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The life of Alice. Alice grew up by the beach with her family until her life took a massive turn. ‘I lived with my mum and sister alongside the beach. Living on an island was so beautiful, filled with different experiences’. Not many people get to experience island life, so this gave Alice a different perspective on life. She has many ordinary hobbies; and an ordinary life, as she tells us we also find out a secret ‘It’s surprisingly really as, me and Ruby meetup daily and go to gym classes, and well, this is where I met my mystery friend.’ Now we know she goes out with her childhood friend Ruby and we also find out about her mystery friend who she was seen spotted with on November 2nd. The star also reveals her nightlife with friends, just like the other night she was spotted in ‘Cielo club’ with Ruby and Drake.‘That was such a fun night out, Drake is one of my good friends I met through music as he was in the studio one day when I turned up and we just became friends then on.’ A big question asked was what are the plans for the future, and we were not left disappointed! Future plans were a big topic since Alice is a new uprising star with passion to inspire. ‘I have big plans for the future, I want my music to be heard worldwide and become inspirational.’ Current predictions and rumours are that Alice will be going on a world wide tour and do big concerts. The star is also going to be dropping a new song soon even though the release of her album has just launched. Her lyrics are known to be ‘from the heart’ and ‘relatable’ to an age raging audience. ‘Family is so important to me, they honestly kept me going on my darkest days and I don’t think I would be where I am without them.’ The way Alice expresses herself, and through her lyrics as well, displays how she has faced many difficulties throughout her life and continues to get stronger from them. ‘The world isn’t ready for what is about to come.’ This Suggests she has something special planned maybe even linking with the tour. We asked how Alice is finding life having it change so quick and she dropped a bomb on us! ‘It all came at once really, reality still hasn’t hit, I have given my all so far but the biggest secret will soon unfold!’ This raised many questions but she didn’t reveal anything, but left us with this thought which explains who Alice really is, ‘Family is so important to me, they honestly kept me going on my darkest days and I don’t think I would be where I am without them.’
I am writing for an audience who are interested in the genre R&B. Below is the preparation I have made for writing my my article.
Our main task is to design and write a double page spread for our magazine. However, before going straight into this we needed to do some research and get some ideas.
So in this task we chose an article which had one of the following –
and began to analyse looking at a series of subcategories.
Below is the article I chose:
And here is my analysis –
‘Maverick (September 2017), James Lavelle, Dorian Lynskey.
The article I chose is from a magazine known as the Maverick magazine which is traditionally for the genre of country music.
This article is presented as a biography and displayed through columns. The fact that a biography is chosen gives an inside perspective into the artists life for the reader which provides a uniqueness which the audience can appreciate.
There is a clear tone that there is a journalists presence straight away due to the tense being written in 3rd person ‘In February 1998, James Lavelle celebrated his 24th birthday…’. This conveys the idea that the journalist stays hidden but gives a sense of a narrator.
The article states the journalists name ‘Dorian Lynskey hears his story.’ However, it stays anonymous as we don’t hear it again, and the article stays formal due to no personal or opinionated speech/language.
Detail in the article is shown to be from a journalist rather than the writer due to the fact they ask specific questions to get the information to write about, ‘By 2003, however, his star had plunged. Mo’ Wax was dead and Lavelle was in debt to the tune of £270,000’. Although, the article still stays formal as there is not much indication that the journalist is there.
The opening suggest an introduction for the audience as it sutterly gives them information of the event, it answers when, why, where and who. So this portrays to the audience to visualise the events and have an understanding of what is going on.
However there doesn’t seem to end in a conclusion, this indicates evidence that it is a biography as a conclusion isn’t written in a biography. Since there is no conclusion it also portrays that the story isn’t over which will intrigue the audience more on what happens next.
Location is made obvious at the beginning ‘London’s Met Bar’ and so is the event as in the first sentence is made clear to be his 24th birthday party. The words used are mature and formal there is no slag, which indicates a serious tone which fits with what he is talking about. There are no similes or metaphors as the writing is kept simple and spontaneous which is a feature of a biography. When reading this, the reader will experience the events that happened that night and the way Lavelle felt. It highlights the extreme milestones he faced and gives the reader an insight to his life, and how he felt about them.
The artist is represented as genuine and ordinary as the writer conveys Lavelle is just like everyone else and faces challenges in life, but also keeping his genuine side and there is evidence he worked for everything and kept going when things got tough. It also displays of his personal identity to the audience and how he says ‘iv’e put myself through quite extreme situations, both financially and emotionally’ could create a sense of admiration from the audience.
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Below is a risk assessment –
Above is a prep for my models.
This is my second draft, I began to improve it by looking at my targets from the first draft.
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Above is my first copy.
I asked One media student some questions so I know how to improve my magazine from another perspective.. I reviewed there feedback so I can see what is good and what can be improved on my magazine. I see that the background needs something to make the image pop, they said the title is very creative and that should stay, and that more writing and to improve I should use colour with the use of my creativity should be added to add unique attention grabbing product. Below I have set some targets to now work on;
Targets:
Above are the contact sheets from the photo shoot I took of my model. There is a wide range of different angles and some being in focus and out of focus. Just by looking you can see some are dark, this is because the flash equipment was not connected to the camera and it makes such a difference. When looking at the photos it made it clear how a pose and stance can communicate emotion which has made it easier to pick the cover photo for my magazine.
Above are only 4 photos which are my favourite from the shoot. I have noticed that some of the photos are not sharp focused however the stance and look is what I really like so I will be using indesign and Photoshop a lot to help design my magazine cover.
To get this look I used the research I had been doing and from lessons on camera and flash equipment it made it easy to take photos. I find these photos illustrate confidence, and class, which is a main factor I am looking for in my star.
Above is the photo I have edited in photoshop which is the final image I am using for my magazine. I used different tools such as eye whitening and made her lips slightly bigger ect.
Above are some master-head designs I created using indesign. I have some various ideas to test what I liked most and what will fit well with my star on the cover.
Overall I want to go for a fun unique vibe that pops the colour.
Above is a voice thread I created when researching on my competitors to make my magazine the most successful it can be. Also I researched magazines which look at the same genre as I chose to know what my competitors include because it is important to be conventional to the genre but at the same time different in order to gain an audience.