my magazine

My final piece-Tempo

Here is my final Front cover! Completely finished. 

Here is my contents page, completely finished. 

Finally, here is my double page spread. 

I uploaded all of my music magazine to ISSUU but the bottom of my work got cropped off at the end. 

My double page spread is now FINISHED !

Today in my double lesson of media i have completely finished my double page spread. I have change the "Pull- quote", added the artist name to the top of the page, added the page number and even added a section where the reader can win a prize. So far so good. now all is left to do is added a few more things to my front cover and contents then i will be finiished. I have no doubt i will be finished by todays deadline of 4:10.

My first draft of the music article!

Q1) Hey Amy! How are you? Are you nervous seen as this is your FIRST ever interview?
A1) Hello Tempo.Yes, i am very well thank you but i am a little nervous, i's quite daunting having so many people interested in you all at once. Although saying that, i cant really complain too much...

Q2) Absolutely! Its something you will have to get used to in the music industry. Wouldn't you agree?
A2) Ohh, absolutely. The music industry is a tough business to get into, but i'd hazard a guess that it is even harder to stay there and keep fans interested. I'm sure only time will tell if i'm cut out for the job but fingers crossed.

Q3) Oh don't worry Amy we have No doubt that we will be seeing a lot more of you yet! One things for sure, your right about the music industry being a hard career to get into. So i'm sure i speak for everyone when i ask this; how did you do it? 
A3) Well it was actually thanks to a friend of mine at the time. We had a school concert coming up and although i had sung around the house and infront of friends, i had never dreamt of being where i am today. Anyway, one of my friends was entering as her dream has always been to make it big so to her a confidence boost she asked me to sing alongside her. i wasn't sure at first but felt i owed her this favour so agreed. After the performance a man, who i now know as Michel Dunlop, asked me if i was interested in taking singing up as a career choice, i remember laughing at first but noticed his face was quite serious. And well, a long story cut short, he signed me up and here i am. I guess he saw potential...

Q4) Wow! Thats incredible! You seem to have a lot to thank your friend for. Lets come to your age for a moment, does singing as a full time career not affect your education? After all, your only 17, surely you should be at college? 
A4)No! My parents are adamant that i continue with my education as anything could go wrong in the world of singing. To be fair i feel the same, i would rather be an intelligent singer that has a back-up plain, than a not so intelligent singer where anything can go wrong. I'm the type of person who likes to be in control of their life, i always have been like that. So in conclusion to your question i have a private tutor as i would not be able to juggle music around school hours, its impossible.

Q5) Oh. Well it sounds like you have everything all mapped out! What advice would you give someone trying to be successful in the music industry? 
A6)I would tell them not to give up on their dreams, as thats all we truly have when you think about it, and try knew things, throw yourself into the deep end- you never know, it could change your life! I mean, take me for example; if someone had told me i would be having my first interview because of a singing talent, i would have laughed at them.

Q6)Good advice! So tell us a bit about your new album? 
A6)I'm so glade you asked, i've been dyeing to talk about this all day! It's called "X x Y", and I've made around 6 tracks for the album. I particularly like X x Y as it reminds me of that feeling you get when everything falls into place, a bit like a maths question that wonderful feeling you get when you finally find that missing answer. The song was inspired to me by the event in which i got to this stage and how i've made the first step (of many i hope) to a better life. I just hope my fans will love it just as much as i do.

Q7) Thats fantastic and we cant wait to buy it! When does it go on sale? 
A7) It will be ready to buy on the 15th of october and i'll also be doing an album signing on that day in HMV at oxford street so any fans reading this please do come along!

Q8) Im sure there will be quite a turn out dont you worry. So if its ok with you Tempo would like to dig a little deeper. Do you have a music icon that inspires you? 
A8) Its funny you should ask, as a matter of fact yes i do. I absolutely love the girl band "Little Mix" they are amazing aren't they? Good job from the X-factor judges putting them lovely lot together, their music is terrific and i admire the passion they have for their work its defiantly reflected in their songs. I think my favourite song by them would have to be "DNA". The lyrics are beautiful and if im half as famous they are i will be over the moon.

Q9) Tempo 100% agree with you Little Mix are amazing and fantastic role models. Yes, the song DNA is very good. Speaking of love, is there a lucky lad in your life? 
A9) Ha... No not right now. I've never really been head over heels for any boys, i'm more of a education and fun seeking kind of girl. Plus i'm too young, i don't have time for boys what with music and school work it just wouldn't work. I think i'll save romance till im older.

Q10) Good choice. Go girl power! Finally, where do you think you'll go from here?
A10) Well im gasping! So first port of call is Starbucks! Ha... only kidding, i wouldn't like to make obnoxious predictions but i'd like to think i will continue to feed my audiences needs and make it as big as possible.

Double page spread progress

For the past week i have been making progress on my double page spread. So far i have got three images and an article. The questions are highlighted pink. There still needs to be progress on the "Pull-Quote" but for now i am focusing on the article.

2nd Photo shoot - part 1

 

The "ohh" photo (as I like to call it). This photo was the first one I took in this position and I got this idea from one of the existing double page spreads of a "We love pop" magazine. The problem with this photo is my face is to far down and the legs are not positioned properly so the image looks slightly weird. Another problem with the image is my location, however the reason I did not focus on location to much was because I was planning on cutting all the images out anyway so didn't see the background to be too much of a problem. However I later found out that this was an issue as it took far to long to cut one image out.

This image is slightly better as my head is looking further up however the legs are still an issue and the camera is to far away from the models face. Although to be fair it is an improvement compared to the 1st photo taken.

Slightly better again...

Finally, here I seemed to have perfected the posture, however it is too similar to the "we love pop" image and so can not be used as the main image but may be used a small on the side of the central  image.

In the next five images I have decided to use a prop and the prop I have decided to use is a basketball. This is mainly because the double page spread will consist of an interview and the interview will be of "Amy-X" and as she is knew to the industry the reader will want to know as much about her as possible therefore I decided to make her hobbie basketball so she can connect with the younger audience. This will be reflected in one of the images to the side of the interview.

To a certain degree this image is good but I don't think it will work properly the way it should on the double page spread so I may not use it but I love the way the colour of the jeans and the ball clash to make them both stand out in the image. Shows the significance of both the artist and her interest. She is the centre of attention.

This image is good as its striking, again the contrast of the colours help it a lot, however if you look closely the image is blurred and so may not work where its needed. Its a shame because the model looks innocent and gains the interest of the audience, especially with the way the light is almost golden.

This image is by far the best image taken with the basketball as her facial expressions are interesting her posture is confident but questioning and she's holding the basketball as proud as she can so it stands out. This will be used on the double page spread as one of the little snip-its.

This image is also good as her stance is bold and confident.

In the next three photos I used a chair as a prop just to see if I could get a position that was unique and hadn't been used yet however, this was one of the worst ones as too much of the chair was in the shot.

This one was better but still too much chair in the shot.

This was the best chair one however the position was too male like and so I didn't think it would work well or it might have given off the wrong impression.

Double page spread/ adjustments to contents page

Today i stayed in school for periods 6 and 7 to begin my double page spread. This is what i have done so far and in my opinion i think its a good start. My double page spread will be split into two so on one side will be the images of the person interviewed, and on the other will be the interview. I will also make the left hand side worthy of cutting out so it can be used as a poster for the consumer.
There are still many adjustments to make such as the images, colour of the page (if any), and i need to add the content of the interview, but as they say "so far, so good". Im hoping to complete my front cover and contents page by monday so all i have left to do is the double pages spread.



Today i also came to the decision (with some help from Mr Sloan) that i needed to alter my contents page as it looked too much like the existing magazine "We love pop". So baring that in mind i have rotated the box's that will contain the images in them and put the page numbers at the head of the box's so that it resembles these are key stories that must be read.
I have also added yellow circles around the page numbers to help them stand out even more and added two arrows at either end of the title to show that it has a uniqueness about it.