Institution research

Institutional Research Worksheet

Front cover deconstructions

Deconstruction s

Stage 1 Planning

Type of Magazine (genre)- Rap and RnB

Name of Magazine- Rap Weekly/ Weekly Rap. Special edition each month will have its own name depending on what artist the edition is about.

Audience (Male/Female)- Male and Female. Anyone who likes rap. 16-24 year olds.

Audience (Attitudes/Interests)- Like Rap and RnB. Rappers, Other Artists. Wear Air Maxes, Snapbacks and are fashionable.

Outlet (Where it can be bought from)- Subscription, Online, Supermarkets, Off licence's, Local Shops, Website and Shops (Urban Outfiiters, Capology.)

Necessary Information- Weekly, £2.99, Released every friday. Special edition every month, £4.99, released every 4th friday of the month.

Selling point- Genre specific, Exclusive interviews.

Theme (Article)- Who is the greatest Rap/RnB artist? Profile about top 10 Rap/RnB artists. Top 30 Rap/RnB songs out now. My top 10 Rap/RnB songs.

Images front cover- Few artists who are in the top 10 Rap/RnB artists (Kanye West, Eminem, 50 Cent and Jay-Z. Main Image of me (Kayne East and Kay-X.)

Images Inside- Profile Pictures of the artists in all 3 countdowns (top 30 songs now, my top 10 songs and top 10 artists.) Interviewee Picture's and Interviewer Picture.

Photoshop skills development

 

 

The first thing I did was play around with a few tools on photoshop. The first tool I use was the quick select button which I use to cut out a background. I drew around the piece of the image I wanted therefore cutting out the original backgrounds I could place my own behind the images.

 

Secondly after I had drawn the box around my image I used refine edge. I used this to make sure that there was no excess background within my images, after I clicked the refine edge tool I selected smart radius and changed a few options which were smooth and the contrast.

 

Thirdly after doing this I clicked output and changed it to new layer with new mask then clicked okay. After I done this I decieded to click text box and I placed my masthead behind my images.

Inspirational texts and Mood board

The type of music i am going to do to for my magazine is two types RnB and Rap. A few artists who may appear on a RnB/Rap magazine are; Jay-Z, Kanye West, Wiley, Eminem and Skepta.

Preliminary Task Flat Plans

 

Front cover draft So first of all I placed my masthead at the top of the page as it is the thing that attracts most people towards a magazine. Next I placed the main image in the middle of the page so that it stands out more and placed the main cover line right underneath so that if the masthead or the image doesn’t attract the audience then the main cover line will. The barcode is placed in the bottom of the page as it isn’t that important to the reader as it would decide if they buy the magazine. Also the price and date are at the top of the page in small print so that it doesn’t detract the reader from buying the magazine. The last thing on the front cover is another image of a story that will feature within my magazine but this is smaller than the main image as I don’t want it to overpower the reader with too much information at once.

 

 

Contents page draft Contents page draft So first of all on my contents page is the masthead at the top as it will attract the reader like it does on the front cover. Secondly I placed two images and a cover line on the right hand side to describe what each image is about but to also it gives contextual information on what to expect of the magazine and what is in the magazine. Next I placed the page numbers and story headings on the left hand side of the page so that if the reader is flicking through the magazine to see what is in the magazine. Lastly I place any adverts or vouchers in the bottom left hand corner as these may not be of any relevance to the reader but are important because if they are relevant to the reader they may tempt the audience to continuously buy the magazine.