Flat Plan Feedback

This is a recording of Gaya, Halle and Alana giving their feedback on my flat plan for my magazine cover, contents page and double-page spread.

Flat Plan Draft/Deconstruction

Flat Plan Draft/Deconstruction - TRILL Magazine

This is the flat plan of my cover, contents page and double page spread for  my Alternative R&B music magazine TRILL. I have shown where the inspiration and ideas for where each page has come from, along with a description.

Magazine Name Ideas

As I am making an Alternative R&B music magazine, I need a name for it. I decided that I wanted to name my magazine with something to do with technical music terms, so that my magazine can be more authentic. Whilst researching music terms, I came across the word 'Adagio' which means a composition written in a slow tempo, and the work 'Trill' which means a symbol that tells you in written music that there are rapids alternations between one tone and another.

I liked both the names equally, so I asked a group of my target audience to choose which name they preferred, and why.

The name 'TRILL' was more popular, as they said its 'easy to pronounce', is 'short and snappy', 'sounds musical' and the fact that it seems to suit my genre really well.

I then did some more research into the name, and  realised that in urban terms 'trill' refers to someone who is considered to be well respected, and is a combination of the words 'true' and 'real'.

Therefore I have decided to name my magazine TRILL.

Shot List

This is my shot list for my Alternative R&B music magazine, with a description of each shot.

Shot List from jassinta

Visual Moodboard

This is my visual mood board for my Alternative R&B music magazine. It includes words and imagery that I want to associate with my magazine, and this provides an insight into what I want the essence and feel of my magazine to be.

The words I have included are:
Power
Fresh
Trendy
Cool
Philosophical
Impact
Vibes
Influential
Trippy
Urban
Fashion
Conscious

Artist Profile: Fashion & Style

These are some of the items of accessories and clothing that I have collaged on polyvore.com, to show the style and the type of clothing and of my artist 'Adam'. From this, I will be able to choose better clothing for my model to wear, so that everything can match well and so that it all suits my music genre of alternative R&B. All of the clothes and accessories on here fit my genre, as they come across as 'suave and sophisticated' yet cool and laid back at the same time. I decided to place a lot of shirts, as they are generally in trend, and re worn my many male artists as they are very versatile depending on the style of the shirt. I used colours such as grey, black, blue and white, as they can work as both masculine with elements of femininity, which is something I wanted to portray. By adding items like the work boots, a jacket and caps, I think you can see different sides to his style which is something that I noticed many male artists have done. I think that the fact that the items are quite normal, relates to the fact that my artist doesn't want to be seen as a famous object, but more as a person.

Artist Profile

 This is a presentation about my artist 'Adam' I have created for my Alternative R&B music magazine.

Reader Profile

This is my Reader Profile, and it is a insight into my a typical member of my target audience. From this I will be able to adapt my magazine correctly, so that it suits my audience, and therefore follow my task.

Market Research - Printscreen of Current R&B & Alternative R&B Magazines

To easily compare current R&B and alternative R&B magazines, I google searched ‘R&B Magazines’ to see what would come up. 

From doing this, I can clearly see that the most popular magazines, have large clear  fonts used for the mastheads, and most of them were placed at the top. I think that the most commonly used colour schemes include the colours of white, black and red, and I think this is because red represents power, and often money, which is a common theme in R&B music. I also noticed that the male artists were all presented to look quite stern, and serious, whereas the women were presented in a more sexual manner. In comparison to other music genre magazines, I noticed that there were more black and white cover photographs used, so that is something that I will consider. As with most magazine covers, none of their faces are massively obstructed, however some of the mastheads were covered by the artists on the front. I think that this depends on the credibility of the magazine.

I then google searched 'Alternative R&B magazines'.

From the search, less magazine covers came up, which makes me want to explore this area of the market, as it hasn't been covered in great detail yet. I saw that the magazine covers (dashed circles in red), seemed to be more artistic, as the other photos (circled in green), were the photos used for the rest of that particular issue. Fro doing this, it has helped shaped the direction of which area I plan to cover within my magazine, as I have seen a gap in the market.

Artist Research - Branding

In this presentation I am going to talk about the artists which synonymous to the genre of Alternative R&B. As alternative R&B is a relatively new genre, the majority of the music artists I have researched are currently in the charts. I have looked at the way they have been branded, as it will help me when it comes to creating my own artist.