This is our front cover.

We changed the colour of the title to white/grey to make it stand out more as the white/grey came out better than the purple and grey as they didnt make the magazine look really big but the clear light sort of grey which we used looks much better. We wrote the drug scandal with a grey and a bit of red to make it look like thats quite an important part of the magazine and the drug scandal is related to the model of our magazine `Kaydon`.

This is how we started off for the front cover.

Mock-up of cover page for R&B Music Magazine

CHOOSING A SUITABLE MODEL    

After deciding on the naem for our mast head, we started to think about the models we were going to have in our magzine to be on our front cover, contents page and on the double-paged spreads of our R&B music magazine. for our front cover page, we knew that the image of the model needed to be of a medium shot therefore we were inspired by how Chris Brown posed and was modelling on the front cover page of the magazine and we wanted our male model to pose similar to how the R&B artsist was modelling which is shown in the image of the "VIBE" music magazine below. The model that we decided to choose was a male model who is twenty and we wanted him to model i a similar way as the above artist on the frint cover page of the music magazine.

  

 As you can see, the model shown on the left hand side of the page, is an example of the actual image that will be used as the main image on the front cover of the music magazine. the fact that the image is a medium shot shows that this model will take up most of the space on the front cover page of the music magazine but the model will be wearing clothes which are not dark so that he stands out from ther background of the image which we are thinking about about taking the picture of the model in front of a brick wall so that they stand out and the focus is on them. The model will be modelling by looking directly at the camer and the audience and his hands will be in his pocket and he will be showing attitude through his casual wear whcih will have some "swag" and he will also be showing attitude through his facial expressions. In addition, his head will be slightly tilted and his cap will be loose on his head to ssymbolise how he is breaking rules the same way that R&B breaks the rules and the generic conventions of R&B music.  moreover, the head of the model will hide some of the mast head but the reader and audience will still know what type of magazine it is and the brand.

  

PLANNING MAST HEAD

We started by doing the font for the mast head which is 'Stencil', this really stands out to R&B music as the font matches the genre. We flipped the 'R' to make it back to back with the 'B' and we enlarged these two letters to show that the genre of the music magazine is clearly 'R&B'.

Then we thought that we would change the colour of the mast head to a bright colour which could suit the R&B genre because this reminds you of clubs when there are bright disco lights and the club is black. Therefore, we chose purple but we did not make the whole text of the mast head in purple as two colours symbolise how R&B mixes with other music genres such as hip hop and rap and it symbolises the different R&B artists who sing with other music genre artists and the new artists coming into the music industry. These two colours also represent the different range of beats in the R&B music which is created by the R&B artists.  

Planning:
We first decided to choose 'Ecstasy' to be our mast head for our R&B music magazine to show how the magazine is addicting but then we thoght fully of the other connotations of the drug 'Ecstasy'. We decided that we were going to change the name for our masthead which was originally going to be 'Ecstasy'. However, we relaised that the word 'Ecstasy' had negative connotations of drugs and crime and we thought that this would attrat people to take the drug therefore our final name that we have chosen to be our masthead is 'URBAN' and the reason as to why we chose this name to be our mast head for the reason that the connotations of 'Urban' were that this word reminds you of attitudes that people have and it gives the magazine the street edge. Im addition, the other connotations of 'Urban' are that it reminds us of city life, popular dance music and there are many R&B singers who come from urban backgrounds. moreover, we decided that the 'R' in the mast head would be flipped backwards to show how R&B breaks the rules and chnages conventions of what people think of R&B music and artists therefore the 'R' and the 'B' would be back to back and these two letters symolise and identify the genre of the music magazine which is R&B.

PLANNING

In order for me to complete my music magazine for my chosen genre which is R&B, there are key elements which have to be taken into account so that the music magazine meets all of the requirements to gain full marks and these key elements which need to be planned include:

·         images - collecting existing images, anchoring, text shot, drawing ideas, thinking about the types of shots and linking the images to the article.

·         target audience - this music magazine is aimed to people aged between 13 and 25 because children who are aged 13 years old are interested in famous singers and they are influenced by these artists and they copy what they wear and how they behave and as they grow older they like to read about the artists' lives and what they get up to.

·         similar media - we have already looked at similar media by researching various R&B music magazines and analysing the cover pages, contents pages and double paged spreads.

·         house style - we ensured that the cover page, contents page and the double page spread all followed the same house style to allow them to look more professional and the house styles that we came up with

·         mast head design - the ideas that we have come up with to be our mast head for our music magazine which links  to the genre of our music magazine which is R&B and the ideas that we came up with include:

   v  Zeal

v  Ecstasy

v  Avidity

v  Ardour

v  Tremor

·  font style - the font styles that we are thinking of using are bold text which stand out in headings however the masthead of the music magazine will be bold and a different colour to the background therefor it will not blend in with the images and the text.

·  audience feedback - we made a table with the tally and we asked each member in our Media class which name they thought was best to be used as a master head for an R&B music magazine and these were the results: 

Masthead name	Tally
Zeal	1
Ecstasy	9
Avidity	3
Ardour	4
Tremor	2

·  design elements - we thought about the layout and the colours that will be used in the magazine

·  schedule - think about the dates and deadlines for the images and think about when you are going to take the photographs, where, who the model will be and also think about the costume and props that will be used and what the model will be wearing.

SCHEDULE

TASK	DEADLINE
Research and Planning	8th February 2013
Magazine	22 March 2013
Evaluation	26 April 2013