UK Vibez Magazine Evaluation

As part of our task we had to create and produce a magazine containing a fully edited front cover. The magazine genre we had to do is music genre. There are many institutions that are similar to my magazine which are XXL, Vibe and many others. I believe that these are institutions will publish my magazines because they will be looking to add fresh flavour to their current trend of magazines.

Before we created my magazine we had to research the magazine industry. We explored various music genres of magazines. After exploring various magazines we identified many conventions such as images, masthead and a cover lines. The techniques which we identified were eye catching and appealing to the audience so we decided to adopt similar conventions in the magazine which we created.

Our intended audience for this magazine is aimed at both the male and female gender. This is because due to our own knowledge. We know that music are enjoyed by both male and female gender. Also there are a wide range of music which can be aimed at one gender or both male and female. The magazine we have created will be intended at the teenage age and above. The economical background of my audience is aimed at the working class. This is because as my magazine is a UK underground orientated magazine it is more likely to be of interest to this class. Our main audience for the magazine we have created are regular music-lovers and those who wish to pursue a career in the music industry.

We decided to create a music magazine which orientates the UK hip hop/RnB scene. This is because we believe this music genre is the front runner in UK music. Also because our group have great understanding of this genre and we feel that this genre is more simplistic compared to others.

After hand drawing our magazine we used a computer to create the magazine. Before we started to create our magazine we uploaded the pictures we took for the magazine on to the computer. To create the magazine we used the PaintShop Pro software. This software allowed us to bring realism to the magazine and helped us severely in editing the magazine.

The front cover of our magazine is named "UK Vibez". We chose this name because we believe that the name indicates our passion for UK and the "z" in the word "Vibez" adds flavour and edginess to the magazine. The UK Vibez title is in bright bold yellow which allows the title to stand out in the magazine. The slogan of our magazine is Real Music, Real Artists, Real Vibez. We chose this slogan because we believe that our magazine covers artists that are passionate towards music and not in the industry for finance and fame. Our secondary slogan is "UK Hip-Hop on the rise,New UK RnB topping the world charts!". The two slogans with the second slogan being in bold. we chose this colour because we believe it is visibly clear on top of the background. Our magazine price is 99p. We chose this price because our target audience is the working class and by having a fairly reasonable price, we believe that it will be beneficial to our magazine. The background of our magazine is an image of RnB star "Shabzy". We chose this image to be our background because Shabzy is our main focus in this issue of our magazine. There are other images which are located in the magazine. Firstly there is an image of "DJ Tarek" a DJ who plans to revive his career. Secondly an image of "Shabzy and DJ Tarek" walking away which is reference to their brand new single "Walking Away". Lastly there is an image of RnB superstar Leona Lewis who has risen to world wide fame over the year. The main article of our magazine is the "Exclusive Interview With Shabzy". This is our main article because the RnB star has found nation wide fame since recently entering the music industry. Our secondary article is a review of Leona Lewis. This article will look into the life of the RnB star. The freebie of our magazine is a free copy of "UK Vibez Vol.1" CD. We chose this freebie because we believe this will eye catch the readers attention as a such a valuable item is being given.

In conclusion, I believe that I am satisfied with our production of a music magazine. This is because i believe the magazine seems purchasable and will appeal to our intended target audience. I believe that the background image contrasts positively with the text. If I were to make another front cover in future I will take advantage of the editing tools more wisely. Also I will try to establish the main articles more specifically so the reader will have a greater understanding of the story.