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Rock magazine uses black and white colour scheme to create timelessness feel. Follows conventions of a "classic" rock genre magazine, by using jargon. Included a review of iconic indie-rock band Bombay Bicycle Club.
Rock magazine uses black and white colour scheme to create timelessness feel. Follows conventions of a "classic" rock genre magazine, by using jargon. Included a review of iconic indie-rock band Bombay Bicycle Club.
Rock magazine uses black and white colour scheme to create timelessness feel. Follows conventions of a "classic" rock genre magazine, by using jargon. Included a review of iconic indie-rock band Bombay Bicycle Club.
In what ways does your music magazine use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real music magazines?
I challenged Baudrillards theory and went against the stereotypical colours used in a rock magazine. I tended to stick with the black and white colour scheme in the text presented in my work in the cover and contents pages and double page spread. I did this to create a timelessness feel to the magazine as the genre of rock covers such a wide period of time, meaning that I do not want to restrict the readers to just modern day rock genre listeners. I went against the theory as On the other hand, I followed the typical codes and conventions of a classic rock genre magazine, by using graphology like the mid-shot cover image on the front cover magazine which lead the style and alternative image to the magazine. I tried to achieve this look, different to a different genre of music such as pop, by using jargon such as ROCK MUSIC, BANDS and ALBUM, ensuring that the language is appropriate for the target audience. I tailor made the contents of my magazine to suit my demographic. Such as when I used 50 BAND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ROCK LISTENERS. I also used intertextual referencing about READING+LEEDS FESTIVAL because it suits the specific target audience of rock music and to make the magazine appear as realistic as possible. I was also influenced in quoting concerts and music events such as in a Q magazine issue featuring a 16 page gig. In the contents page, I included a review of the iconic indie-rock band Bombay Bicycle Club. I did this as they play music in the genre of the magazine and chose them because they are renowned in the rock industry. I decided to include a band review section within my work to inform and educate the reader about something which they are likely to enjoy. The photo shoot was key to how successful the final image of the magazine. I took different forms of images, such as mid-shots, panoramas, and portrait and landscape images. I did this to reconstruct some of the graphology found in real rock magazines. I also included images of bands such as Paramore to give it the grungy image. This also attracts viewers who like the bands features and denoting the style and topics covered within the magazine. On the cover page, I have presented the well-known Twitter and Instagram logos, with the magazine account name beside. I have included this as there is a rising demand for new sources of media. I also considered offering a digital way of reading the magazine as rock magazines such as NME and Q. I also carried forth the The top 50 rock albums of 2014 as seen in the rock magazine Kerrang! and incorporated it in my work. In my double page spread, I used a drop cap I, for the introduction to the article. I did technique in InDesign. On the cover page, I used the sandwich method of making the masthead stand behind the models face and head. I did this by duplicating the background image and placing the text box in between the two identical images. I then used the eraser tool to remove areas which stood in front of the model. I did this to make the magazine look realistic as most of the cover pages which I analysed used this technique.