Magazine cover/contents research

RWD: TARGET AUDIENCE: The target audience is mainly aimed at teenagers/young people who are familiar to the grime scene.WHAT IS RWD(Rewind magazine)?: It is British based magazine which features news, interviews and charts on hip hop, RnB, UK garage, music. RWD Magazine became a well known name in UK underground urban music circles in mid to late 2003. This coincided with the rise of a new urban music genre, which later became popularly referred to as Grime. The magazine provided a platform for developing unsigned artists to get their names and faces into every popular underground music outlet.ANALYIS :The masthead is situated along the top of the magazine. The cover follows the typical conventions of a magazine, however, the main image over laps the title which breaks the conventions just slightly. The simplicity of the cover implies that it is targeted to a niche audience. This is because the cover lines list names of grime artists and only people who are familiar with the genre will understand.

D101: TARGET AUDIENCE: The target audience is mainly aimed at teenagers/young people who are familiar to the grime scene.WHAT IS RWD(Rewind magazine)?: It is British based magazine which features news, interviews and charts on hip hop, RnB, UK garage, music. RWD Magazine became a well known name in UK underground urban music circles in mid to late 2003. This coincided with the rise of a new urban music genre, which later became popularly referred to as Grime. The magazine provided a platform for developing unsigned artists to get their names and faces into every popular underground music outlet.ANALYIS :The masthead is situated along the top of the magazine. The cover follows the typical conventions of a magazine, however, the main image over laps the title which breaks the conventions just slightly. The simplicity of the cover implies that it is targeted to a niche audience. This is because the cover lines list names of grime artists and only people who are familiar with the genre will understand.

Mastheads

Rewind: The masthead is an emblem and an analogy to a rewind button. This makes the masthead more significant because the target audience will be familiar with this logo.D101: The masthead is in 3D.It appears to be translucent and transparent to create an urban effect. The skyline on top of the masthead is promoting the magazine suggesting that if you “don’t know” get to know about D101.Both mastheads consist of the same size. It is positioned along the top of the page and they have both been sent to the back of the main image. This somehow relates to the genre because it shows that they are rebellious

I like the style of these two front covers and I would like to incorporate it into my magazine. I think the way the text is placed on the pages look funky and urban and it would go great with my choice of music genre. I also like the way the main images are. Its

Magazine colours

These are the colours I want to include in my magazi

Contents research

Magazine logo

Page divided in different sections

Short article in the centre

This contents page has many sections to it. This makes it easier for the reader to navigate around the magazine. The magazine logo is situated on this page so the reader would know that it is the contents page. There is a blatant colour scheme of red and black. Its important to stick to a colour theme in order for the page to look sophisticated . Majority of contents pages has a mini article in the centre of the page. I think this plays as a teaser to potential buyers.

Subscription box

Contents researchMagazine logo

Page title

Contents list

Main image

This is a basic contents page. It has all the basic conventions, the title, the contents list and the magazine logo. However it somehow breaks the conventions because there is only one image on the page. This is original because the majority of contents pages consist of more than one image to give readers more of an insight to the magazine, however, this somehow replicates a front cover.

Contents research

NME: The contents list is divided in sections. Each section has a subheading with a black text box surrounding it. It is situated on the right side of the page in a vertical column. VIBE: This is similar to the “NME” contents page. The list is however situated on the left side of the page in a vertical column. This also has subheading, but it isn't as evident. The text is all the same colour and the font is roughly the same size.