Starting double page spread

This is my double page spread where I interviewed Dynamite the band. I included the picture of the girls walking with the coats over their shoulders in the bottom center of the page so that it broke the writing up in the page a bit. I included the questions "when are you thinking of touring again", "what is your next album called?" "how was the sexy photoshoot" and "any celebrity crushes then". I am only half way through my double page spread I will include more questions. I will add more images into the centre of the page so that it doesn't look all text based.

Questions for my double page spread

So girls, when are you thinking of doing your next tour?
Hannah: We are just finishing off our last album at the moment and then we will be announcing the tour dates at the end of June.
Chloe: We’ve got our last two songs to record and the album will be out on the 31^st April.

What is your next album called?

Chloe: We decided to call our next album ‘fierce’ as this is what we describe ourselves as... haha! It was so much fun doing this album as it was different to our first album ‘obsessed’ as fierce is more upbeat and also more meaningful to us as a band. It will be ready to download on itunes on the 31^st April which will be exciting to hear what others think.

How was the sexy photo-shoot?

Hannah: The sexy photo-shoot was the best thing we had done together as band so far and we did want our first sexy photo-shoot together! We loved all the posing on our own and together it was really different to all our other photo-shoots as we were told what to do and were put in fixed positions. But with this, it was more fun and our own individual input rather than being told which we enjoyed more.

Any celebrity crushes then girls?

Chloe: haha, well we do think Justin Bieber is soo cute! But other than that my celebrity crush will always be Usher as I’ve always liked him since I was little.
Hannah: Yeah, we do love Justin Bieber but I would have to say my celebrity crush would be Bruno Mars, he’s soo small and cute, but he’s lovely.

Who would you most like to collaborate with?

Hannah: one hundred percent Beyonce or Rihanna as I think they are so inspiring and amazing singers! Although we would love to collaborate with Justin Bieber and do a slow love song haha! Oops my soft side for Justin is coming out.

Analysis of my photo's

This is the image that i want to use for my contents page as this is something i looked into when i was looking at genre's to choose. The reason i took this photo was because this is what VIBE's contents page is like the girl is situated in the bottom left and then the listing of what is in the magazine is on the right hand side. I thought this image worked well as it was exactly how i wanted it ot be and was exactly like the VIBE magazine which is what i wanted and i will be using this image on the contents page.






This is also from the photo-shoot i did.
This image I felt didnt really work as you couldnt see her face properly and it she also looked like she was positioned awkwardly.
I think it would have worked better if i had maybe taken the picture at a different angle.
However I don't think that i will be using this image for my final magazine although it was good to try out different positions.





Here is another image that i used on my double page spread. She was dressed in the same kind of outfit as Chloe which is black and 'sexy'. I also used the chair for hannah to sit on as i thought it was something good to work with. I had them both posing differently as it would'nt be normal for them to pose the same on a photo-shoot. With Hannah as she has long legs we did a variety of poses until we got the right one that would fit in the camera frame. This was the one that worked best as it still showed the length of her legs but was also different to Chloe's pose. This image also helped with showing what style i wanted to get across.

I made the girls go outside on my drive for this picture as i though the brick effect looked good. I like this image as i think it looks nice that they are both using the same feet and both their legs are crossed. It is also different as it isn't as posed and they dont have to do anything specifically with their faces. There wasn't any image that specifically inspired me to do this image as i thought it was different from the other two. This image will be on my double page spready with the other images of the girls both on the chairs.

This image is a high angle/birds eye view. I liked this image of the girls as i thought it was different and it was nicer of the two girls from a different angle. I edited this photo on my phone and changed it to black and white as i thought it looked better and it shows variety as all the other images that i chose were in colour. This image would also be done for 'the sexy photo-shoot' as the girls are close together and are relatively in the same clothes.

This is one of the images that i intend to use for my double page spread. I made sure that the girl was all in black and was dressed 'sexy' as this was something that i had looked at when i was researching magazines. The sugababes had done a sexy photo-shoot for a magazine and this helped to get ideas ready for my magazine. I also did a quote on the image which is something that was from the interview which was "We wanted to do our first sexy photo-shoot together! It was so much fun!". I edited the photo so that it had a nice effect to it. When taking the pictures I tested her looking at her shoulder, at the camera and looking towards her feet. I chose this image as I thought it was different and it looked better for the style that i wanted to show.

