Finished Double Page Spread

Finished Contents Page

Finished Cover Page

Screenshots Showing Editing Process Of Contents Page On Quark

Screenshots of contents page from JakeMediaAS

Screenshots Showing Editing Process Of Cover Page On Photoshop

Screenshots of cover image from JakeMediaAS

Text For Double Page Spread Article

Trend's exclusive Question and     Answer with Callum Ford as he tells us about his life before his rise to fame, how his life is different now and his plans for the future!
Q: So Callum how exactly did you get into music?\
A: Well, it all started when I was around 8 years old and my dad really inspired me because he played the guitar so he'd teach me as much as he could until I was comfortable
 playing alone when I was about 10 years old, so yeah my dad was a huge inspiration for me.
Q: What's your favourite thing about being a huge music artist?
A: It's definitely the fans! I love how much they're into my music and I love giving anything I can back whether that be signing merchandise or taking photos I really don't
 mind, especially after everything they've done for me!
Q: Where do you see yourself in the music industry in five years time?
A: Hopefully with a much wider fan base producing music that is doing pretty successful. By that time I would like to be releasing a few albums so after five years I would
 expect 3 albums, well hopefully and of course I want to have gotten a few number ones in there as well.
Q: A lot of our readers are interested to know; do you write all your own songs?
A: A good 75% of them, yes! My first album I think I wrote every song on there but producing my second album I've had a lot of praise and support from other artists and when a huge artist writes an
amazing song and says they want me to sing it I just can't turn it down I'm afraid! So yes, there are a few songs on the new album I haven't wrote but I can safely say the quality hasn't dropped at all.
Q: Are there any surprises in the near future that you want to tell us about?
A: Well, there is a few massive songs I'll be releasing soon so make sure to look out for them but I don't think there's a lot I can reveal at the moment besides there's a few bug artists featuring in some of the songs and I can't wait to see what the response will be!
Q: And finally a message to your fans and our readers?
A: Thanks for supporting me through my journey so far, there's still a lot to come and thank you to
Trend for this amazing interview and I hope
 the reader's enjoyed it!

Photoshoot Contact Sheet

Sketches and Designs

Written Plans For Magazine Pages

Written Plans for My Music Magazine Pages

Cover Page – The cover page will include a main imagine of the main singer and have taglines related with the article related inside the magazine, possibly a quote from the double page spread. The cover image itself will involve the lead singer either playing the guitar or leaning against the wall with the camera from a lower level so it’s looking up to the person so they’re the main focus. It will also include information on what other articles are in the magazine which will be located on the left or right third of the page. The masthead will be large stretching across the whole of the top of the page and in a bolder font to the rest of the text.

Contents Page – The photographs I’ll shoot for the cover page are going to be of the singer leaning against a wall holding a guitar playing it looking unconventional because he’ll be looking in a reflective and creative manner which is unconventional as it shows the other side to music which is thinking for inspiration with the lyrics for the songs, rather than just performing and selling tracks and albums. The articles I will include on the contents page are:

• ·         Hot or not?
• ·         Ask an artist
• ·         Ones to watch (2013 special)
• ·         Album or track reviews
• ·         The reader’s bad festival experiences
• ·         Gig guide
• ·         The month in pictures
• ·         Upcoming albums (Green Day)
• ·         Album Reviews (MellowHype and Ellie Goulding)
• ·         Festival Review (iTunes)
• ·         The perfect musical present for Christmas
• ·         Posters
• ·         Competitions
• ·         Top 10’s

Double Page Spread – The photographs I’ll shoot for this are of the main subject of the article looking directly at the camera to connect with the readers, the subject of the article will be their life before and besides music so the photo won’t involve any instruments such as a guitar so that the image relates with the article. The double page spread itself will be set out so the image dominates the left or right third of the page or the top half so that it’s the main area of the page to look at so it will draw the reader’s attention. The photo will have a quote over it so it pulls the reader in and the start of the article will have a drop capital taking up 3 lines and there will be around 2 or 3 quotes scattered in between the text so at a glance the reader will see these and be interested to read the article.

Photoshoot Planning

Photo shoot planning

Photographer: Jacob Chisnall

Date of Shoot: 24^th November 2012

Call Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Title of Shoot: TREND cover, contents and feature article, December 20120

Theme: Looking for inspiration in a deserted, silent area

Location of Shoot: Warrington,

Meeting point: Warrington Town Centre

Wardrobe: Skinny jeans, jumper, worn out shoes, beanie hat

Hair: Messy, Curly

Make-up: None

Props: Guitar, Headphones

Necessary Kit: Canon 1100D

Others Present: Nobody

The Production Plan

Publication Plan

Title: Trend

Positioning statement: Undecided

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Price: £2.00

Distribution: Supermarkets, News Agents, Gigs, Festivals

Rationale: The approach is from an informal perspective, very opinionated and from the reader’s perspective as it will be very interactive with the readers and online. It will focus on what music is in trend right now as well as possible future trends and all things music.

Style: Informal and chatty style, very opinionated on music, bands, songs and albums in reviews and not afraid to slate a band or track when needed. Humorous and interactive with the reader, but can have serious articles when necessary.

