Music Magazine- Inspirations

Before I began constructing my music magazine, I researched popular magazines to gather the styles and concepts of established music magazines. As a result of doing this, I knew how my magazine should look as well as knowing what kind of conventions were suitable for my magazine based on the genre I chose.

These magazines inspired me because: 

Front Cover- The three front covers all inspired me in multiple different ways. 

The front cover that inspired me most was of Chris Brown, this is because of the use of mise-en-scene. He is dressed in the typical R&B attire with headphones around his neck, by doing this it lures in the female audience which could widen the target audience for the magazine; as a result of this it can increase the sales. Another thing that I liked was the cover lines as they stand out and entice me through their large and bold font. Due to researching other magazines I have used the information I have gathered and applied it them to my magazine.

Content Page- I have been inspired by these three content pages through them using a large image of a celebrity that takes up majority of the page. Also I liked the boldness and large font of the word ‘contents’ as it is clear and looks professional. 

Double Page Spread- On the double page spreads I liked that the image was large and took up a whole page, as this shows the importance of the artist and also shows who the accompanying text around the picture is about. Through the image being so large it informs the audience on who the article is about, this can improve sales as people may just buy the magazine to read about that specific artist. Also the way that the double page spreads were constructed made the magazine look  well organised and professional.