Final Media Project

Here is the final product of my media project.

Magazine Front Cover:

Magazine Contents Page:

Magazine Double Page Spread:

Presentation for my final media project

Below is a link to the final presentation for my media project "Rap Patrol":

http://prezi.com/l_h8ejuiofqb/media-magazine-evaluation/

Feedback of final media project

As the final media project is complete, I asked ten people some questions on their thoughts of the magazine.

Would you pick up this magazine?

8/10 people agreed that they would buy this magazine. In fact the two that said they wouldn't basically said this as they were not big fans of hip hop, and not because they disliked the magazine.

Do you feel the colour schemes work in the magazine?

All the 10/10 people agreed that the colour schemes worked well for the magazine as they reflected the genre well and they were eye catching.

Was the interview on the double page spread engaging?

Again the 10/10 people felt that the interview was well carried out and that it really showed off the artist's personality.

RAP PATROL

From my flat plan, I believe it may have become slightly obvious that my magazine's name is entitled "Rap Patrol". I thought it would be important to post the reason for my choice. Throughout this provcess, I have been coming up with names for my magazine. The reason I chose "Rap Patrol" is firstly because it shows that the magazine lets off a bit of humour and fun as depicted with my artist Tubby Boy's personality. Furthermore it also allows it to be knowm easily as to what the magazine's genre of music is; so that of someone was to walk in a store in search of a hip hop/rap magazine, it would be easy to find. Fianlly another reason I chose this name is because it has become a renound hip hop statement after the release of Jay Z's single "99 Problems", and I felt that it would relate to the hip hop genre very well.

Below is the video of the single to further prove the point on the title (Note at the beginning, when Jay Z says "I got the rap patrol") :

Tubby's inspirations

I thought I would make a quick post on Tubby Boy's inspirations. This was mainly because it gives the reader of the post an idea of what type of artist Tubby is and how he basis his style of rapping. Furthermore it allows one to see how my magazine will be based on this as the issues main attraction is the EXCLUSIVE interview with Tubby Boy!

Tubby's first inspiration is the rapper Notorious BIG, who is renound as a legend in the hip hop world. Below is a video of his song "Juicy":

The other rapper is Busta Rhymes and below is his music video for "We Made It" which featues Linkin Park (Note that there is also a rapper within this group):

Heroic personality and Hip Hop

To some people, the question may enter their minds, to why I have chose my artist Tubby Boy wear a superman hooded top. Firstly the superman top is hooded which already reflects the nature of hip hop, however there is a lot more to this choice of mise en scene than just a hooded top. A part from the fact that the Superman clothing reflects Tubby Boy's fun nature, it can also relate to Hip Hop. For example, within today's Hip Hop world, many artists produce songs that have some sort of link to the idea of a heroic being.

Below are two videos that go on to further prove this point:

Eminem: Superman:

Nas: Hero

These are just a few examples of hip hop songs that relate to superhero like personalities.

Contents page flat plan and progression

As I progressed through the creation of my magazine's contents page, I noted that it would be better if I was to add some more pictures to the contents page and so therefore I made some slight changes.

So above it is clear to see the similarities between the flat plan and the final product, however as I decided that I wanted to make some changes to the contents page, I decided to create a new flat plan to show the differences between the current contents page and how the new one would look.

New flat plan for contents page: