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MY DOUBLE PAGE AND FRONT COVER FLAT PLAN

To get an idea about how grime magazines were laid out I then started reconstructing flat plans to give me a brief idea how I was going to set out my grime magazine, and get an idea about colour schemes I could use. This helped me a lot as it gave me the ideas I needed to star my magazine and made me  realise how I was going to do this task. Also by drawing flat plans of the double page spread, front cover and contents page it made it easier to position things on my magazine which meant it was actually useful. overal I am happy with my flat plans because they made the task easier and made me understand how much easier the task could be by drawing these.                           

MY SURVEY

I carried out the following survey to see what age group mostly listened to grime music and if there was a grime magazine would they read it. The finale bit of beforehand research I carried out was surveys. This was for me to get the idea of which title I should use and the colour schemes that would suit grime the most. I also carried out this research to see if people actually knew about the Grime genre and if they felt as if Grime was just seen as a UK version of Hip-Hop.

After i had carried out this survey i found out that the majority of people i asked didnt no what grime was or they just thought that grime was a uk version of hip-hop. I also found out that most people thought that i should use dark colours as it represents grime better then light ones. overall the use of a survey helped me alot as it made me understand what exactly my target audience wanted to see and for me to check if people would understand what exactly my magazine was. If I had to carry out another survey I will do one that asked my audience where would they want to see my magazine distributed, and about the prices they would pay for such a magazine.

WHY "IGRIME"

The name of my magazine is called I Grime; it is called this for many reasons and has a lot of things to the name. One of the reasons I picked this name is because it makes the magazine seem personal too all grime fans as it says I Grime. The I make it out as it is just for you and that you are the cause of the production of the magazine. The name also is very catchy and is also very short and snappy. Another name I was thinking of was you grime but I Grime just had a better ring to it and there are also more images I can link with the letter I then you.

READER PROFILE

Ryan is a 16 year old boy who lives in Brixton in south London. He goes to a local secondary school near his home and is currently doing his GCSE. Ryan is interested in music and how it is distributed so he isn’t sure if he should take media at A level. In his spare time Ryan likes to play football with his friends and go to a lot of parties. The type of music Ryan is commonly exposed to is UK Grime, R&B, Hip-Hop, Funky house and Bashment, these are all popular genres in the UK urban scene and in the  area Ryan lives in the majority of people listen to these types of music. Some of Ryan’s favorite artist is UK Grime artist Sneakbo and American Hip-Hop artist Drake. Ryan says that he is inspired by the Grime artist Sneakbo as he came from the same estate he lives on and by posting music videos on Youtube he has now been noticed and has songs now on Itunes, choice fm radio station and TV.

The reason my magazine would have a reader of this background is because the person would have to understand the real UK grime scene and would have to be able to relate to the hard life and background of the artist. Another reason why this would be my typical reader is because they would also listen to genres such as Hip-Hop and understand the link between the UK grime scene and the international World known Hip-Hop scene. The final reason why that would be my typical reader is because the main age group who listens to grime is between 14-24 and a 16 year old would be a typical interested in that genre  

SEMIOTICS AND THE EFFECT IT GIVES

Semiotics is when we get the idea of something through the image of something  else, for example  the male and female signs on the bathroom doors tell us  if its male or female toilets.  The image on this cover is of a artist called scorcher. T his picture shows us that  the artist is dressed smart and is slanting his head to the side in a cocky way which illustrates  to us he is trying to look sexy.  The artist is also got a chequered shirt the same colour as the main writing, this  brings are eye straight to the text the same colour which also says the sex issue.

From the semiotics on this page  you can tell that the magazine is to do with sex. The colours used on the magazines cover lines also show which articles are more important than others; the main article is about Scorcher and this is written in white, whereas some of the other cover lines are written in black and in smaller fonts.