I
used several existing music magazines to base my magazine on so I was sure I
had the correct style and layout to follow the codes and conventions of indie
magazines. The main existing magazine I took tips and ideas from was NME as I
like the aesthetics of this and the style they used. As you can see by the
title of my magazine, InD is short for Indie. The use of this abbreviation is
used often in music magazines, mine is also in red colouring which is a normal
convention of magazines. This will appeal to the people who are interested and
listen to indie music, who are my target audience. My front cover had a main
sell line to go with the models I used on my front cover. This was to give the
audience a visual representation of what they were going to be reading about. I
used a boy band to write my article about so had them on my front cover. I took
individual photos of each of them and then photo shopped them so they could be
closer to each other and be a closer shot of their faces. My models on the
front cover are all in clothing typical of indie culture, checked shirts and
rolled up t-shirts. These are part of the fashion but not high-street fashion
as indie culture is mainly to rebel against clothing norms. The sell line is
their band name in bold letters to stand out, also being in a different colour
helps this too. Underneath that I have a brief overview of their article, this is
a convention of a music magazine. The button on my front cover advertises to
“Win Reading Tickets”, this is a huge indie music festival which a lot of
people buy tickets for or at least hope they can get them. If this is
advertising to win tickets they are more likely to be attracted to this
magazine. The music artists along the bottom are all either my models or well-known
indie music artists. My colour scheme is red, white and black. This is typical
of an indie music magazine for example NME often uses these colours as they are
bold and stand out. The bar code in the bottom left corner is a convention of a
music magazine as it is there to scan when buying it. Also the date and price
are along the top of my magazine, they are in white on a black bar so the
reader can see it quite fast and make their decision. Also it is there so
people can see the date and if it is recent and the price is to promote it to a
certain bracket of people. My tag lines are all down the left in a list with a
brief over view of what the articles will be about. This is to sell the
magazine to not just fans of the main article. This is a convention of a music
magazine as they try to get the biggest target audience they can possible. I
have used artists who I have also got in the contents page to tie the magazine
together.
My
contents page follows the codes and conventions of a real media product in many
ways. Firstly I have contents page in big bold letters in the top left cornet
with the date and issue number. This gives the audience an idea of how popular
the magazine is by having a lot of issues and tells them how recent the
magazine is. On the top right corner, I have a picture of the front cover to
add individuality to the magazine and to show the reader where these articles have
come from. The categories I have are, Regular content, on the cover, other
articles, subscriptions, artist index and social media. These are typical for
music magazines because they have sell lines on the front which the readers are
likely to want to read so they want a category for this. It makes the magazine
easier to navigate. I also have 5 photos for articles I have included in my
magazine, the main article for HA4 being the biggest photo. The others are not
as big so they don’t attract as much attention but they are big enough for
people to notice. Each of these photos have a page number on them, this is so
the reader knows where it is located and it is big like in real magazines.
For
my first double page spread I have a picture that covers both pages, this is
typical of a magazine as it is the opening of the article. However I have
challenged the magazines conventions as my picture is outdoors. Also, I have a
quote from the text. This is to attract the reader’s attention and is used in
the NME magazine I researched and took tips from. There is also my introduction
paragraph on there to start off the article which them continues onto the next
page. On the right hand side I have a red box with the band’s name in.
On
the next page I have got the band’s name in big bold letters, this introduces
the main article further and the reader is attracted towards it. Underneath, my
introductory paragraph is in bold compared to the rest of the text. Also, the pull out lines used throughout the article
are a convention of a music magazine. They take a bit of the main body of text
and make it stand out. This is to grab the initial attention and then make the
reader want to continue reading.
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