Contents A side

Contents B side

 

Theses are the drafts to my music magazine and contents page. I did not have enough information for the a side so I made another side for the contents, furthermore this is a common feature in most modern day grime/hip-hop magazines. I stuck with the same four models in both front page and a side contents page. i wanted to have one or two models on the b side of the magazine as it would seem like a repetition if I had the same picture in the b side. overall it doesn’t seem like a professional magazine due to the way I used to colour scheme and  the background colour. it doesn’t seem like a grime genre due to how colourful it was. the yellow lines in the contents page weren’t the same size.

Photoshoot plan

MAIN TASK:  MY MAGAZINE PROPOSAL                                               Why?

Working title:	Molly	Molly is a colloquial term for MDMA/ ecstasy often associated with clubs and extreme pleasure or an out of body feeling. The genre of hip hop often gives people a route of escapism helping them feel like they live their life most rappers do. For example ice cube ‘Gangster rap’.
Genre:	Hip Hop	The music genre is one of the base layers of most popular genres, it is one of the most popular and is the most influential.
Target Audience:	C2, D and E from the socio-economic group. Mainstreamers and aspires from Psycho-graphic group.	This is where the main fans for the genre are based. However due to how versatile it is, can be enjoyed by anyone as it is seen to be a platform genre for people of any demographic to relate to. On the other hand the main target audience is seen to be unemployed, Students, low skilled workers
Price:	£5.99	It is a high value production magazine so any less could affect the quality of the magazine. Most of the best hip hop magazines are based around this price. It is probably due to the mass production of the magazine and the demand for it.
Convergence:	Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter	Theses are the main social media links. Furthermore more, most of the people from the target audience of my magazine use these social media apps. It is also a platform where artists interact with fans also to promote their music through al sorts of means. For example challenges where people rap to the instruments of the beat for 1 minute and so on.

 

REPRESENTATION:                                                                                          Why?

Choice of model on front cover:

‘Divino’ Divine Olubakinde

He fits to conventions of a hegemonic stereotypical male within the genre. A young black male with a low hair cut with expensive taste. Which in a working class family.

 

PHOTO-SHOOT FRONT COVER:                                                                 Why?

Location:	1.Against coloured backdrop 2.Against the city	1.  This is the conventional background for most is not all successful hip hop magazine backgrounds; the colour is usually grey probably as it barely conflicts with any other colour. 2. This could be due to the fact that most rappers use the term “not many make it from my hood” or “city on my back”
Props:	Jewelry	Jewelry is often glamorized and could imply wealth which is also highly glamorized by people of the demographic of the fans.
Costume:	All black or black and white	–
Shots: Different angles?	Mid shot	Presents whole attire or most of it. Again a way to present his riches which is a conventional as they usually wear or are paid to show off a brand.
Gestures/Body language:   Different poses?	Strong and stuck up	Most of the rappers of this genre are very stuck up and or are presented to be arrogant as they have money and have to seem like they are the ‘topman’

 

 

 

PHOTO-SHOOT CONTENTS PAGE:                                                                            Why?

How many different set-ups?  Delete as appropriate.  Vary costume, props etc.

1.

Location:	Against backdrop	To crop models and put them behind a coloured background, specifically grey to conform top the norms of most hip hop genres
Models:	Divino	He is a talented musician who took from a hip hop based genre.
Props:	Microphone	To show that they are in the field of music
Costume:	All black or Black and white	It is simple, and could connote many things related to hip hop such as being the dark horse, underdog many more connotations such as power
Shots:	Mid-shot	Just to see the facial expressions and the clothes worn
Gestures/Body language:	Covering mouth	It suggests that they have seen enough or being quiet. As now days this is the phrase that is growing rapidly aswell. Moves in silence, doesn’t reveal his next steps. It is seen that people who talk less are most wise and are full of knowledge. ‘empty barrels make the most noise’.

 

1. Why?

Location:	Against backdrop	To crop models and put them behind a coloured background, specifically grey to conform top the norms of most hip hop genres
Models:	Divino	–
Props:	Some jewellery	As this could suggest wealth and is usually linked with hip hop.
Costume:	Green and black	Green is a really popular colour now a days and could connote a drug that is heavily affiliated with the genre
Shots:	A long wide shot	To see their full clothing from head to shoes
Gestures/Body language:	All straight no facial features or gestures	This could connote that they are straight faced as they are concentrated on their business.

 

 

 

 

PHOTO-SHOOT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD:                                                                Why?

How many different set-ups?  Delete as appropriate.  Vary costume, props etc.

Location:	In the city	The city/ very close to the ‘hood’ which is usually the hometown of most rappers of that genre
Costume:	All black or black and white	–
Shots:	Long shot	–
Gestures/Body language:	Looking at mic/ enjoying music	This could present them doing what they are good at.

 

1.                                                                                                                                        Why?

Location:	Against a backdrop	–
Models:	Divino	–
Props:	Jewelry	–
Costume:	All black or black and white	–
Shots:	Close up	Just to present the facial expression of the rapper/ singer.
Gestures/Body language:	Screw faced	Portrays arrogance

Hip Hop Genre MoodBoard

I created this mood board as this is what I thought Hip Hop was all about.

In this moodboard, there is a mixture of both old school and new school hip hop. Old school hip hop is also known as ‘old skool’ and this is the early days of hip hop where it just started around the time of 1979-1984. This time period was the peak times for some of the best rappers at the time, artists such as Run D.M.C, Tupac and Public Enemy. The new school hip hop was a movement in hip hop music starting 1983–84 with the early records of LL Cool J. this also help new upcoming artists bloom through the dense music scene, artists such as Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Nicki Minaj and many more.

Magazine Mind Map

College Contents Page Draft

This is the draft I drew for the consents page of my college magazine.