Photo ideas

The ideas of images i would like to take and include in my magazine are:
1. The 2 girls standing together with arms round each other facing slightly inwards.
2. Girls walking away from the camera so their feet are crossed.
3. One girl sitting sidewards on the chair with leg bent with foot on the wall.
4. Other girl leaning backwards with left leg stretched out and right leg bent.
5. Using a chair with head and hair leaning over the seat
6. Girl lying on her back with legs up vertically with feet flexed

Thinking about my Evaluation

The questions that i intend to use for my evaluation are:
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups
3. What kind of media institutions might distribute your media product and why?
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did your attract/address your audience
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
7. Looking back at the preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full task.

I will answer these questions using prezi and will add in images so that i can relate to them.

Asking my friends to be my models

Tonight I text my friends Hannah and Chlo to be my artists for my magazine. They both said yes which was great as they are both blonde so would look well together. I explained to them what they would need to bring to my house on saturday to do the photos which was black clothing, suspender tights, dresses, leggings, long socks and jackets. I am quite excited for this as I have a lot of ideas that I want to be including.

Analysis of VIBE front cover

This is the magazine cover that inspired me to change my genre of music from Pop to RnB. This is because I liked how basic the front cover was yet they were really eye catching to the consumer.
I then analysed the front cover of VIBE magazine and it showed me that i needed to have one main large image that would attract consumers to read it. This front cover certainly does this as it has the well known artist Nicki Minaj on the front to draw peoples attention. Around the main image are titles that are going to be included in the magazine such as "why is drake so angry?" and "Kanye's kilt", these are good as it gives people an idea of what is going to be inside and whether they are likely to be interested in the story. VIBE magazine changes the colours of their headings in order to fit the image that is going to be on the front cover. This is an example of another VIBE magazine and thecolours of the magazine have changed in order to suit the magazine. This is good as it shows that the magazine varies and changes every time that is released which keeps peoples attention. They also always have popular artists in the centre of the magazine as they are well known and the public like them and their music

Unlike the pop magazine that i orginally wanted to use this magazine doesnt have any other images on the front cover which is good as it could seem a bit crowded and as it is for a different target audience this could look childish. The background for the magazine that i am analysing is white with orange, black and white text. It is well presented as you are able to see all of the writing clearly and it isnt as cluttered as the Pop magazine. Overall i feel that this magazine would appeal to teenagers to young adults as it has the singers that they aspire to be and also has stories which will be intriguing for this specific target audience.

Contents page analysis

This contents page is from the magazine VIBE which is a RnB magazine that has helped me to gain ideas for my own music magazine.
For my magazine i will have a girl doing the same pose however i will have the girls foot flexed with the C and O balanced on the top of her feet. However this will need to be tested as i cant have her feet too far apart if i am positioning C and O on the feet. This is something i will need to look at when using photoshop.
The contents list will then be listed down her leg but not in a straight line it will be done with the contents going down her leg.
I liked this content page as i thought it was different and as it would also catch peoples attention especially if it is a good looking girl posed as this.

Pitching my idea

In class today my teacher gave out these basic plans which we were able to fill in to help us to get the idea of our magazine started.

Genre: RnB
I will be publishing my magazine weekly at £1.99
The target audience for my music magazine are 15-25 year olds.
Audience Profile: They like RnB music and have interest in the singers taht feature in the magazines.
Name: Pulse
House Style: Black background, white and yellow writing, arial, bold
I will be using my two close friends to be my artists as they are both blonde and look good together. I will have them posing on the front with their arms round one another. Use of chair with leg bent with foot on wal on the contents page and other different images.
For my double page spread: I will be doing a question and answer interview with the girls taking it turn who answers and also variating who answers.
Inducements: I decided to give  40% off token in Topshop/Topman to win as this would keep my target audience interested in my magazine if they know that my magazine has good competitions to enter.
USP: There aren't many RnB magazines so this is good for me as I won't have as many competitors.