Sophie.

This is my sister im also going to use her on my contents page posing as a music artist.

JO.

This is another one of my friends, Jo is going to feature on the contents of my magazine as a solo pop artist.

Matt.

This is my friend im using for the cover of my magazine and double page spread posing as a music artist.

Katy Perry

I have uploaded this image of Katy Perry, because I like her facial expression because it serious but looks really cool, I think I want my models to look more serious than cheesy, as mostly in magazines the models on the front cover and contents page don't tend to smile.

Pixxie Lott.

In this photograph I like the way her make-up is done with the black eyeliner, I am looking for a least two female artists to feature on my contents page after having done my research there a few images/artists on the contents pages In the magazines I've looked at NME etc, having looked at these I'm also going to think about make-up and hair styles for my models, what kind of image I want to put across to the audience. I want my magazine to young audience, so I want my models to be a little different.

La Roux

I like La Roux's hair in this picture, this is another singer that is quite different I'm going try and do my models hair like hers to feature of my contents page. This it will be tricky but with a lot of hairspray it might work. :)

Models for my magazine

Thoughts on the Photographs...

The previous post are all photographs I have taken of the Festival I went to in Malta, some of the first ones I took are clear because it's light, but the ones I took later on in the evening are of poor quality because it was so dark.

I have thought about it, and having spoken to my teacher I decided not to use these photographs to be in my magazine, because it doesn't really fit in to what my magazine is all about target audience wise etc. Also because I've decide to do an interview for my double page spread I don't know where I'd put them.

Maybe if I had been close enough to capture lady Gaga or the Black Eyed Peas or even Metro station, then they would have looked great in my magazine because people would be more interested.

But anyway have a little look. :)

MTV Festivl in Malta.

A Trip to Malta.

In the summer I went on a trip Malta. While I was there I went to the MTV Malta Festival, where famous people where doing some singing, this gave me a lot of inspiration for the headlines that I could use to put on the cover of my magazine to entice the readers into buying my magazine. I managed to get video's and photographs, but unfortunately I wasn't able to get any of the artists as I was to far away. I've got some though I'll put them up.

The artists which performed were Esmee Denters, Metro Station, Lady Gaga and the black Eyed Peas!

Black Eyed Peas.

Alive - A song I like at the minute.

Pharrell Williams.

I'm looking to have someone similar to his image on my magazine, this is the shot I'm going to have on the cover of my magazine. I also like the facial expression its not cheesy or to serious.

Wil.i.am From the Black Eyed Peas.

I have posted a image of Will.i.am as I like his image. When taking my photographs this is something I'm going to think about how I want my models to dress. Or I might just go with something simple like have them wearing a vest top.

Travis McCoy Again..

I just like this photo, this is the type of artist I'd like to feature on my magazine.

Travis McCoy

This is Travis Mccoy from Gym Glass Hero's as you probably know.

I love the style of the photograph, full body shot, I'm looking to have a full length shot on my front cover or a middle shot.

He looks incredibly cool, I'd like to get someone like this to be on my magazine, although its not going to be easy for me to get someone who has tattoo's and all the rest it.....

I going to have someone who is a little different to feature on my magazine to represent hip hop/pop music.

Change Of Mind.

I have decided to change my double page spread to having the artist on the front to be in the double page spread, I was going to do a girl band, but I think its harder for the readers to relate to like 4 people rather than just one artist. I am having a boy who I have named Shyne, he is a rapper/ hip hop artist.

Wordle.

Magazine Titles

This is a wordle I have created of all the possible titles I could call my Magazine.

Pitch.

Music Magazine Powerpoint

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My Opinion

The magazine 'NME' seems to be more busy, a lot going on in the cover seems to look a little bit like a newspaper. Whereas I think 'Q' magazine seems a bit more sophisticated, eye pleasing, more calm than NME. I think both are effective and I'm going to take Idea's from the both, but for me I prefer the 'Q's'style.

Genric Conventions

I looked in different magazines to see what layout my double page spread was going to be like, looking at how many images were on one page, if I was going to have one large image, with an interview on the oposite side, with a quote from the interview, underneath the musician quoting something controversial, or interesting to grab the readers attention.

I looked at generic conventions of music magazine as they vary from fashion magazines. I noticed that the contents page in all magazines, the text is in columns, separated in sections, for easy access. In the Q contents the page numbers,titles are in read, so Im going to pick a theme colour for my magazine and use this style. The text also seems to have a block colour behind it.

