Research Into Magazine Cover

I researched into a lot of different magazine covers to find out what the conventions were and if there were any similarities in the different magazine covers from the different artists. I mainly researched into rap magazine covers this is because my target audience for my music video and project as a whole is the younger generation who are into r'n'b music and rap music. In almost all of the magazine covers that i viewed and analysed i found that they all used bold writing so that it stood out and was one of the main focus points of the magazine cover. Also in all of the magazine covers i looked at there was a very large, bold and striking image which was the main focus of the page and this was what was the main attention of the reader of the magazine. Us as a group plan to emulate this by using one of the photos that we took in the photo shoot that we did. We took these pictures for the magazine cover and tried to make them look as much like a professional girl bands photo as we could. We are going to put the picture as the main focal point of our magazine cover so that it is eye catching and grabs the viewers attention straight away. Also i noticed on the magazine covers there was always a bar code, therefore i will use an image of a bar code off the internet and use it in our magazine cover to make the cover look professional and as if it was the magazine cover of a real famous girlband. The price and date is also apparent somewhere on all of the magazine covers that i researched therefore this will need to be a necessity of my cover. I mainly researched into the rap genre of magazin covers this was because although our music video song choice was not of the rap genre in the photo shoot we went for a gangser style photo by wearing brand names such as adidas and also we wore string vests which are associated with the rap genre. This therefore is the genre of magazine cover that we are going to go for. Another feature that i noticed on the front cover was a striking interesting fact, quote or snippet about the artist that featured inside the magazine this is to make is sellable and so that people want to buy it to read more. Also from teh research i found that it will be a good idea to mention other artists on the front cover, this is because advertisement is good and it is what makes the magazine sell.

This image above is of one of the magazine covers that i analysed. As you can see from this image there are powerful colours that are used and they do not clash. The plain black background that has been used makes the yellow and white writing stand out very well. Also the centre piece of the magazine cover is the image, this is the same as what i am going to go for, by putting the image as big as possibel and the main focal point so that it is eye catching. Also i am going to stick to the theme that is being used of only using 2 or 3 colours throughout so that the magazine cover does not look to crowded and over packed. However in this magazine colour a dark colour has been used with the black, i will try and go for more girly colours such as pink and white, this is because the song we have chosen and the dancing that takes place in the actual video is not rap like the picture we have taken therefore i will try and make it more femanin and girly and more like a girl bands magazine cover by using prettier colours such as pink. Whilst i was researching i found this magazine cover, this is the sort of thing i am going to achieve with our ancillery task. This is because there are minimul colours used, they are girlier and brighter colours than that of the magazine cover that i spoke about earlier in this blog post. Also i like this magazine cover because i think that we could emulate it well as this also features a girlband like we are.