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I have made a Prezi presentation on a star which I think best suits my genre of my Music Magazine. My star image is Harry Styles as I feel he has a similar target audience to me and he has the ideal image for me. A theory of which we studied, Richard Dyer’s Theory of Paradox of The Star. Through his talented career of being in a world class boy band and then following onto a new path of a solo artist, Harry Styles is represented as ordinary through his work with charities and communities globally, his drive to always helping through his own good will. He is also extraordinary through his talent around the world in his singing career. He is active on the social medias which he is a part of, regularly uploading in order to stay connected with his fans. His metanarrative of which he presents is through the following topics:

• music
• performance
• appearance
• articles
• social media

Above is a mood board of ideas I have created portraying what I want my model to wear in my shoot. Having all of my ideas put together like this has allowed me to select the final ideas which I have put together on the image below.

I will like my models hair to be curled and either tied up or left down showing a natural look but also to make her look presentable.  I would like her makeup to be bright and bold, standing out in my images, this will display a vibrant look which is typically seen on many magazine covers, it will represent her bold character. My model will also be wearing a few pieces of jewellery, not to blingy due to the fact my aim is for it not to be the centre of attention, many pop stars wearing massive dimante chains which is a representation of their career earning a lot of money, my star image wont be represented in this way.  I will be adding a subtle prop of a lollipop in my shoot this may create a vision of intimacy within my model. From my research I have noticed that many magazines included props within their shoot so I felt as if it was important for inclusion to present the same idea. The outfit of which my model will wear will be simple and covered up due her modesty and to it being in a respectable environment, she will portray a trendy look.

In order to make my magazine cover successful I will aim to produce it for my intended audience.  It is important that I use my encoded idea for the audience to use the decode for useful reading.  This particular thing is called preferred reading. If this is unsuccessful, my magazine cover would have not portrayed the correct idea and my audience do not read it this is called oppositional reading.

It is important that I have gained the correct knowledge in order to create my music magazine because I know what my audience will get from my creation and what I have produced.

I used You Gov in order to find out some more information about my music genre, POP.

Genre of my Music Magazine- POP

Name of my Music Magazine- RISE

I think the name of my music magazine fits in with my genre as overtime there is becoming a rise in music, especially in pop. I have personally chosen to use the genre of pop as it is the type of music I listen to the most and relate to, I really enjoy listening to it. The styles correlated with this music genre also have a particular interest with me. From research, I have seen what pop posters look like and have made a word cloud full of connotations which suit the genre of pop. This will also assist me with my mission statement:

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Mission Statement- Rise is the next best magazine to come to your shelves. It keeps you up to date with the latest music crazes and up to date releases of the charts. We also include top stories and facts from the top pop artists of our time. We try to inspire and inform the youths o the latest music to bring out their love and passion for it. A way in which everyone can express themselves, and it all do to with the RISE.

By analysing and looking into detail for this magazine cover I have learnt and now understand how every aspect of it contributes to the intended narrative; how it looks and its target audience appeal.

This specific magazine cover allowed me to find out what the particular target audience demographics were. It included the age range (middles aged men) as an example. The further information following the audience demographics mean I could textually analyse other features which makes the poster such as; font, colour palette, images, language.

To my advantage, the skills which are involved with Audience Profiling and Textual Analysis will allow me to produce the best music magazine cover possible with the combination. I can ensure I have successfully portrayed my intended narrative along with making my target audience age range suitable. As a result I will be able to create it as best as I can.

A magazine cover has loads of different features to it, each feature makes it unique and therefore successful.

• Plug
• Pug
• Cover lines
• Issue date
• Price/Barcode
• Inset
• Main cover star
• Captions
• Masthead

When making my own Music Magazine cover I will need to ensure that I include all these technical conventions  to show my intended narrative. In this task I was able to correctly identify these different features on a popular music magazine front cover. With this knowledge I hope that I will be successful when creating my own.