Photographs -cover and article pages

Photographs from Sheila Amas

Photographs

As part of my planning I booked a studio and took numerous images of my main artists from different angles shot my music magazine.

Photographs Planning

PEER ASSESSMENT

Magazine Draft (with internet images)

Planning artist

Planning artist

Kayla Carter will be my artist on my mock up magazine. Kayla Carter known as Kayla born January 6 1990 is an UK unsigned singer and songwriter artist. Born and raised in East London, Stratford. Layla has performed in several singing competition as a child and teenager with her previous girl band group ‘Dreams’. Kayla currently is a solo artist has her own YouTube Channel called Kayla’s Music where she covers well know well known urban music- r&b and rap by famous artists like Drake and Beyoncé. Along her music lifestyle Kayla Carter is studying fashion and music in Cambridge University. Kayla carter mainly focuses on rap music. I will represent my artist as a bold and confident individual. I will do this dressing my artist very chic but edgy the same time. This way sophisticated look relates with the r&b side and the edgy look relates with the rap side. She will be dressed in a long black jumpsuit. This sophisticated and edgy will emphasises female power and right in the music industry. I will do this dressing my artist in bold colours that represent authority. I will position my artist in the centre to emphasise she has power; I will also make sure her body language is very bold and confident. Kayla’s style and look will be very urban but sophisticated and elegant at the same time. Kayla’s attitude and personality will be presented as very friendly and cheerful on the front cover. This challenges the stereotype of rap music, where most artists’ personality is presented as mysterious. Where Kayla focuses on rap mainly in urban music, her being the front artist challenges the stereotype of rap music in urban which is very stereotypical- mainly men are known in the rap industry.

Mood Board

Analysing my mood board I have created base on urban music magazines.

 I found out most of the urban music magazine covers uses a low angle camera shot on the central image which has the effect of making them appear bolder and as if they have an authority.

In addition medium angle shots are also used on the central images this way the audience can have a glimpse of their costume, body language and facial expression. The use of a medium angle shot gives the central artists a mysterious look.

Most of the central artists on the magazine cover are dressed very urban and street to reflect the genre of the music.

The most of males’ artists on the front cover have tattoos on the body and face to reflect the street style which links with the rap genre in the urban music. The tattoos are almost like part of their image.

Analysing the artists how they are dressed; I found out most of them are wearing gold and silver chains and rings. This reflects to the urban style. Where gold and silver chains and rings are part of the rap style look.

Analysing the artist’s costumes I noticed they wear like leather dressing and griffin printed shirts which reflects to with the rap style look and R&B look in the urban genre.

Most of the artists have an overall image of bold and confident.

Analysing the cover page of these urban music magazines I found out most of the font style of the title block are very bold and uses dark colours and sharp colours like hot pink and red.

Most of the urban music magazine covers have colour schemes which includes the colours white, red, yellow, black and pink.