Front Cover:

Contents Page:

Double Page Spread:

Flipsnack:

Every magazine needs adverts, this is a way for the magazine to make money. But the Magazine needs to match the audiences demographics and psychographics. For my audience, I think they are mostly between the ages of 20 and 30. The audience for my genre like parties and pringles are a party food, so I thought that would be a suitable advert to put in my magazine. On the pringles advert, pop is the largest word and that is the genre of music that I am basing my magazine on so I thought this was another good reason to use this advert.

For the second advert, I thought that I should include something musical, as it is a music magazine. My genre is pop so it would make sense to add a pop artist. So I looked at some pop music adverts and tghe one that stood out to me is the Orla Gartland advert, this is because it uses bright colours, the pink and the green contrast each other really well and I like how the colours are slightly see-through so that we can still see the artist behind. I think this advert would appeal to people because it mentions that she is one of the artists of the year on spotify in 2019, this would appeal to the younger audience because online music streaming is becoming more popular.

What’s new?

– I have changed the font colours so that the cover isn’t too repetitive.

– I have changed the font of some key features and made it bigger, for example, the Josh Streeting is now in a bigger font and a different colour to make it stand out.

– I have changed the background image and added a special effect to make the magazine stand out to people.

– I have made the title bigger and made the word POP all capitals.

– I have changed the text in the plug and I have added a pug.

– In the headlines, I have made the key words a different colour to make people interested in the headline.

– I have filled up the gaps in the page that existed before.

What’s new?

– I have re-introduced the lightnng bolt but this time I have made it look neon to fit in with the pop theme.

– I have used a plain black background so that there aren’t too many colours.

– I have added a CD in the top right of the page which shows what page the album review is on.

– I have made the artists names in the headlines a different colour and all capital letters to make it stand out.

– I have used a different image of the model for this draft.

What’s New?

– I moved the name of the album to the left page and put a green strike around it.

– I put the word ‘new’ in its own text box, chnaged the colour of it and made it all capitals to make it stand out

– I have added my article instead of using placeholder text.

What I need to improve:

– Centre the text in the PUG on the front cover

– Change colour of ‘Kai C’ on front cover to gold

– Decrease size of barcode

– Make slashes between names yellow

– Re-allign the justin bieber headline

– Add another photo to contents page

– Remove full stop on headline in contents page

– Add a quote on the double page spread under the name of the album

– Try justifying standfirst to left or right

I really liked my first draft of my double page spread, so I used the same design but changed a few features which were quite subtle. For example, instead of using a photo of the sky in the background, I used photoshop to paint a seen that looked like the sky. This worked and it also made the background seem blurred which makes the artist stand out from the background. I also added the name of her album in a different font on the right page. Another feature I added was the plane, I did this to make it look more like the sky. At first, the plane was just there to see what it would look like, but I decided to keep it. This may not make the final draft but I just wanted to experiment and see what it looked like.

For the final draft:

– I think that I will keep the same design but I need to try and smooth out some of the sharp edges from the cotton wool in photoshop. At the moment, it looks like the cotton wool has a black outline around it and that does not match the background so I need to fix that in my next draft.

– In my next draft, I also need to add my article into the paragraphs instead of just using placeholder text.

– I have tried to remove the blur from the photo of the model, but I need to try and see if there is another good photo from the shoot. The blur makes the page less nice to look at.

For this draft of my contents page, I tried simplifying everything to see what it looked like because I think that the first draft had too much stuff on the page. In the first draft, I used a lightning bolt down the middle of the page to put the contents on but this, combined with all of the bubbles that I added, and the background colours, it was difficult to focus on one thing. So this time, I removed all of these factors, which may have been a bit far.

For my third draft:

– I think I should keep the same layout as the second draft but add something back to make the page seem more interesting.

– I will make the background a more intersting colour again, maybe by using the gradient tool again as one solid colour looks uninteresting.

– I will make sure to fill any empty gaps in the page.

 

With my first front cover design, I think that the design was too busy, there were too many colours which made it harder to focus on one part of the cover in particular. So for this design, I decided to make the background black and white as they are more plain colours so it isn’t too busy. It is for this same reason that I made all of the text the same colour on this draft. I chose a light pink colour to go with the light blue from the hoodie in the photo of the model.

