Music Magazine Update: 28/11/14

This week I have added my image and corrected all sizes of font and a white banner at the top. However I do need to create Josh's "new hair" so his hair can look natural

Music Magazine Update: 24/11/14

This is my music magazine so far, I have placed my masthead using my desired font, and created a red band which will run through all pages in the magazine. I have also started to add a few bands along the banner at the top which will be featured in my contents page, however these are not the right size yet as they are too big at the moment, I will be changing this next lesson.

Research and Planning: Music magazine contents page features

In my contents page draft post I mentioned the cover lines I would be including:

• My main magazine feature
• Paramore 10 year anniversary
• Thirty seconds to mars unveil new documentary
• Bring me the Horizon competition
• Fearless records announce Punk goes pop volume 6
• As it is- the first British band to get signed to Fearless Records
• Asking Alexandria and Mallory Knox gig reviews.

For these various cover lines I will need to include related images on my contents page.

 This is my draft for my contents page and I have left room for 3 images, originally I had planned to put simple images already taken of existing bands and one photo of my own, but since creating my cover lines I have decided to change what images I will use. In the left hand box I will include one of my own photographs from an Asking Alexandria concert I attended in October. In the middle box I will include a photograph taken by me of my featured artist. In the final box I will include a photograph from a Mallory Knox concert I attended this month. These two personal images each side will relate to my gig review cover line.

Asking Alexandria photos:

These are the three photos I have chosen to possibly use for my Asking Alexandria photo on my contents page. I am going to use the second picture since the lights are colourful and you can see the band members clearly, also I asked a few friends which picture they liked best and they said the second one.

Feedback:

Aisha: second

Annalise: second

Adam: second

Mallory Knox photos:

These are my Mallory Knox photographs and again I got feedback from a few friends to see which photograph they liked the best.

Adam: Fourth

Reece: Third

Liam: Third

I am going to include the third photo because the lighting is a lot better and clearer compared to the all blue fourth image.

Research and Planning: Location choices

For my magazine I decided I wanted a plain background for the front cover since I want the model to stand out. I am going to take my photos at Hyde Clarendon Sixth Form College since the buildings and surrounding area has a nice mix of urban and countryside features.

This is my background for my front cover, I used the brick wall as a contrast colour against the black costume my model would be wearing. My three colour rule for my magazine is: Black, Red and White, these colours stand out when placed against the plain background.

Research and Planning: Model decisions

REBECCA FENNA
I think Rebecca will suit my genre because  of her red hair, thick black eyeliner,
leather jacket and check shirt.

MEGAN LEWIN
I think Megan will suit my genre because of her quirky style, and dark hair.

JAMES GYWNNE
I think James will suit my genre because of his quirky style and his representation of himself,
the pictures I have in the previous post show him smoking which is how some rockstars are presented.

JOSH SWINDELLS
I think Josh will suit my genre very well because of his all black style, big messy purple hair,
and his rockstar smoker status.

These are the models I have chosen for my magazine I have chosen 2 girls and 2 boys to even out the gender, but for my front cover and feature I will be using one of the boys since my genre of music usually represents the male gender as a more dominant gender. I think both of the boys will suit my genre but I think Josh has the punk edge with his light purple messy hair and leather jacket and motif t-shirts, but I will be using James in my contents page.

Research and Planning: Model test shots

For my front cover I have decided to use 1 model but I decided to choose a few models to begin with so I could decide afterwards who would suit my genre best.

Rebecca:

Megan:

James:

Josh: