College Magazine

Here is my college magazine that I have created on Adobe Photoshop CS4. I used various ideas to make this a successful magazine and I have also used photos that were created during the Photoshoot session to make this magazine more appealing.

Photos.

Medium Shot
This angle shot shows the particular person looking down, away from the camera. It's almost as if he doesn't want the camera to be on him. It could also be denoted as a 'pose'. The angle shows only the head and shoulders. This shot is called the Medium shot.

Close-Up
This shot shows the particular person, once again, 'posing', away from the camera. Almost as if he's looking at somebody else while the picture has been taken. The shot is zoomed in to his head, although you are able to see his shoulders a little. This shot is called the Close-Up.

Low-Angle shot
This picture shows the particular persons legs only. The idea of this picture is to feel like the photographer has been on the ground while taking the picture to make more of an inpact. The picture also leaves a sort of cliff-hanger as to who the person actually is. This shot is called the Low-Angle.

Close-Up
Once again, here is another close up picture. The particular person, once again, is looking away from the camera to show off a pose. Also, you can see a cigarette in his mouth to show that he is trying to act cool and play the role of a sort of 'Bad guy'. This shot is called the Close-Up.

Long Shot
This picture shows me and two other people pretending to walk in a line, in other words, as if we were marching forward. This is the impact that the photographer has intentially made. The shot is called a Long Shot.

Hip-Hop Intro

Scrapbook

Table of Top Magazines

The particular image below shows the top magazines today.

Music Mag Intro

This is the first blog of my magazne coursework project. Over the course of this blog, I will show you how I've been building up ideas for my music magazine.

I am particularly interested in the Urban scene. In other words, Hip-Hop, Rap & R&B. Some particular artists that have an influence to me are Chamillionaire, Lupe Fiasco, J. Cole, Bun B, Eminem, B.o.B. and other artists who feel strongly about their lyrics. I'm also influenced by a lot of R&B & UK artists such as Trey Songz, Jay Sean, Tinie Tempah, Devlin and Labrinth.

The most natural choice of magazine for me to study is obviously the Hip-Hop scene. This is an obvious choice because I take most interest in this particular music genre.

My particular magazine (unknown title as of yet) is a magazine for Hip-Hop & R&B fans. Most likely, ages 16+. There'll most likely be lyrical content and such which are not suitable for younger people which is why this magazine is more suitable for adults. Also, those who are particularly interested in music in general will also enjoy this magazine.

The top two magazines that are out today are Kerrang! & NME. The negative point to this is that my magazine doesn't consist of these particular genres. In other words - the top two magazines don't include any form of Hip-Hop music to it which is why I am creating a magazine based on the Hip-Hop industry to reach to the top of the rankings alongside Kerrang! & NME. The total number of people who read Kerrang! per month are a massive 421,000 people. This is an astonishing number which has also given me motivation to create, hopefully, a very successful magazine. NME also have a large number of followers reading the magazine. The numbers total up to a massive 325,000. The aim of my magazine is to reach up to these numbers and push the Hip-Hop genre out there as it has not been recognised enough yet.

A couple of magazine websites for my particular genre include: www.vibemagazine.com, www.rap-up.com, www.hiphopdx.com, www.rapgodfathers.com and more. There are also general music sites such as www.spotify.com & www.myspace.com, where music can be heard for free. This is a good way to get promoted and to get some exposure in the music industry.