Chosen Photos

I took a variety of pictures for my magazine and decided upon a final 3, which will be used on my cover page and over my double page spread alongside an interview. Some of my pictures came out blurry so I had to select the images that looked the most suited to be within a magazine.

I decided to use this shot for my front cover as she is smiling and it is close up on her features. The picture isn't blurry and the background helps to add to the attraction of the magazine.

I decided to use this shot inside my magazine for my double page spread, as when you enlarge the image, the individuals face goes blurry and this isn't suitable to be used within a magazine. Therefore I decided to use the image in a smaller size on my double page spread alongside the text for the interview to help the attention be drawn to the interview itself.

I used this image within my double page spread (interview pages) as I think the individuals face is smiley and she appears more relaxed and to be having fun, which is a typical convention within magazine interviews. The image takes up the whole page on my double page spread as when I looked into typical double page spread layouts in music magazines, they all did this with the interview filling up the remaining side.

Planning: Names, Fonts, Colour Themes

I began looking into possible names for my magazine and generated some ideas which I have kept linked to music so the audience can see the magazine is a music one. As my questionnaire suggested I use a pop or indie genre, I kept the names suitable to fit in with these.

Possible names for my music magazine

• Acoustic
• Soundwave
• Beat
• DTM (Dedicated to music)

At the moment I like the name "acoustic" as I think this could link with both indie and pop genre and is related to the wider theme of music.

Fonts

I like this font because it looks handwritten and it links in with the indie/pop genre that I would like to try to appeal to. However, when the text is used on top of an image, the background is block white and doesn't look professional enough to be on a magazine.

I also like this font as I think it's both bold and draws attention to the title of the magazine and the additional information in which I would use alongside it. I think this text would compliment a font such as Georgia or Times New Roman for the smaller information which I'll place throughout my magazine.

I like this font as it's tilted and as its in upper case it draws the readers attention to the masthead on the magazine. However, I feel although it suits the pop genre that I have thought about using, it looks more suited for a much younger audience rather than the 16 - 19 year old age range I want to appeal to.

I don't know if this font would look good on the front cover of my magazine, however for signing off the editors note I think it would be best suited as it would look as if I had signed the magazine myself. Although, for the cover I don't think the text is bold enough.

I really like this font as I think it's bold and it looks different so the text could be used to establish the magazine. However, as the text is from the Internet instead of already being available on the computer, when I place it on top of an image I get a solid white background which doesn't look right when put on the front cover of my magazine.

Possible colours

I could use more pastel colours throughout my magazine to link with the pop theme:

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However, I think some of the colours may appear too pale once on my magazine cover and I would only use a final 2 or 3 main colours for my final artefact. I could also use bolder colours to attract the audience:

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Although, there is little colours that work well together but they would show up better over images and plain backgrounds.

Planning: Photoshoots, Costumes, Locations, Interview Techniques

To help me decide on possible feature images for my magazine I looked at other images used for music magazines to help me look at possible costumes, props I may need, locations and where the individual is placed in the picture.

From my questionnaire I interpreted that the genre used within my magazine should be either pop or indie and I would use the models clothing and location to help interpret this. The above images are of similar images of those I would like to take, each showing the model in a different location or position on the screen and I have used them to help me think of ideas for images within my magazine.

Costume ideas

Dress and biker boots to help look stylish yet indie

Plain top with headband

Party dress

Shorts and a jumper

Chunky jewelery

Props

Microphone

Telephones

Chairs

Headphones

Stage

Mirrors

Locations

Woods/forest/garden

In front of a bold patterned wall 

No location needed (close up or head shot)

Possible interview questions

1. What genre of music do you consider your work to be?
2. Who are your major influences?
3. Did your parents encourage you to fulfil your music career?
4. Where have you performed? 
5. Do you only play your own songs at your concerts or do you include some cover songs too?
6.  What advice would you give to people out there who would like to make it in the music industry?
7. Do you write your own songs? If yes, how long do they roughly take you and what inspires you?
8. What's the best thing about being a hit artist?
9. If you had to describe your music in 3 or 4 words, how would you best describe it?
10. How does music effect you?
11. Do you have any other interests outside of the music industry?
12. How do you deal with all the new found attention of becoming an artist?
13. How do you deal with negative press?
14. Do you have any upcoming shows/singles/albums?
15. Any last words?