Wikipedia- Grime Style

http://grimepedia.co.uk/wiki/Melodi

How do you intend to represent the genre – what signifiers will you use? What ideas do you have for the design of your magazine / contents page?

In order to signify the genre of my magazine it will be difficult as grime is a less appreciated genre and not everyone knows much about the genre. So to initially signify it is a grime magazine to grime fans the font of my title will be similar if not the same as the font of grime daily (because www.grimedaily.com is the main source to grime music, every grime fan knows about grime daily) as this will appeal to them because they will know this is a grime magazine. Additionally to signify it is a grime magazine I will also use the same colours as grime daily as which yellow, black and white and I believe that if any person notices a magazine with yellow in it will catch there eye because if I was following the codes and conventions of music magazine it would be red and most magazines use those colours. The main mid shot photo of me might signify that it is a grime magazine as I am a established grime artist and when people see the main photo of me they will recognise it being a grime magazine. In the contents page.

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This is too give a view of what genre my music magazine is

Also here is one of my videos:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkhKAVs-Qlg

Most Viewed Video:

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Who do you intend to be your Target Audience? Define them and give ideas as to how to attract them.

I intend my target audience to be mainly teenagers who listen to grime music but also boys who are interested in becoming an artist and rising to the top of the scene. In order to attract them I want to make the title of my magazine, ‘Grime is Alive’ and use a similar font to the font used for grime daily, (the main source to grime music news) because this will make the teenagers and listeners of grime realise it is a grime magazine so it will catch there eyes.  

How do the Music magazines signify their genre and attract their Target Audiences? Give evidence to support your answer.

Music magazines denote their genre and attract their target audiences by first of all the colours used, if it is ever a hip hop magazine there is usually black font on at least some of the text to show it’s a dark genre but also to signify that it’s a hip hop magazine there would be a famous artist from that genre, someone who people will recognise and then from that photo it will tell them what genre the magazine specifies on. To attract their audience which would be to specify on a certain artist and that would be someone with many fans such as the XXL hip hop magazine has Ludacris on the front and a quote for what he says which the audience will get excited about it says, ‘will shoot yo’ ass’. Also to attract their target audience the magazine will include a list of some of the artists included in the magazine. As I am doing a grime magazine I have researched the main forums for where grime music is to be found and it is a website called ‘Grime Daily’ and the colours used on there is Yellow and black but also there is a website called ‘SBTV’ which is blue and white so I believe I have the choice between the two to chose what colours I will be using.

From your research what are the main codes and conventions of Music magazines: What evidence can you use to support this?

The main codes and conventions of music magazines begins with one main mid shot of a recognisable artist in the middle of the cover then around it sub headings of what the magazine entails and snippets of the most exciting things in the magazine. Most music magazines have the name of the magazine in the top left corner of the cover but taking up a lot of the and make it stand out as much as the main mid shot picture.  As in the NME magazine there is a long shot photo of Gerard Way and to the left of the cover ‘NME’ (the name of the magazine. Most music magazines follow the colours of black, red and white this is to keep the feel of the dark tension in the music magazine finding out new things about music and the people involved, to create the mysterious mood, where in the Q magazine there is a close up of Cheryl Cole in the rain and the black background which is a convention of music magazines.  

What information will you need to look for in your research?

In my research I will look at the colours which will suit the genre of music that I will be choosing and in order to do this I will have to research the magazines of this genre on a number of websites which I visit on a day to day basis. Also in my research I may have look at what grime magazines do not include in their magazine to make mine unique and stand out additionally I must analyze what attracts readers to grime magazines even if that particular audience is not interested in the genre, this could be leaks of different artists from different genres working with a grime artist. I will have to research which other artists other than myself that are doing a lot of work at the moment and are up and coming successful artists, I will do this by using you tube but also forums and blogs on websites will help me decide which artists to include on the cover of my magazine.

What are your first thoughts in response to this task – you may include ideas:

My initial thoughts in response to this task are the idea of it being a magazine about who in the UK is to be a young successful artist next. I find this task a very interesting one especially as it music is my favourite hobby so I can be included in the magazine but I do not want to narrow it down all to me I want to expand it so I can include more on the cover, music describes me as a person, I believe as long a I develop my skills using the programs inDesign and Photoshop this task will be extremely easy and very enjoyable. I am going to base my magazine on the genre of grime artists from the UK who are up and coming.

Font of Title

This is the font i want to use as my title

My General Idea

I Will be doing a music magazine about grime music, this is a type of hip hop genre but in a UK version and i chose this idea because i am an upcoming artist in the UK myself so i'd thought it would be a much easier root to do a magazine about a genre i am connected to. I also want it to be mainly about upcoming artists but me being the main one.

The Design

I am looking to get a mid shot photo of me as the centre image with a black background then at the top the title of the magazine, which will be called 'Grime Is Alive', I Will use a similar font as the logo from http://www.grimedaily.com/ so this would attract the audience and make them recognise that it is a grime magazine, and maybe use the same shade of yellow as it is on the website but may adapt the colour into being red or white in order to follow the codes and conventions of music magazines. I Will then have one mid shot photo of 2 other upcoming artists on each side of the photo of me but in a smaller version to indicate who else is upcoming, these will be photos of artists who i know but who are either as recognisable as me or more!. but also down the side of the magazine i will include a question saying 'Which artist is now working with P.Diddy? read inside' this will attract the audiences attention because P.Diddy is a worldwide known artist and would appeal to people and encourage them to read the magazine.

Target Audience

My target audience is mainly people who are interested in grime aged from 12 to 24 as most grime fans are that age and usually fans of grime are male. Also i intend my target audience to be young mcs who are extremely interested to do enter the grime scene and my aim is to influence them to go for there dream.

Starting New Music Magazine

Just started planning and researching the magazine and i will post my ideas on my blog later on today from that but my basic idea of the design is a grime magazine about upcoming artists across south east london, i will have a picture of me because i am an upcoming artist. and around the sides of different artists a couple different artists and also a rhetorical question. My researching and planning wll be up today.