Main Task: Profiling Your Audience

J'vonte', 17, eats and sleeps hip hop music. He is an upcoming hip hop rapper himself. He is from South Carolina. This chose of music has determined he's friend chose, as all he's friends are major fans of the artist that they idolise. He feels that he physically couldn't go a day without hearing music from some of he's favourite artist. The music he listens to influences what he wears so a normal day he would wear nike air jordans with baggy jeans sagging so you can see his boxers, he would also wear a plain white t-shirt normally around 3 sizes bigger than he's actual size and long gold chains around hes neck. He would wear a durag with a baseball cap over it. Also the music influences him to become wealthy and do anything to become wealthy. He also has three tatoos of he's top three favourite artist to show that music is in his skin. All the money he earns from working goes straigh to buying the latest albums, buying new jordans and studio time. He has also started to listen to some of the UK Hip hop artist and so far he likes what he is hearing. One day he believes that he is going to be in the position that Jay Z is in and have all the fame and money in the world. He's dream is to one day see all he's top hip hop artist live on one stage seeing them performing all there greatest hits.

Main Task: Double Page Spread Conventions Diagram

Main Task: Double Page Spread Textual Analysis

In this assignment I am going to analyse these double paged spread.

Colour Scheme: The colour scheme is simply just White and black which gives it an olden day theme where they only had black and white TV's.

Image: The image of Rick Ross takes up one complete side of this double paged spread to show that he is the main aspect of these two pages. He is wearing a suit to show that he is upper class and has gold bottle of champagne which shows he likes expensive objects. The balloons behind him show that they are celebrate this character as if he has done something amazing.

Subject name: The subjects name is not in big letters but is just part of the text and to make it stand out they have highlighted it.

Quotes: There is one quote used in this article in the middle of the text. Quoting what Rick Ross said in the interview.

Stand-First: The stand first in this article is used in between the headlines 'made men' it stands out because it is surrounded by the headline and lines. It introducing what this article is about and gives brief information on the main character Rick Ross.

Drop Capital: In this article the drop capital is the same as the stand-first.

Headline: The headline used in this article does not give away anything about what it is going to be about but it is just a saying used by the main character. It is in stylish font bold in the middle of the page on the right to show that it is the headline and draws a lot of focus towards it.

By-Line: The by line for the writer is at the bottom left hand side of the second page and he's name is in bold letters so it is clear who it is and the photographer is parallel to the writer and his name is also in bold letters so it is clear to read.

Columns: there is just one column used in the text.

Strap-Line: Arguably this page spread doesn't have a strap line or they could say that it is the stand-first. But it tells us the subject matter of this article.

Conclusion: To conclude there is a lot of key aspect that i can steal from this double page spread to use for my own because this has worked for me very well and I am doing the same genre.

Main Task: Contents Page Conventions Diagram

Main Task: Front Cover Conventions Diagram

Main Task: Front Cover Textual Analysis

In this assignment I am going to do a textual analysis of the Front cover above.






Denotation: In this front cover of 'The Source' I can see a grey back ground with red and white cover lines around it. I can see a young afro american man holding a gun, he has countless tattoos onb his body.


MastHead: The masthead of this magazine is 'The Source.' 'Source' Is in a bold red font with white outline to make it stand out even more and they also edited it to have a drop shadow. The 'the' is small and hangs on to the source which suggests that there is alot hanging on to this magazine showing there is alot of information in this magazine.


Costume: You cannot really see the costume being worn by the main character but u can see that he is wearing a plain white vest, this shows that it is hot and also that he doesn't care much about he's appearance because he didn't care about wearing anything over the top.



Props: There is only one prop used in this front cover, which is of a gun. This shows that the main character is a gangster and ready to kill someone. Because the gun is pointed to himself it showed he is ready to kill himself. This juxtaposes with the cover line which says 'suicide is not an option' but then the image is saying otherwise.



NVC: The main characters head is pointing up as if he is in a desperate situation and is seeking God's help. He eyes are squinting to show that he is scared o what he is about to see or that he is holding back tears.


Setting: This looks as if it is set in front of a wall. It is very dull and not excited, this keeps the attention on the character. The gun is the same colour as the background which makes it blend in.


Dateline: The dateline is just above the barcode. It says the month first which shows that this magazine will be sold monthly. It's very small and in a dull black font which shows that it isn't the main attraction of the cover.


Main Image: In the case of this front cover there is a single image of the rapper The Game. The image is very big in order for the main character to stand out, with the singing closing his eyes to show that he is hiding something.


Cover-Lines: The cover lines on this article are very bold and clear and use bright colours to make them stand out. They are all in good positions and do not overlap each other or overlap the main image. Also the colour used does not clash with the background decided to use so it fits in with the whole magazine front cover.



Main Cover-Lines: The main cover line is very large and just a little bit smaller than the masthead. It consists two parts one with the main characters name and the second a punchline which is smaller but underlined so it also draws a lot of attention. The main cover-line is only over a bit of the main image and does not cover the main aspect of the image, but is still big and clear enough to see.


Left third: In this particular magazine the left third is quite important as it contains a lot of valid information such as: the barcode which is used to scan the magazine in shops. The date so the customers know if this is the latest edition out. And the main cover-line so they know what the main story in this magazine is about and if it catches their eye.


Barcode: The barcode is in the bottom left of the magazine front cover and it is very plain and simple and doesn't draw much attention towards itself.


Selling Line: The selling line of this magazine is directly below the masthead and it seems as if the main image has cut off the end of the selling line. The selling line is 'The Bible of hip-hop music' this shows that this will give you every bit of information you need for hip0hop music in this magazine. It is very short but does the job it is meant to do.


Website Link: The website link is very small and is at the bottom of the barcode. This shows that the magazine is not bothered about their website being advertised on the front cover but it's just there for policy.


Conclusion: To conclude this cover has focused on different codes and conventions of a cover to make this as successful as possible. There are a lot of aspects that i can use for my cover to make it as successful as this one especially as i am doing the same genre.

Main Task: Introduction

My name is Jay Rabess. I am an AS media student. I have been asked to complete a music magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread. To complete this task I will need to pick the genre of music that I am going to do. I will also do some mini tasks to understand the conventions of a magazine, such as a front cover textual analysis and a front cover conventions diagram, this will show me all the things that I need to add to my magazine to make it more realistic. After that I will do some audience research so I can see what my target audience expect in this magazine and what would make them buy my magazine. I may do a questionnaire add include questions such as, what artist to incelude in the magazine, what colours to use, what to call the magazine etc. We will also complete a mood board and upload the unmanipulated photos to get a before and after effect. We will then do our Magazine cover, contents page and double page spread. The genre I am doing is Hip-Hop.