Mood board

Representation of men in music.

the male representation within the music industry is usually portrayed within music videos, it shows men as being dominant, wealthy and around women, this is mainly for R&B and Hip Hop, the other representation of men in music videos is Young, having fun and careless... this is represented a lot by boy bands such as the wanted, One direction and Union J. 

These are the 2 different representations of men within the Pop music industry. 

Women in music

this music video by Katy Perry shows how women are portrayed in pop music. 

Ideas and planning

Layout for double page spread

My influence for the magazine doubler page spread has come mainly from Q magazine and Billboard as they have the same audience age. Although in the Billboard and Q magazine Double page spreads the left side will be completely for the Photo of the Artist and their name, I have decided to start the Interview at the bottom of the page. 

Layout for the front cover of the music magazine

Music magazine front cover has not been fully taken by any magazine. The way the feature stories have been set out follows Billboard and Rolling Stone but the idea of 4 pictures for the main artist on a front cover is different I feel is would set my magazine apart from others. The place of the Title of the magazine follows all magazines including Kerrang, Billboard, Top of the Pops etc.. as it is the easiest place to see it.

Initial ideas for the music magazine