liiar interpretation of VIBES front cover.

L-The front cover of this magazine has a consistent colour scheme of red white and blue. It maintains a consistent house-style and then the main image stands out as the red, blue and white contrasts with her sun kissed glowing skin.

I-'VIBE' is a R&B music magazine which also has its own website http://www.vibe.com/ .

It fills a gap in the market as it mentions rap artists as well as R&B artists. It shows that it has a lot to offer because of the amount of cover lines shown on the front surrounding the main image.

The ideology of this magazine is to sell to their target audience, and to show that they have a lot to offer to their audience by the amount of cover lines on different topics in the music industry. Such as mentioning Mark Ronson on the front cover it immediately opens up to a wider audience because us as an audience know that Mark Ronson is not really involved with the R&B music industry.

I-This magazine will apply to a target auidence who enjoys this genre of music. It conveys a message of R&B being stereotypically confident as the image is of a women naked.

A- 'VIBE' is a very popular magazine, it launched in 1993 and has being very successful. Its target audience is between 16-24, however I reckon a small percentage of people aged over this category will be definitely purchasing this magazine. The social demographics that it applies to is C1 to A.

R- The main image is represented positively, it shows confidence of the star as she is exposed. The music genre is represented through the text, the slang abbreviation 'celeb' indicates that stereotypical language used by a rapper or R&B artist.

One on One With Bruno Mars

This interview with Bruno Mars has give me an idea of what an interview should be like. It is informal and relaxed and i want my interview in my magazine to be similar but obviously word prossesed. This gave me inspiration and motivation for my interview to be just as good because i think its of a high quality standard and for my target auideince i want it to be of higfht quality.

Identifying and explaining my music genre choice.

R&B!
Brief history of R&B- It originated in the 1980's.
R&B- Rhythm and Blues.
Contemporary R&B is more modern and entertains an audience in todays society.

I have chosen this genre of music because i feel that i am familiar with their attitudes towards the music industry. Their attitudes and image adds to their swagger and makes them stand out because they're individual. Stereotypically they can come across quite 'chavvy' however they keep their audience wide and their music different as well.

Liiar interpretation of Brief

L- My magazine front cover will have a masthead, bar code (price), web address, captions, anchorage, strapline, a main image and others to go with captions. I will have a logo on my front page, date and issue number. I will have the same colour scheme throughout my front page, contents page and my double page spread to keep continuity to ensure i create a house-style, because i have chosen to do an R&B genre magazine CAMERA ANGLES?!
I- If i was to be producing an actual magazine for the recent market i would be competing against the R&B magazine 'VIBE'.i have realized that they offer a lot, however if i was to fill in a gap in their magazine in mine i would add the latest clothes and accessories suitable for people who enjoy reading this genre magazine. To make my magazine different to an existing R&B magazine i would not just settle for the typical R&B artists, i will mention artists in the past and what to expect from artists in the future.
I- I think R&B is all about confidence and swagger, and i want to show this through my pictures and article. I want my target audience to be really interested in the music artists and their music and the facts, and how much R&B music has evolved.
A- I want to target a young fresh audience, update them with huge past hits in R&B and fresh tunes in todays society.The age group i want to target is between 16-24.
R- I want my target audience, artists and music to be represented positvely, people can be very stereotypical about R&B artists, i want my magazine to be very conventional, and stick to a housestyle of colours that are related to R&B.

Main task brief.

The main task is to create a front page of a music magazine, a contents and double page spread. All my images and text must be original and produced by me, i must have a minimum of four images.