Magazine Article

Here is my first magazine article, a questions and answers interview with Beyonce.

I think that using Beyonce Knowles as the main focus for my magazine article is applicable because her music fits in with the genre of Hip-hop style music, which is the pathway that I would like my music magazine to take. I decided that it would be best to use a responsible image of the star (smiling with success at her Grammy award) as I would like the article to be represented in a positive and respectable light as opposed to using an erotic image, that could represent the icon in a less honourable way as I have illustrated in some of my previous posts. I also think that using this sexual type of image would  have been hazardous as I am not in favour of conveying Hip- hop music as a genre to be highly affiliated with the typical stereotypes such as women being viewed in the male gaze style. I would like my magazine to embody Hip-hop as a type of music that can be followed by a wide range of audiences, rather than a niche audience.

I think that urban followers of hip-hop in particular like to get to know every detail about the artists that they listen to, as this has a huge impact on the way you feel about the music produced. Hence, I decided to use a question and answer in my article as I feel that this is a good way to allow the audience to get an in depth understanding of the vocalists that they are concentrating on. As the article is supposedly part of a magazine, I did not want to make the interview too long or formal, as I feel that this could make the audience uninterested and not want to comprehend/recognise the full depth and understanding of the artist, or even the article itself. Unsurprisingly, I wanted to make the article itself come across approachable and uncomplicated so that the readers of the magazine do not resist observing the product. Therefore I used a bold font to make it increasingly clear about the separation between the questions and the responses.

I would like to continue performing these skills so that they can be carried out successfully onto my Hip-hop magazine.