Brief for the music magazine production.

In this unit of work I will be producing a music magazine of a genre of my choice. I will have to produce a front cover, a contents page and a double page spread of an article which I must create. To produce work that fits in and conforms to the conventions’ of a music magazine I will first analyse magazines in general to pick out conventions across the print media of magazines. Then I shall look at music magazines to pick out more specific conventions that apply to the music magazine and in particular music magazines that specialise in my chosen genre of music. Using the conventions that I have identified in my research I will create a template on which I can base my products off. This will ensue that my products look more professional and more like actual music magazines that are sold today.

I have chosen Metal-core to be my music genre. It is considered a fusion genre of extreme metal and hardcore punk. I chose this genre as it is one that I am interested in and there are not many magazines that specialise in this genre. However there are many magazines that cover the broader spectrum of rock and metal.