Draft 3 magazine

 

What’s new…

  • Raise contents a little.
  • needs a page number.
  • play with the photos in photoshop…filters? saturation?
  • fill the black space at the bottom – editors welcome?
  • watch the sense of the coverlines…come into the industry – does that make sense?
  • Metro Indie interviewed – isn’t the magazine called this? And use the Grammy logo for the coverline?
  • Metro Indie – listen to them? confused.com.
  • no need to repeat Catfish and the Bottlemen twice in the coverline.
  • make the star’s names bigger in the captions.

 

What’s new…

  • make him bigger
  • more article or have another photo of a quote in the middle so that you wrap the text around it
  • centre the questions
  • have some other coloured lines in there i.e. graphics to make the copy more exciting to look at
  • caption the photo – i.e. Courcy so that we know who he is and that the article will relate to him

 

What’s new…

  • lighten the photo?
  • another cover line at least on the left and one on the right?
  • make metro indie…bigger, taller, thicker?
  • capital letter September
  • make him bigger so that some more of his hair goes behind the masthead

 

bigger masthead or courcy smaller on front

coverlines line up too close to edge move down middle, left font on righ

 

conetnst smaller, page no smaller, different colour numbers, grammy logo, 37 different band name, smaller gap on apge 8, 22 another line, green around image, same size font bands

 

chnage double page to 16, more colours, opaque box behind quote at bottom, line spacing between questiona nd answer same answer closer to question, some of it more spread out bring top right question down, write coourcy on img inwhit, make top qoute smaller

Chosen adverts

I chose this advert to go in my magazine as I think it fits best with my genre as singers that are indie rock take part in this festival, I had also mentioned that the singer within my magazine has performed at this concert. The bright bold graphics and sharp fonts used fit in well with the theme of my magazine. This poster meets my target audiences needs as it has a grungy feel to it. The genre of this poster is indie rock. This also fits in with the demographics of my genre as the majority of people who like this type of music are millennials and are men.

Draft 2 front page

These were the targets I set for myself, I used them to improve my magazine.

What’s new…

  • I Added more headlines – “the drama in making ‘youth,’ All new exclusive artists and albums fins out more in this magazine.”
  • I Edited the image more on photoshop.
  • I made sure the cover lines are catchy.
  • consider and make more layouts – I experimented with this but preferred the original layout.
  • Cut out the model more precisely – I decided to change the contrast of this image and made the background black to make him stand out.

What’s next…

  • lighten the photo?
  • another cover line at least on the left and one on the right?
  • make metro indie…bigger, taller, thicker?
  • capital letter September
  • make him bigger so that some more of his hair goes behind the masthead

2nd draft of double page spread

 

 

After looking at what improvements need to be made for my double page spread, I made further adjustments to improve it. After collecting my feedback that’s written below, I have completed each one to make my double paged spread better and more professional.

What’s new…

  • Centre the quote.
  • I moved him to the left a bit and made him bigger.
  • Got rid of hyphens.
  • Added graphics – I added the orange line to add depth.
  • The headline had to be something about him – for this I used a quote of what he said.
  • I made Metro indie small and put it in the corner at the top.
  • Submitted my article for feedback.
  • I also edited the cover star on photoshop to improve the quality of the image.

For my next draft of the double paged spread I will improve it from looking at the feedback below.

What’s next…

  • make him bigger
  • more article or have another photo of a quote in the middle so that you wrap the text around it
  • centre the questions
  • have some other coloured lines in there i.e. graphics to make the copy more exciting to look at
  • caption the photo – i.e. Courcy so that we know who he is and that the article will relate to him

2nd draft of contents page

This is my second draft of my contents page, to improve draft one of my contents page I edited each image individually on photoshop, I then made sure the spacing between objects is equal . I added the line in the background to add some depth. I made sure that the page numbers related to each person. I completed the targets that were given to me below.

What’s new:

  • Photo shop my images before I create the real thing.
  • Consider more layouts.
  • Maybe use less fonts.
  • Make sure the spacing is equal between images and text etc.
  • Maybe incorporate another colour within my contents page.

What’s next:

  • Raise contents a little.
  • needs a page number.
  • play with the photos in photoshop…filters? saturation?
  • fill the black space at the bottom – editors welcome?
  • watch the sense of the coverlines…come into the industry – does that make sense?
  • Metro Indie interviewed – isn’t the magazine called this? And use the Grammy logo for the coverline?
  • Metro Indie – listen to them? confused.com.
  • no need to repeat Catfish and the Bottlemen twice in the coverline.
  • make the star’s names bigger in the captions.

Draft of the double page spread

I made a draft double page spread, this will allow me to see what I need to improve on for when I come to making the real one.

Here is what I need to improve on for my second draft of my double page spread:

  • Centre the quote.
  • Move him to the left a bit and make him bigger.
  • Get rid of hyphens.
  • Add graphics.
  • Headline needs to be something about him.
  • Metro indie can be small and in the corner at the top.
  • Submit article for feedback.

