This is my final front cover music magazine that I have created,. The music genre of my music magazine is R&B. The target audience of my magazine is people who are interested in R&B music or reading R&B magazines but also R&B fans that are female of the age between 16 to 25 of age as this can be shown through the main image of a young female model that looks fashionable. The main image is of a new R&B artist as I thought the role and the purpose of the main image being this as I thought I would use and consider my model to be a new R&B artist as from the feedback of the audience feedback you would conventionally see R&B artists on the page, and as a new magazine and model no one has seen before I though it could be a new R&B artist. The image and main strapline that anchors the main image reflects the music genre of the magazine.

The main image is looking directly at the audience as the main image helps to sell the magazine as the main image looking directly at the audience to purchase the magazine. The use of acting helps the audience react and communicate with the main image. The mise en scene used throughout the image that s encoded through the clothes which is a black sparkling dress. This helps to show the R&B artist is fashionable as the content deals with the theme of this as this is why my targeted at females. However the magazine can be for male audience however it’s more for female audience. the use of the black dress reflects some of the colours used on some of the straplines. For example ‘Ciara comeback’. Also the makeup used on the main image is black and gold eye makeup as this reflects the masthead ‘Rhythm’ and some of the colours used on the straplines. The prop used is the microphone as this helps the audience easily identify what the theme of the magazine is about. Also the jewellery used of the necklace and earrings and bangles as this anchors the colours used throughout the front cover magazine of the used of black, brown and gold colours. The setting used is a plain brown background as I had taken a image of the background separately from the main image. As the used of a plain background helps the main image and conventions on the front cover magazine stand out and eye catching to the audience. The main image is holding a microphone to show she is a singer as well as looking directly at the audience as the effect of this is the artist looking at the audience as this helps sell the magazine.

The colours used on the front cover magazine are brown, black and gold as this contributes to the mood of the image by the artist feeling R&B as the genre of the magazine is this. Also from the evaluation the colours that my family and friends associate with R&B is brown and black which I used the colours as I thought the colours I gave used associate with R&B.

The magazine is called ‘Rhythm’ as I chosen this type of name for my masthead as the meaning of R&B is rhythm. This reflects the content of the magazine as the content considers information of the music genre R&B. also the masthead reflects the target audience as the meaning of R&B is rhythm. There are two types of fonts used as from the feedback from the evaluation I only used two fonts and also from the research of R&B magazines which only consist of two fonts. The typeface used is bold as the effect this has on the magazine is it helps the magazine stand out overall and also eye catching also make makes the magazine look like a real R&B magazine. The copy is posited either side of the main image. The main image is the most important as it anchors the main strapline which can be identified with the font being slightly larger then the rest of the straplines either side. There is a limit of straplines used and copy placed on the magazine as from the evaluation feedback and research of real R&B magazines the main image is the most important and the main image had a big affect in the who of the magazine which I limited the amount of straplines I put on the magazine and made my image effective.

Through some of the strapline I have used persuasive techniques for example alliteration ‘Ciara’s comeback’ however I have not used many persuasive techniques on my front cover magazine as from the research of real R&B magazines they do not consist of persuasive techniques or there may be a limit to it. I have also used ‘new’ which is included within the main strapline as this helps show the information is exclusive and up to date.

My magazine consists of four layers which include the background, the masthead followed by the main image and straplines on either side of the image then the main strapline that is slightly on the main image. There is a repetition of colours used as this helps to establish and unified the cohesive design as it can add a sense of controlled sophistication. As the magazine consists of the colours sued of black, gold repeatedly throughout the magazine. the magazine also consists of a flow as on my magazine ir flows form the main image to the straplines on either side of the main image as magazines always consist of a visual and verbal path of movement and that the readers eye follows through the page.