Photos for double page spread

These pictures are what I am using on my double page spread of my main artist Daniel A. They will be placed around the pages on my double page spread.

Contents page completed

This is my finished contents page, I added the text that tells the readers what is in the magazine. For this text I wrote a title then in a smaller text and different colour put in more detail what this story consists of.

Above is an image of what my contents page looks like so far.

Today for my music magazine project I started on my contents page again because my work got lost twice, I have completed the title/border at the top of the contents page, I have also cropped two photos and placed them on my contents page, I also added boxes onto the pictures saying what the story is and what page it is on, all I need to add to the contents page now is the text explaining what each story is and what page they are on then my contents page will be finished.

Front cover

This is a picture of my front cover for my music magazine, I wanted to have a lot of colours on my front cover to fit with the pop genre but I didn't want it to look to over the top. So the main colours I stuck with were purple/pink, yellow and black and these will be consistent throughout my magzine, so this is why I chose to have a plain white background so that the colours stand out more and so the text won't clash with the bakground. I also have one bit of green on the place for Daniel's name I chose to do this because it is the main story on my magazine and so having his name in bright green it stands out so therefore the readers will notice it easily.

Questions for interview

For my double page spread I am going to have a question and answer interview with Daniel. So I planned out what questions I may use for this interview, I will probably end up making changes to these questions either removing some or adding more but these are the ones i plan on using. I have also wrote them out in tge order that I plan on having them in and have written thm out how i would in the magazine.

- Hi Daniel, thanks for coming here today I know you must have a very busy schedule..
ANSWER
- When did you know that you wanted to be a singer?
ANSWER
- If your singing career didn't work out what were you going to do instead?
ANSWER
- Have you or would you ever consider acting?
ANSWER
- Where did you grow up?
ANSWER
- What was your childhood like living there?
ANSWER
- Who or what is it that inspires you to write such good music?
ANSWER
- Do you get stage fright when having to perform infront of so many people?
ANSWER
- Is there anything you do to overcome it?
ANSWER
- What is it like to be recognised now when you go out?
ANSWER
- Have you got any crazy fans that you see everywhere you go?
ANSWER
- So, we've had many people writing in convincing me to ask you this question..
ANSWER
- Is it true you are dating Lulu?
ANSWER
- Where, when, how did you meet her?
ANSWER
- Where do you see your career going in five years time? Is there anything in particular you would like to achieve?
ANSWER
- Is there anything you want to do in your personal life in the future?
ANSWER
- Have you ever met any celebrities that you just have to share!?
ANSWER
- WOW! What was it like meeting Lady Gaga?
ANSWER
- Is there anyone else in the music industry you would love to meet?
ANSWER
- I have heard before that you are a major Nicki Minaj fan actually.
ANSWER
- Tell us something about yourself that your fans don't already know..
ANSWER
- Well I wouldn't have expected that Daniel! Thank you very much for much for coming, I wish you all the best in your career and I'm sure we will be seeing a lot of you from now on!
ANSWER

In today's media lesson I finished off my front cover for my music magazine "LOUD" i made some changes to my magazine after completing a feedback task in the class, so I used the feedback I was given to try and improve my music magazine. There was only a few changes and adjustments that needed to be made to the colours, font and placing of some texts, making some text a different colour or bold so that they stand out. After I had finished my front cover i moved onto my contents page where I cropped two images and placed them at the bottom so, and added in the title of the magazine "LOUD" in the same font and colour at the top of the page as this is creating a brand for the music magazine. I also added a title for the contents page and that is as far as I got on photoshop.

Feeback

In class today we swapped work with eachother and gave other people in the class feedback on their work. The feedback that I recieved for my front cover was as followed;

The first question on the feedback sheet was "who do you think the audience is for this magazine? How did you arrive at this idea?"
The answers I recieved for this were;
- mostly girls aged 14-18, use of pink and the "reveals all"
- 10-14, as it says pop all over it.

The second question was; "What genre is this music magazine? What is it about the cover which gives you this impression?"
- Pop/RnB, use of bright colours and text, and the title 'LOUD'
- Pop, as there is pop all over it

Other feedback I recieved from this task was;
- That my main image looks good as Daniel is standing out fronm the magazine, over the title.
- To use some different fonts and add more bright colours onto it.
- To use more colourful text as some are harder to read than others.
- Add a secondary image to the front cover.