 

second contact sheet shoot

I went to town to take photo shoots for my double pages spread. It worked well in town there are a lot of dark alleyways which helps to link in with my genre, the balcony in town also worked well as it has a lot of neutral colours and because the models outfits were very dark it helps to contrast with them. I think what I could have done to make it better was to make one of their outfits to include orange in it so it makes it looks like it goes with the contents page and front page more. I may use these three photos above as they all include either different gestures and facial expressions or props which make the image more unique. They all include colours that are contrasting helping the subject of the image to stand out.

Draft feature article

I have wrote my article to hook, entertain and inform my audience. I have included quotes and questions to create personal identity and encourage social interaction. The image above was my first draft, I also took a video of someone reading the article so that I could listen to how it sounded.

 

After reading through my article draft I made adjustments to it, here is my improved one…

 

All new exclusive artists and albums find out more in this magazine. 

Courcy is British and lives in London. From an early age he was always passionate about his music and has always wanted to be a singer. He has been creating his own songs since the age of 15.

 Courcy says, ‘Take life as it comes, we all find ourselves in the end.’ 

I met with Courcy as he took a break from recording his latest album, Youth, and asked him some of the questions reader of Metro Indie have been on at us to find the answers to:

What made you want to get into the music industry? 

My parents have always been musicians and in the music industry, as my dad was a guitarist and my mum was a singer, so from a young age I have always been passionate about music. Music has always been a part of my life, it’s in my blood. 

Why did you stop recording albums for so long? 

A couple of years ago I was diagnosed with depression. I needed some time to myself without being in the public eye but whilst I was struggling mentally I created new songs; music allowed me to heal myself and helped me to come back to reality. Now I’m able to come back with a new album and feeling better than ever. Music has allowed me to become who I am today and helped me to escape reality. In the future I will continue to create my albums and more concerts and I hope to meet more of my fans one day, I’m grateful to them all. 

If there is something you would like to say to your fans, what would it be?

All I have to say is that I appreciate you guys lots and there’s one thing I always say which is we are here for a good time not a long time, any dreams you have go for it, live life to the fullest, ignore the people that try to stop you. You can be whoever you want to be!

Who would you most like to collaborate with?

I would hope to one day collaborate with Yungblud or Artic Monkeys as they have inspired me within the music industry and they have created incredible songs, they are all such great people and it would be lovely to meet them properly one day, I would feel more than honoured to work with them. 

What has been the best performance of your career so far?

I would say that when I performed at Reading a couple of years ago it was by far the best performance I have done, the whole crowd were so supportive, to see the happiness on everyone’s faces warmed my heart. It was so lovely to see some of my fans individually afterwards. I want to say a massive thank you to the whole team setting everything up, they were very kind and great to talk to. 

What type of singer would you classify yourself as?

I would classify myself as an indie rock singer as I tend to sing rather chill but also upbeat music. 

As we can see Courcy has definitely bounced back looking great, we look forward to the release of his new album. Don’t miss out, be sure to buy next month’s edition as there will be a chance to win tickets to the launch party of it. 

‘LIVE LIKE THERES NO TOMORROW!’

Planning and writing the article

I’ve analysed an article to see how they have worded it and to understand the different conventions of an article. They have sued different fonts to hook the readers in. It has allowed me to see how they have used gratification theory to increase social interaction, personal identity, inform their audience and entertain their readers.

This article contains roughly 388 words. The article I am analyzing is called James Lavelle, the date of this magazine is September 2017, the title of the author is Dorain Lynskey. There is some evidence of the journalistic techniques of the who, what, when, where, why and how. Here are the examples: James Lavelles is the guy that this article is about, he is in Camden, North London he was interviewed in 2017, as he is the boy wonder who, as the founder of the Mo’ Wax label, launched DJ Shadow and invented trip-hop, they wanted to hear his life story. He becomes bankrupt due to the death of Mo’ wax. The article is a biography as it’s based on one star and talks about his life and the journeys he has experienced throughout life. The article is laid out with a close up image of the star filled up on one side of the double page spread, on the second half of the double page spread. His name is in a large black font taking up just over half the page, on the bottom of the page it’s filled with writing that is laid out in columns. 

I am aware of the presence of the journalist as the biography is written in 3rd person. There is a clear introduction to the article as it’s in bold and bigger writing, this paragraph then leads the reader to the remainder of the article. There is a conclusion within the article but it is further into the article. He has used alliteration within the article this helps to maintain the audience’s attention. The writing fits the genre as the font is bold fitting in with the trip-hop feeling. Here are is one of the quotes he included within the article “a f***ing amazing night” this was to show that his 24th birthday party was a very memorable night spent with well known people such as Noel Gallagher. The reader will experience inspiration after reading this article. 

The journalist represents the star as a very vulnerable person at one stage and then bounced back and is now strong, after experiencing bankruptcy and other life issues, this shows that he is extraordinary and ordinary. 

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