When I make my third and final draft:

– I should use some features from both of my first two drafts. For example, I dont want the cover to seem too busy so I will probably keep the black and white background but I may also use more than one colour for the text. One colour for all of the text makes it seem boring and repetitive. If there is something that I want people to be able to notice more easily, then I will make that text a different colour.

– I need to fill up the empty space because otherwise the magazine cover seems empty.

– I need to cut out the photo of the model better because in this second draft, it is easy to see some imperfections in the image.

Every magazine needs to have at least one double page spread. These double pages are not always done in one attempt though. The magzine creators will need to do one, two, or even three drafts before they find a design that they like. I have designed my first draft which I have included below. Currently, the paragraphs are filled with placeholder text as I have not yet written my article.

For my double page spread, there are some parts that I like and some parts that I don’t like.

What I like:

– The style of the image fits the genre of pop well because it is happy and fun.

– I like how I have added lens flare in photoshop so it looks more like the model is sat in the clouds.

What I don’t like:

– The image of the model is blurry and it is very hard to remove this blur on photoshop.

– the image of the model does not match the image in the background on the bottom of the double page spread

Targets:

– If I was to re-shoot this image, I would make sure that the model was ion focus before taking the photo.

– In my next draft, I will make sure that the image of the model matches the image in the background better.

Here are my contact sheets from my second shoot. These are the photos that I am going to be using for my double page spread. For this soot, I had to get some normal photos and I also had to get a ‘phunky photo’. So for this, I used two seperate models. My idea for the phunky photo came from a video that I saw on the internet that gave me a bunch of photography ideas. For this photo, I put a lump of cotton wool in front of the camera lens sot hat it looked like a cloud. I then took the photo and editied it in photoshop. The image was a bit blurry at first so I had to play around and experiment with the settings in photoshop to get rid of the blur. I then had to cut my model out and change the background to a picture of the sky, This made it look like my model was sat in the clouds. If it was a sunnier day, I would have taken this photo outside so it would have looked more realistic with the lighting. If I did this photo outside, Then it may have already looked like my model was sat in the clouds and I wouldn’t have had to do so much work in photoshop.

Before I could do my photo shoot for my double page spread, I had to fill out a productioon meeting agenda sheet. This is so that I know what I am going to do when it comes to the shoot. Every photographer needs to be prepared for a shoot so that they don’t waste peoples time by not knowing what they are going to do. This sheet includes things such as what costume the model is going to be wearing, if they need to use any props and what equipment they will be using. As well as being organised, we use this sheet to let people know what props we would like to use as we do not want to clash with someone who wants to use the same props.

Planning:

First Draft:

Georgia Watson has released a new album “Head in the clouds” and I am going to review it in this article. Considering that this is her first album, Georgia has made a great start. I have had a conversation with her about the album and I will be including quotes from that, as well as some of my own opinions on the album.

I was wondering why Georgia had made the sudden decision to release her first album so I asked her in the interview and she said ‘Releasing an album is something that I have wanted to do since I started singing when I was only young. Now that I have made a few successful songs, I thought it would be the perfect time to fulfill this lifelong dream.’ This seems like a perfectly good reason to want to release an album, but some people may think that this album is a bit rushed because Georgia wanted to fulfill her ambition. Maybe she should have made a few new songs to add to the album first to make it better for people to listen to. 

I was wondering if there was any doubt about how well the album would sell, so I asked Georgia if she was ever worried and she responded with ‘There were some points when I wondered if I was making a mistake, had I left it too late? Had people already heard all of these songs and if so, would that make the album pointless? These were all questions that I asked myself when I was thinking of releasing the album.’ So it seems that she had a few doubts, but by the looks of the sales over the first couple of days, there was nothing to be worried about. Georgia did mention that if this album goes well, then she would start working towards making another one in the future. But as of yet, we have not heard if there is a plan, or what this plan is if the album doesn’t go very well. I am guessing that if it doesn’t go to plan, then she won’t release another album for a long time, if ever.

Overall, this is a great album, bringing together some of Georgia’s biggest hits.  Lets just hope that her fans all share that same opinion. At the moment, it is looking like they are because the sales of this album have skyrocketed over just the first few days, leaving it sold out in many shops. If the album keeps selling as well as it is now, then it might not be long before we are making another album review about Georgia Watson.

