Representation

One of the main ways of representing a magazines genre is through the images it has on its cover and also the images it contains; this will be one of the ways to present R&B as there are certain images that will be recognized by the audience.




The Grammy awards has a particular category for best R&B song, this will also be presented in my magazine, as the Grammy awards is a big and exclusive award. The actual title of the award will again represent the genre of the magazine; the articles featuring in the magazine should make it clear to the reader what type of genre the magazine is.




There will also be information on venues that some artists are playing at, these artists will obviously be R&B singers. They tend to perform in big arenas such as the ‘O2 arena’ as they have a large fan base and a lot of demand for their tickets.




My model Bradley will also be wearing the stereotypical clothing that a hip hop/R&B artist would wear, which will consist of white trainers, jeans/chinos and a big black heavy jacket. Bradley will also be standing in certain postures and have expressions on his face that portrays him as a cocky and flashy type of character; this is exactly how most R&B artists are displayed.




The reason behind choosing purple as my theme colour is because it is an original colour, and from the research I have done there is no other music magazine that uses purple as their theme colour. I also believe that it suits the genre of R&B as purple is a very strong and vibrant colour.