Detailed Research into Forms and Conventions

The genre i have chosen to focus on for my magazine is R&B/Hip-Hop. I did not really challenge the forms and conventions of different magazines as i researched magazines each with similar genres which obviously made it easy for me to choose the genre i will focus on. My genre for my magazine will mainly be aimed towards students between the ages of 16-25 and who are aspirers looking to be one of these artists , i also think the genre will be for people who are D on the Jicnar Scale which is semi and unskilled workers. The reason why people buying this magazine will be D on the jicnar scale is because they will mainly be students who have or do not have part time jobs.

How these 3 magazines appeal to their audience.

These 3 magazines are very similar as they are based around the same genre or similar genre which is Rap/R&B/ Hip-Hop. The front cover of each magazine appeals to their audience straight away as they have a well-known artist on. This gets the readers attention before they have seen anything else as they may be a fan of that artist. As well as this, all 3 titles are bold and in a similar font style. XXL magazine and True magazine is more of a dark title which may not stand out as much as The Source magazines title as that’s bright and bold which catches the readers eye instantly.

The contents page in all 3 magazines are both similar and different in different ways. All 3 magazines have the page numbers and page information going down in a list which makes it easier for the reader to read and to see what’s on each page. Both on XXL and True magazine there’s pictures of artists who are being featured in the magazine whereas in Source magazine there’s many different photos which match up with the information on the contents page which gives the reader an idea of what that certain page is about. All 3 magazines have similar titles on the contents page as they are bold and quite big at the top of the page.

The double spread pages in both XXL and True magazine are similar as they are interviews with different artists. Whereas the double page spread in The Source magazine has different advertisements on and also has double page spreads on different sports like American Football.

Why i had to do this Reserach?

I did this research so it i would get a good idea about different R&B/Hip-Hop magzines and see how similar and different they are. I think this research may affect my final ideas because i have see different ideas from each magaziens which i could put together to make one big idea to make my magazine stand out and appeal to the audience.