Regular Content:

• ·         Track/Album Reviews
• ·         Interviews with artists
• ·         Ask An Artist
• ·         Hot or Not?
• ·         Ones To Watch
• ·         Posters
• ·         Competitions
• ·         Gossip
• ·         Several Top 10’s
• ·         The Month In Pictures
• ·         Magazine Forum (Online)

Feature Content:

• ·         Best Recent Gigs
• ·         Gig Guide
• ·         Upcoming Albums Or Tracks
• ·         Popular Viral Videos
• ·         Festival News
• ·         Advertisements
• ·         Free CD’s
• ·         Fan’s Reports On Gigs And Festivals
• ·         Bad Music Experiences

House Style:

·         Masthead –Undecided

·         Main Cover Lines - Undecided

·         Feature Articles – Drop Capital

·         Features First Paragraph - Undecided

·         Features Stand First Paragraph - Undecided

Music Magazine Audience Research

Publication planning from JakeMediaAS

Case Study Notes On Two Existing Music Magazines

Case study notes on two existing music magazines from JakeMediaAS

Initial Ideas And Plans For My Music Magazine

Type/Focus Of Magazine

There will be a range of different music genres and tastes so it will appeal to people in the age group of 16-25, but there will be no specific genre of music, just eclectic so that anybody interested in a certain area of the issue will read it, it will link heavily to online-related areas of music such as Youtube videos with the most views or viral videos that in in trend at the time, top selling songs or albums on iTunes in the period and give aways.

Target Audience

The magazine's target audience will be people in the age group of 16-25, so there will be a lot of articles non music related that will focus on the interests of people within that age catgory

Price

The magazine will be either free or online because the trend in sales of magazines that are free are highly increasing and a lot more than magazines in which you have to pay for them

Frequency of Publication

Weekly, because that gives time to be able to collect recent information regarding music and current interesting events to pack into a weekly magazine, because one month would be too long to keep in the know of recent music trends and sales etc and daily would become tedious and would get less popular far too quickly because the topics will be very similar

Issue Size

Because the magazine is weekly the magazine size will have to be quite big, so it will vary between 50 and 75 pages weekly, including information regarding subjects non-music related, linked with the internet and current affairs interesting to the target audience

Typical Content

The content will include sales figures of recent songs, for example Top 10's on iTunes for albums and tracks aswell as most watched or trending videos on YouTube, interviews with bands or music artists, reviews on new albums or tracks, upcoming events such as gigs and festivals, competitions like win an iTunes voucher, but you'd have to buy the magazine, obtain the code then enter via the website, tracks of the week, young and upcoming artists that deserve to be known as well as main interviews and features related to the front page. 

Research Into The Music Magazine Market

Types Of Music Magazine

• Popular
• Non-Popular
• Miscellaneous
• Instrumental 

20 UK Music Magazines - Genre and Audience

• Artrocker, Classic/Modern, 16-30
• Big Cheese, Rock/Punk/Metal, 16-25
• Black Velvet, Rock/Punk, 16-25
• Clash, Alternative, 16-25
• DJ Mag, Dance/Electronic, 18-30
• The Fly, Unsigned Bands/Indie, 18-35 (FREE)
• Hip Hop Connection, Hip Hop, 16-25 (ONLINE)
• Kerrang!, Heavy Metal, 16-25
• K Mag, Dusbpstep/Electronic, 16-25
• Metal Hammer, Heavy Metal, 16-30
• Mixmag, Dance/Electronic, 18-30
• Mojo, Rock/Alternative, 30+
• NME, Indie/Eclectic, 16-25
• Q, Rock/Mainstream, 16-30
• Rock-A-Rolla, Rock/Metal, 18-30+
• Rock Sound,Rock, 16-25
• Stool Pigeon, Alternative, 20's
• Terrorizer, Metal, 16-35
• Top Of The Pops, Pop/Chart, 10-16 (female)
• Uncut, Rock/Indie, 24-45

Magazine Publishers

• Bauer
• IPC
• Future Publishing

Magazine Circulations

• Properganda + 68.8%
• The Fly + 8.4%
• Mojo - 2.4%
• Uncut - 4.5%
• Kerrang! - 6.6%
• NME - 17.6%
• Q - 19.7% 

Ideas For A New Magazine

• Eclectic Music Magazine
• Online Related: iTunes, Spotify, Youtube?
• Free?

College Magazine Evaluation

AS Media College Magazine Evaluation

My college magazine conforms to all of the typical conventions of a magazine as the image is medium close up and the top of the image covers the masthead to draw attention to the image. Also, the whole of the cover page uses no more than four or 5 colours and has the text concerning information on what’s in the magazine on the left hand side. The text itself is small but bold so it’s noticeable, whereas the masthead is a large font to show that’s the name of the magazine, there’s also a bar code, price and date.

The contents page too matches the conventions of a typical contents page as it has several images, but a large image to emphasise the main story within the magazine. It’s also separated into columns, so that it’s easier to read and find the page you’re looking to read. The background is white which is typical of a contents page and it says contents in bold writing at the top of the page. Just as the cover page, it has the date, name of the magazine and uses no more than a few colours, in this instance white, blue and black.

Young people are represented in a positive way as the cover story praises the hard work of a student that has been rewarded by winning a competition, which doesn’t fit the stereotype of teenagers that are represented in the media usually.

Overall, I’ve learnt how to use Photoshop to produce my cover page and tools within the program as well as Quark to produce my contents page. I also got a grip of the tools within the program such as crop, refine layer and editing the fonts, sizes and boldness of text.

Finished Contents Page

Finished Cover Page

Notes On Doing A Photo Shoot

Notes on doing a photoshoot

It's useful to use a light reflector so that the image

of who/what you're taking a photo of is fully visible

Using a good quality camera means the picture

quality will be better and you'll have certain

settings to help you get the picture you want

Be friendly and get on with the subject so they feel

comfortable with you and you're able to get a more

natural looking shot

Make sure there's no distracting elements in the photo

that takes the focus off the person

Try to make the background unfocused so that the

person is the main focal point of the image

Take a lot of photos so that you have a wide selection

to choose from 

Make sure that the light source is behind the photo

taker so that it's not visible behind the person