Moodboard

I have compiled photos and videos associated with my chosen genre, R&B. This has helped my understanding of the genre and the lifestyle and artists associated with it for when I come to create my own R&B magazine. I have looked at the history of R&B to understand how it has changed through the years, to accompany this I have included old school R&B music videos, showing how the genre has changed and developed.

I chose to create my mood board in the form of a video because it meant that I was able to include R&B music in the actual video, which added to the inspiration that I can now take from my mood video for when I come to create my own R&B magazine along with being able to show snippets from R&B music videos, again showing the conventions of R&B.

Genre - emaze

I have created this emaze about my chosen magazine genre, R&B. The information I have focused on finding for this emaze includes, History & Development, Key Artists, Existing R&B magazines and Fans of R&B (target audience.) Finding this information has helped me to understand the genre in more detail, and I now know more about the history of the genre, meaning that I can understand how it has developed into the modern R&B that we know today.

Having researched into the Key Artists related to R&B, I now know more about the type of people typically making R&B music, helping me when I come to create my magazine, which artists to include and which artists have the most popularity among the target audience.

My research into the existing R&B magazines available has helped me to understand the competition, it has also given me inspiration as to what features I can include in my magazine, and the gaps in the magazines already available that I can fill with my magazine, e.g. the focus on a certain artist or sub genre.

I have also researched into the Fans of R&B (the target audience), helping me to understand the age group and the type of people I am aiming my magazine at. This has helped me understand their lifestyles, how they listen to their music, and the mode of address that I should be using in my magazine, so as to engage the target audience to the content.

Why is researching into genre important?

Powtoon - Niche and Mass Music Magazines

Iconography Mind Map

This iconography mind map has shown me the themes, colours and icons related to different genres of music. This has helped me in understanding the lifestyle and instruments used within separate genres e.g. my chosen genre is R&B, and for the R&B section, I have included pictures of famous modern R&B artists such as Rihanna and Nikki Minaj, I have also included diamonds and examples of the elaborate lifestyle of R&B artists. This iconography mind map has also helped me in understanding the separate iconography related to each genre, helping me to understand how they're different.