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Statement of Intent
My magazine is going to be based around the music industry and the artists at the forefront of its movement. I plan to call it CURVE, this connotes the style I wish to convey: an edgy, but simple approach to music journalism. Both the physical magazine and the website will follow the same house style; simplistic colour with geometry/boxing and bold fonts. My primary target audience will be older teens/young adults of any gender who enjoy music and the different types of artists. Much of the magazine’s content will include real-world topics such as LGBTQ+ issues and feminism, therefore, my audience will have an interest in such debates and how they are present in the music audience. By including political issues, I aim to represent my audience and ensure equality through different types of model and content that applies to people regardless of their personal identity. These individuals will have an interest in aesthetic and will be people who want to use their voice to c
Mock covers
These mocks were the first drafts that I created. They follow a simplistic style with the models being at the center of the page. These covers follow a more abstract and stylish theme. I prefer this style of magazine as it creates individuality and style. The use of geometry conveys the edgy nature that I wished to portray through my magazine. My target audience would enjoy this style of cover. This was my original idea for a contents page, it followed a simple style, yet included everything a contents page requires. After slightly changing my house style, this type of design did not best fit the brief, however, I took many aspects of this design onto my current pages. Originally I planned to follow this design of cover, with a primary image and very little writing. It's simplistic nature is one I purposefully want to achieve as it connotes style and chic. I further developed this design to create my current pages.
Webpage analysis
Billboard Website Analysis Billboard website follows the simple yet sophisticated aesthetic that its magazines adopts. Its monochrome style appeals to its target audience of young people who appear edgy and stylish. It has a bold white masthead layered over a black banner which immediately stands out to its audience. The site has a feature photo of music’s current artist and below it has multiple cover lines that appeal to its primary audience. The banner features many working hyperlinks to various pages; charts and top 100 being some examples. The website also features links to social media pages which is crucial to maintain an audience, this gives people a platform to comment om and keep up to date with music’s latest drama. Scrolling down the site there are different links to pages surrounding today’s current discussions such as pride month which allows readers to keep up to date with their favourite artists and the actions they are taking. Billboard has 11M Facebook likes and 7