I think I'm going to have some images on the contents page but not to big as I think the text is more important. I've looked at Q and NME to get inspiration, I also looked closely at the style of the magazine as I might decide to do a similar style to one of these.

Q Double Page

Interview with Pink taken from 'Q' music magazine, I have uploaded this interview as I like way it just uses one photograph on the opposite page. The photograph is a close up which shows maybe she's letting you in, she is laughing so this is a different side to her we see in the interview. The photograph also has a reference for where it was taken and photographer. Looking at the interview I think the big close up of her works, but I'm not sure whether I'm going to have just the one photograph or several on different locations because I think this layout is effective.

Q Magazine Contents

This is more research on 'Q' magazine, I looked at the contents to see what was the typical layout of it was, I noticed that they use 'contents' as the title. Having looked at a few magazines some music mags have contents as the title whereas others don't, but I think I'm going to have the title contents on my magazine just so it's clear. They use quite a large photograph of the band that feature most in the magazine, this is quite a simple photograph features some countryside may suggest they're from this type of background or just a simple background. They stick with colour bright red which is used a lot on the cover as well, so all the pages are linked/go with each other.

Q Magazine Cover

This is a recent issue of the famous 'Q' magazine, the photograph is an extreme close up of Noel from Oasis, this makes you believe that 'Q' gets up close and personal with Noel, the photograph is also black and white this may be the style, or because he is an older musician. I like 'Q' magazines logo because its simple and short which makes it memorable. When you see this logo you instantly know its 'Q' magazine, so advertising has succeeded. This is a logo I wish to create obviously people wont of heard of it or even see it, but in terms of being memorable and standing out from others.

NME Double Page

This is a double page I looked at from NME, with a band called the 'Teenagers' this is an interview, they use enlarged headline quotes which will attract the audience. They stick with a bright blue colour to highlight key information, with a white background, this makes the photograph of the band the focal point of the double page spread.

NME Contents

I also looked at the 'NME' magazine's contents page to give me inspiration and to look at the way they set the story's out. Everything seems to be in columns in sections so its easy to go to pages you want to read about.

NME also has a band index so its quick and easy to look up want interests you, I think this is a good feature making it quick and easy this is something I'm going to think about when doing my contents page.

NME Covers

This NME magazine features Morrissey, its interesting as NME use various different music artists to feature on the cover, they don't stick to one type of singer/group.

NME Cover

This is NME Magazine I looked at the covers to get different

Idea's and Inspiration, NME has a certain style to the mag-

azine, I think it almost looks like a newspaper in colour.

Its uses block text for all its titles so it gives the cover conti-

nuity, cover looks really busy filled with inviting articles.

Research

For my research I looked at existing magazines to get ideas for example the style of photograph for the front cover; long shot/ middle shot and so on. I also looked at different colour schemes and prices.I started to make plans of the front cover, contents and the double page spread on paper. This was to visualise my ideas and to see if they worked, I also made notes on improvements and changes I could make.

Front Cover Idea's

This is a plan I made on paper just thinking about the possible titles I could use, layout, colours and various fonts that would look good and professional. I also thought about persuasive subtitles which would attract my target audience. I thought about advertising a free CD or something to come free with my magazine as the audience will want to buy the product more.

Contents Idea's

This is a first draft of my contents page I drew boxes to represent where things are going to go for example the photographs of the artists or bands etc. On the draft I have drew lines where I want the text to go, although having looked at a few contents pages from 'Q' and 'NME' I noticed that the text was in columns so I'm going to use columns on my contents page, to stick with generic conventions. I think it makes more sense to do it in columns as its probably easier for readers.

Mind Map

I created a mind map of all the possible idea's I was thinking of, what style/genre I wanted my magazine to be. When I have decided on what genre of music my magazine is going to be, I going to think about what sort of photograph I'm going to have, whether it be of a girl band or a single artist. Im going to look at the backgrounds which are common in magazines plain or a busy background.

Double Page Spread Idea's

This is an idea I did on paper thinking about my double page spread, after reading some interview I particularly Like the ones which discuss how they have become famous, letting you into the person they are today, past experiences they have. This is something I hope to include in my double page spread. I also thought about having a controversial quote to make the audience want to read about them, to make the article more interesting.

Research & Planning

I decided to do a magazine cover, contents and double page spread. I created some general ideas by doing a mind map, thinking about what my double page spread would be on, different genres of music, backgrounds for the front cover and the overall look of the magazine.