Researching genre

Rap

We first looked at the rap genre, the target audience for this mainstream rap artist would probably be teenagers and young adults aged around 15-20.

The rapper is represented in a friendly he is smiling at the camera and is not posing in a way to make himself look hard. This makes him seem more of a mainstream character for younger audiences.

The conventions of the magazine are a large image of a person in the centre of the magazine so fans will recognise it straight away. It also has the conventions of cover lines and a master head and a colour scheme which is red and white with some yellow.

Rock This magazine is most likely aimed at teenagers and young adults from around 15-22. the band are a modern metal band who would appeal to a younger audience.

I then looked at the kerrang magazine which is an alternative rock and metal magazine. This follows the conventions of a rock magazine with the dark writing and the pictures of bands along the side with the main picture being of band. The design is also very rough looking which is common of a rock magazine.

The band is represented in a very serious way they are looking at the camera with straight faces unlike in the previous magazine where the man was smiling.

Pop magazine

This magazine is aimed at a younger audience which I can tell from the brighter colours which would appeal to younger people as it makes them look less boring. It is probably aimed at girls aged around 11-16.

It follows the conventions of a pop magazine with the picture of a pop star and the bright colours. It then has the bright animated colours which are typical of a pop magazine.

The person in the main cover is represented as a very stylish person and is made wearing unrevealing clothes as the magazine is for children.

My genre

I have decided to use the rock genre as it is a genre which I am familiar with and my target audience will be teens to young adults aged from around 15-22. I will also use a lot of rough text with pictures around the edges or the magazine. To get ideas I will look other existing rock magazines and copy some of the ideas and conventions which they use. The conventions I will follow will be sticking to the dark themes rock magazines usually have. I will have a dark master head with a large image of band and I will also use a lot of rough looking text.

I will represent the characters on the front of the magazine in a dark way like what is used with most rock magazines. I will do this using dark costumes and other dark colours surrounding the pictures and also black and white colour scheme with also possibly some red.

Some magazines and pictures which I got ideas from