PRELIM TASK- Initial Ideas

Hey! My name is Alizeh and I am an AS Media student. Recently I have been assigned a preliminary task where I have to make a music magazine cover within two weeks.

Here are my initial magazine cover ideas:

Plan

• I am planning on doing a fusion of R&B with soul music as I believe it is a very rare mixture in today's music industry.
• My target audience is designed for teenagers and young adults. Nevertheless, I am aiming to keep my magazine cover simple and natural which might attract middle and late adults as well.
• I have chosen teenagers as my target audience because I am also a teenager hence, it is easier for me to relate to them.
• I have shortlisted quite a few masthead ideas for my magazine but I am not fully sure which one to finalise yet.

The shortlist of my magazine masthead ideas is as following:

1. Soul Rhythmz- the use of word 'soul' gives this title a unique effect. This
2. Blue Tunes- it is basic and simple. It also links with music (tunes). Because of its simplicity, it stands out and may attract my target audience.
3. Fire Soul Beats- this name represents R&B perfectly as it sounds pretty clear. It can be shortened to FSB to be used for shorter reference.

Layout

• For my feature colours, I am planning to use colours which may enhance the beauty of my model's face features. My plan for the model's clothes is something which is in black colour and does not have any designs on it. The reason why I want to keep it plain black is because I want my audience to focus on the model's face features rather than what outfit she is wearing.
• For the photograph, I plan to take a close-up shot of my model, however this might change in future as I have few other ideas in my mind too.
• As I mentioned earlier as well, I am intending to keep my magazine cover simple therefore I might not add a lot of text on it which can lead to subverted conventions.

Overall, I believe I am quite confident in doing this Prelim Task. Initially, I was slightly scared about how things would turn out because I was not sure about anything, whether it was to do with my masthead or the style of music magazine. However, after talking to last year's students and carrying out some research myself, I now believe I can bring my imaginary magazine cover to life.