From this feedback I made a few changes to the front cover of my music magazine such as I changed the font for the coverlines to

"Lithos Pro"

so that they stood out more and were more interesting and fun. I also changed the colour of some specific words on the magazine such as the Rihanna in the star shape and I changed the word Loud at the bottom of the page to the same colour as the title loud and made it bold so it stands out.

Branding

Branding is used in magazines with specific things such as font, colour, logo, etc. It is used so that the audience of this magazine recognise this and relate this to this specific magzine. Branding in magazines is usually done with the style of the title which is then carried through the magazines.

Below is Vibe's front cover and contents page as an example of house style. The style of the title on the front cover and the title on the contents page are the same. They are both white, in capital letters and also the same font. This way you can match the contents page with the front cover if they was seperate.

For my music magazine I will be using my title to brand my magazine, I am going to have the word loud in capital letters in pink and a pink box around the L of loud. By having a box round the L therefore I can have the L with the box on each page of my magzine instead of the whole title. So the L with the box round with be in a way a logo for my music magazine and this will be something that will represent my magazine.

These are the four images that I took of lucy to put in my contents page, I will be using the first and second image but not the third and fourth. The first picture is better than the last image because the first image was taken from further away than the last so there is not any of the guitar cut out like there is in the last one and the guitar is a big part of the picture so it needs to be clearly seen in the image. Out of the two middle images I will be using the top one, I think that this image has more personality and fits better with the pop genre of my music magazine.

 These are the four close up images for the front cover of my music magazine.

This is the image i decided to use for my front cover, as the background is plain and there is a lot of space around Daniel for text. Also his facial expression and outfit fits in with the genre of pop magazine.

This was one of the pictures I was going to use for my front cover but there is too much in the background that would interfere with the text, and there is not as much room around him like the first image.

These are the other two images I was thinking of using for the front cover of my music magazine, but I prefere the first image to these two as these two seem more plain and not as bright and fitting with the genre like the first one is.

Photo Shoot Shot List

Group Members:  Laura Wilson

Project:  Music magazine

Shot	Framing, Angles, etc	Action	Info (costumes, props, locations)
1	Medium close up, straight on.	Daniel standing against blank background, happy expression.	Blue check shirt, grey jeans, glasses. Blank wall, inside.
2	Close up, straight on.	Daniel standing against blank wall, hand on head.	Long sleeve polo and grey jeans, blank wall, inside.
3	Medium close up, from the side head turned to the front.	Daniel standing facing the left with head turned forward.	Pink polo top with black jeans, glasses. Blank background.
4	Long shot, facing straight on.	Daniel standing against a tree in the woods.	Long sleeve polo and grey jeans, glasses. In the woods, against a tree.
5	Long shot, low angle.	Daniel sitting on a brick wall.	Blue check shirt, grey jeans, glasses. On a brick wall, sky as a background.
6	Long shot, from behind.	Daniel standing with his back to the camera with a dog.	Pink polo, black jeans, bag, glasses, on the cycle track with marley.
7	Medium shot	Lucy playing the piano.	In a room playing a piano.
8	Medium shot, high angle	Lucy and Daniel standing behind a tree.	In the woods, behind a tree. Lucy wearing a leopard print coat, black leggings, Daniel check shirt, jeans black cardigan, and glasses.
9	Long shot, straight on.	Two boys standing next to each other up against a wall.	Two boys, wearing smart clothes posing.

This is the draft for my double page spread, on the top left will be an image, and at the bottom left is more images. then there is text in the middle at the top right on the second page, underneath this is more images of the artist on topic. At the top of the page is a quote from inside the question and answer article.

This is the draft of the contents page for my music magazine "LOUD" there is a main image of Daniel on the right, then all the contents of inside the mag down the left hand side, and at the bottom right is two images of other pop artists.

This is the draft for my music magazine front cover. The title of the magazine is loud, this is in pink, bold, caital letters so that it is instantly noticeable by the audience. The main and only image which is a medium close up is of a new and upcoming star daniel. The main cover line is in the bottom right and the other cover lines are on the left hand side. I have used lots of bright colours as pop music is very upbeat and happy and bright colours are associated with this music.