Central, my Hip hop genre based magazine.

The magazine i will be creating will be called Central it will be a hip-hop based magazine targeted to older teens (16-19). I believe my magazine to be more of a male attraction becasue the magazine will be promoting a male rapper.

If i were to sterio type my target audience, i would say: 16-19 year old black or white teenager, who is in full time education, because it is still a magazine with quite a bit of literature, intrested in Hip hop/ R n B, the magazine will be produced on a per monthly basis.

The magazine front cover from (Vibe) is roughly what i want my magazine to look like, a large image of the artist i will be promoting, mast head, heading and a couple of lures.

Examples of magazines from my genre

Magazine research

My music magazine will be hip hop based, this is why i have been researching magazines on this genre, Vibe and XXL are two of the magazines that are similar to what i want to create.

media tools

In our media lessons we have been using Adobe photo shop to create a front cover for the magazine i will be creating, it was the first time i used photo shop, in class we went through the basics such as layers and the basic tools on photo shop such as text and other functions.

Prelim tasks

In class we have been studying all forms of camera angles which will help when creating a magazine, the camera angles include

• Long shots
• Medium shots
• Close ups

we have been studying other aspects of images, for example an image of someone from above gives a scence of superiority.

To create my contents page i used a software calle pages, it is a Mac software which is much more advanced than microsoft word as it can be used to more creative. for example images can be framed. images can also be moved around freely for example an image could be set  behind a text.

Taking photos for prelim

For my magazine front cover we went out in groups to take pictures, the task was to take a mid shot of a student, we also  took pictures for the contents page. This involved me and two other students going around the school taking pictures which would promote the school in a positive way, for example the green spaces, the scool astro turf, gym and the canteen. theese pictures i used will be on the contents page.

Media preliminary task

for my media prelim, which is a part of the course work, i will be designing a 2 page mock up of a magazine it will include

• a front cover
• a contents page

This is my media prelim front cover

http://www.flickr.com/photos/56296475@N08/5267834591/

This is my media prelim contents page

http://www.flickr.com/photos/56296475@N08/5267839261/

Introduction to media blogging.

I am cihan oguz studying media at Acland Burghley. I am blogging for my media course work. , in which I will be creating a music magazine, which consists of a front cover, contents page and a double page of an article based on an atrtist Iwill be creating. To get used to the concept we will be completing a pleminery task, this is where i will be creating a mock up of a  school magazine front cover on photo shop, whith a medium shot of a student i will be taking the picturer of. Secondly i will create a mock up of a contents page on a software called Pages.