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Researching Magazine Genres Matt Pangratiou

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Researching Magazine Genres

Matt Pangratiou

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Types of Music Magazine GenresThere are many different types of music

magazine covers and this PowerPoint is going to show the most common genres around today with modern society and the target markets for these magazines. The conventions they use and how they are uniquely targeted to there audience. I am hoping that by the end of this PowerPoint I will have enough examples to see what genre I will use when it comes to making my own magazine cover.

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R&B The images here are examples of R and B magazines. The target audience for these would range from 18-26

year olds that have a passion for this genre of music. The magazines all feature a main artist and you could say

with the way they are posing the producers are trying to give the magazine a sex appeal. By researching the different magazines I would say that they are trying to appeal to females more than males as the genre is supported better by females . The woman that feature would have an influence on females that inspire to be like them, who want there body/ image etc.

The magazines include bright colours that make it vibrant and colourful making the magazine that more feminime. Vibe magazine would be the only one two feature bold red colours as this particular magazine usually targets males and has a considerably more masculine look and the artists has cleavage on show defiantly appealing to young males. The magazines all follow the same general conventions. All the magazines focus mainly on the cover artist and make sure that they stand out amongst everything else the magazines lighting are bright so it makes the mood of readers to be better than reading a dull dark magazine.

The font style on the features are capitals but are small so they don’t deter to much form the audience. They are also in bright or white colours so they are giving of more of that feminime appeal so you can clearly see that they all have the same approach within this genre.

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Pop The target audience for these magazine's are defiantly

young teenage girls from 10-16. The artists featured on these magazine’s are all common

artists within the industry and are general household names that everybody has heard of. The artists are recent and would be fresh in the minds of this target audience.

The colours are all reasonably the same and go for very bright, colourful colours with the a lot of yellow pink and purple. These are colours that would 100% appeal to this particular age range.

There is bright lighting in all the covers this is to relate to the happiness of the artists featuring. Everything is big and bold something that would appeal more to the audience as they do not want to be reading dull bring small font writing.

The language use in the magazines is simplistic so that young girls can read it effortlessly without getting confused and bored.

The artists are represented in a very happy and cool environment looking like they love what they are doing.

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Hip-Hop

Target audience would be teenage boys and young men between the ages of 15- 24

As you can see magazines now use a lot of block colours red, white and black these are general conventions for this genre it connotes, blood, strength, wisdom, power etc. The colours allow for the audience to imagine some these artists past life often from gangs, dealt with drugs etc.

The artists used are known faces within the hip-hop industry today and have been around for many years so they are well-known by the readers and may in some way be inspirational to certain individuals.

Its all about the cover image in hip-hop magazines as it shows who is boss and has the main headline that month .

There not smiling in these photos its all about them creating a confident persona and ego so that they can use it to their advantage and build there character up through the industry and make a real name for themselves.

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Classical

Classical music magazines are mainly aimed at the older generation form an age range of about 40-60

This age range is generally more familiar with this particular genre of music.

A familiar face known by many is Sir Paul McCartney however it of this age group that group listening to him play music.

The colours are very soft relating to the mellowness and calming of music that is classical.

The colours are strong whites and reds but the fonts are not blocked and big, bold otherwise it would make it quite masculine and wouldn't fit with the genre well.

The conventions are the same like most magazines and feature a main cover artist in the middle and have a main masthead.

The general mood and feel the magazine give of are happy, vibrant people generally having a good time and enjoying what they do, writing and composing music.

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Rock and Metal The age range for these magazine is a lot more

broader than other genres as the music has a classic part that is vintage and very familiar with older generation men so I would say that the age of audience would be from 16- 40

Rock and metal magazine are very dark and gloomy, hinting it at the strength and power of ones voice when doing screamo, singing with heart.

Rock magazines have the same general conventions as other music magazines but there colours are different using a lot of blacks and white but with heavy font styles that can be faded or have something going onto them like the kerrang magazine on the left.

The faces on artists in rock and metal magazines are not usually smiling as they are also trying to build this defenceless persona making an alter-ego and allowing to build this strong character.

Fonts are bold and edgy giving quite a gritty feel to the magazine relating to the pain and heartaque they often sing about in there music.

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ConclusionWith the research I have done, I have come

to the conclusion that the genre that best suits me is Hip-Hop. I feel that I am most knowledgeable about this genre and have more in common in my everyday life with this genre than I would with the others. The artists that feature in the this magazine genre interest me and the females included do to, as there is always that sex appeal when it comes to their target audience. I am also interested in the old school Hip-Hop that included Biggie and 2-Pac