SOI

This brief is asking me to create an entertainment music magazine. 

The magazine I am creating is about hip-hop. The name of my magazine is ‘HOP’. 

The content of my production will have a front cover which will include themes that you will see on a regular magazine. In the magazine, there will be an exclusive ‘question and answer’ with an upcoming hip-hop duo from Britain called ‘DNA’. From my audience research, the most popular choice was a Q&A.

This will be beside a few pictures of the artists and will show the reader what the artists are all about. The camera angle I will use on my front cover is a long shot, to show the reader the clothes and more of the setting to display the cover star’s clothes and show the graffiti wall setting. The selected setting contributes to the stereotype of hip-hop artists as it is in an urban area with graffiti walls. In my double page spread I will have a range of different shot types.

The mode of address will be informal as this will appeal to my teenage audience.

I aim to construct stereotypes of these artists by reinforcing the representations of clothes, shoes and props that hip-hop stars wear. However, I aim to challenge hip-hop stereotypes by having a more relaxed expression on the stars’ face, because the way many hip-hop artists are portrayed in media products, has them display angry, aggressive or a serious attitude looking into the lens. 

This will all hopefully appeal to my target audience of both genders gender 14-18, as teenagers in my opinion would be better suited to the laid back approach I’m trying to create.