My proposal (Starting)

 

Magazine proposal: Serkan

 

• The publication title of my magazine is going to “Gramazine” as the genre’s going to be Grime which is a UK special genre and originates from the streets. It was started by an artist named JME who is still active and is still creating music for his fans like his brother SKEPTA which is what my practice Grime magazine is based on.
•  I picked this as it’s a unique genre and isn’t really mainstream around the world but the UK. The songs from grime are also now being played around London (In stores, special events and streets of London).
• In the magazine I will include a variety of things. Questions and answers, interviews, biographies, tour diaries, update on new songs and other interactive things with grime artists will be in the magazine to make it interesting. Furthermore I’ll make sure I’m including grime artists that are popular within the city so people are more familiar and willing to buy the magazine for example “Stormzy” is a very good example to use in your magazine as he’s one of the best and most popular grime artists.
• My masthead will include a background of its own as I want it to stand out from the background image of the magazine, so the audience knows the creator of the magazine and becomes more familiar with it and spread it. I'm going to place it on the top left corner of the page as that is where mastheads are usually placed (like for example the VIBE magazine I analysed had their masthead on the top left corner).
• The lettering of my magazine will link to the background story of the genre "grime" in a way,(which originates from the streets) so it will be like the font "Stencil STD" as it looks simple but also very street. It's also a suitable font for a normal magazine as its easy to read and understand, plus its not boring/simple for a magazine.
• The background colour of the magazine will be white and the lettering will be black so it makes it much more easier to read and so it looks clean and there's no clashing of colours. It's also fitting with the genre rap/grime as black and white are the colours that represent it most of the time (Colourful and bright colours are usually for pop and R&B). However I will have a grime artists as a background on the background standing and looking at the reader so its more eye catching