To improve this article, I think one of the main problems that needs resolving is that I have used too many large words. A magazine article needs to be easy to read so that you don’t get lost in the article. To solve this issue, I need to simplify some of the article in order to make it nicer for the reader. I also need to include more breaks in the sentences so that the reader does not get out of breath when reading the article like I did at some points. Another thing which I need to do is add a break in the article after each bit of speech from the artist to make it more easy to distinguish between the narrator and the artists speech. I could tell this was an issue because when I was recording, it sounded like it was all one big sentence, but there should have been a gap in the text to seperate the speech between the narrator and artist.

Second Draft:

Georgia Watson has released a new album “Head in the clouds” and I am going to review it in this article. To say that this is her first album, Georgia has made a great start. I have had a conversation with her about the album and I will be including quotes from that, as well as some of my own opinions on the album.

I was wondering why Georgia had made the sudden decision to release her first album, so I asked her in the interview and she said ‘Releasing an album is something that I have wanted to do since I started singing when I was only young. Now that I have made a few successful songs, I thought it would be the perfect time to complete this lifelong dream.’ This seems like a good reason to want to release an album, but some people may think that this album is a bit rushed because Georgia wanted to achieve her dream. Maybe she should have made a few new songs to add to the album first, as this would give people new songs to listen to. 

I was wondering if there was any doubt about how well the album would sell, so I asked Georgia if she was ever worried. She responded with ‘There were some points when I wondered if I was making a mistake, had I left it too late? Had people already heard all of these songs and if so, would that make the album pointless? These were all questions that I asked myself when I was thinking of releasing the album.’ So it seems that she had a few doubts, but by the looks of the sales over the first couple of days, there was nothing to be worried about. Georgia did say that if this album goes well, then she would start making another for the future. But as of yet, we do not know what the plan is if the album doesn’t go very well. I am guessing that if it doesn’t go to plan, then she won’t release another album for a long time, if ever.

Overall, this is a great album, bringing together some of Georgia’s biggest hits.  Lets just hope that her fans all share that same opinion. At the moment, it is looking like they are because the sales of this album have gone sky high over just the first few days, which is ironic because of the album’s name. Many shops have completely sold out of this album. If the album keeps selling as well as it is now, then it might not be long before we are making another album review about Georgia Watson.

 

I have made a few subtle changes to the article between the first and second draft. While the changes may be subtle, I feel that they make the album easier to read. This is because I have ammended some of the issues which I mentioned before. I have removed some of the harder words to read and understand and I have added more breaks in the sentences to make it easier for the reader. I think that this article is now ready for my magazine.

 

Final Draft:

Georgia Watson has released a new album “Head in the Clouds” and Pop Verse are going to review it. To say that this is her first album, Georgia has made a great first impression on her fans and on record producers far and wide.  

I was wondering why Georgia had made the sudden decision to release her first album, and her response was illuminating,  ‘Releasing an album is something that I have wanted to do since I started singing when I was only young. Now that I have made a few successful songs, I thought it would be the perfect time to complete this lifelong dream.’ This seems like a good enough reason to want to release an album, but some people have been saying that this album is a bit rushed because Georgia wanted to achieve her dream. Maybe she should have made a few new songs to add to the album first, as this would give people new material to listen to. 

 

So was there  any doubt about how well the album would sell,  and was Georgia ever worried. She responded with, ‘There were some points when I wondered if I was making a mistake, had I left it too late? Had people already heard all of these songs and if so, would that make the album pointless? These were all questions that I asked myself when I was thinking of releasing the album.’ So it seems that she had a few doubts, but by the looks of the sales over the first couple of days, there was nothing to be worried about. Georgia did say that if this album goes well, then she would start making another for the future. But as of yet, we do not know what the plan is if the album doesn’t go very well. We are  guessing that if it doesn’t go to plan, then she won’t release another album for a long time, if ever.

 

Overall, this is a great album, bringing together some of Georgia’s biggest hits.  Lets just hope that her fans all share that same opinion. At the moment, it is looking like they are because the sales of this album have gone sky high over just the first few days, which is ironic because of the album’s name. Many shops have completely sold out of this album and the online streaming has gone off the scale. If the album keeps selling as well as it is now, then it might not be long before we are making another album review about Georgia Watson.