Question 5: Front cover Contents page Double page spread

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How does your media product

represent particular social groups?

My magazine is an R’N’B magazine with upcoming new artists. It does not have a particular social group nor does it just appeal to males but also females, it is for both sexes. However it may relate to people who are struggling such as working or lower class, who want to succeed in life and determine to do their best.

Also in my features column it is more about past lives and were they are now. The reason being for this is that so my audience can relate to them with their past experiences and learning how they do as well as the artists can. Most of my artists have not come from a privileged background such as Eminem who grew up in the street life but is now a well-known artist.

R’N’B is about inspiring people to do the best they can, it’s about real life so that the audience can relate. They also attract females and groups the articles show that they were a part of the audience before but they have changed. I took the ideas for my features from VIBE magazine which I changed into my words this is where I got the idea from.

Though is about music, it is also about real life this means the drama that also happens such as their love life’s to spice up the magazine we talk about relationships so people do relate and have full insight in the celebrities life which makes it more personal. Also by having contest shows the celebrities are willing to play a part in their fans lives and the audience can relate to them more. 

In my magazine I tried linking the genre R’N’B to the images also, by having a girl group in their natural setting, makes it more real for the audience and brings it onto a personal level. Also with having features such as exclusives and behind the scenes this also allows the celebrity and audience to relate personally bringing them closer. And it shows that effort is put in for the audience making them feel more special. 

This is my double page spread were I completely changed from the flat plan. The reason being for this is that the image which I took of my model, I thought was really effective and could write more about which will draw the reader in more. I believe having the light to dark affect makes it look more professional look.

You can see throughout my magazine I used the same colour scheme also the same types of font so that it links to all the pages. This is so that my audience would recognise that they all are linked.

This is my contents page which I followed a convention of the Billboard magazine and flowed my own flat plan. The only things which I changed around was the heading because not everything fitted on one page, if I wanted to follow the convention of the features page were they will have a title and a couple of sentences no other sub heading will fit.

This is my final front cover, which I tried to copy as an R'n'B magazine, I used all the conventions that I saw and used some techniques which gave the magazine a professional look. I used Photoshop to complete this; I followed my flat plan which I did change some features around such as the pop button as it looked childish on the front cover. Also I did try my magazine in the colour red which was its original colour but personally it didn’t fit well and looked childish. So I changed it to more of neutral colour and so that it fits in well with the double page spread also.