photoshoot

i have recently taken my photographs for the pages in my magazine. i have used a white background for one image which i will be using for the feature article page as inside my magazine i will be using a colour theme of black, white, grey and purple and this photo will help represent my colour theme, and i have also used a purple decorative wallpaper for my other photographs as purple is one of my colours in my colour theme, i have used a decorative wallpaper to make the background and the picture look really good and effective. here are my main photographs for my magazine below,

mock up of feature article pages

this drawing is a mock up of what i am going to have my feature article double page spread like. on the left hand side page i will include the title of the article and the article itself; however for my article i will be including a brief introduction of the new artist and an interview with the artist. on the right hand side page i will include a photograph of the artist and around the photograph i will be including quotes from the interview so then if my target audience is flicking through the magazine then i will want interesting things to catch their eye so including quotes will hopefully make them want to read all the article and purchase my magazine.

mock up of contents page

this drawing here is a mock up of what i want my contents page to be like. i have included the title at the left hand side but arranged them in a different type of way to make it stand out and give it its own unique touch. underneath the title i will include the text of what is on each page of the magazine to give the reader a feel of whats going to be inside. then on the right hand side i will be using alot of different photographs of things to do with music for example instrumentals, other artists etc, to create a collage.

mock up of front cover

this drawing here is a mock up of my front cover as this is what i want my front cover of my magazine to initially look like. i have drawn my model in the middle of the magazine because i want her to be the main focus and have all the attention as i want her to be able to appeal to my target audience. i haven't included alot of side headings because i haven't decided which ones to put on yet as i want some that will definitely appeal to my target audience so i am just going to add them onto my final piece once i have thought about them all but the ones already on are the ones i will be using. 

draft of my article

From modeling to singing, jessy is showing both her beauty and her voice in her latest release. And if her voice is as good as her looks then… Jessy, we want your secret!!!

To call Jessica white – aka jessy – just another model is an understatement. At only 19, she’s pretty much done it all. She’s got the voice, the looks and after catching up with her this week she is also one lovely little lady too, so what more could you want?! Modeling – wise, jessy has appeared in many fashion shows and also modeled for many designers including Roberto Cavaelli and Vivenna Westwood. And, as for her personal life, she’s dating gorgeous footballer David Hoilett… Phew! Jessica White most people would know her as one of the most beautiful models there has ever been, she has done covers for Vogue, Elle and many more, so she is pretty well known for her modeling and stunning looks; however, she’s ditched the modeling and recently released her new single so this week we caught up with the lady herself to find out about what happened with the big leap from model to the latest r’n’b artist.

Lets get to the point… model to artist, how did that happened?

Well, after being a model for almost 4 years I fancied a changed and as I became a big hit with my modeling I thought id try something new as I love a new start at something different and a good challenge.

Had you always want to be a model?

I started modeling when I was 15 and that was only for a catalogue because my mum thought id be perfect for it so she signed me up to several catalogues and I ended up getting some offers back from a few of them. After appearing in the catalogue I started getting recognized a lot which then resulted in me becoming a model for designers and magazines as I had been recognized by them. So really it was something I enjoyed doing for fun and something my mum thought id be good for but I actually didn’t think id get this far but while being a model and before I became one I was always writing music, going to millions of concerts and just always listening to music… I was music mad!! So really I always wanted to be a singer and now my dream is actually coming true hahaha!

Well its certainly happened now. How does it feel to be famous?

Sometimes I miss being unknown – being able to go shopping without someone snapping up a quick shot of me and the constant begging of fans asking for photos and autographs which I love but not when I want to do some good shopping,  any girl hates getting distracted while she’s shopping!

How would you describe your music style?

Ever since I was younger I was a huge r’n’b fan, it was all I listened to. I was crazy about Chris Brown, 50 Cent, Rihanna, Ne-yo! So yeah I would say my music style is definitely r’n’b.

What do you do when you’re not working?

I just like to be normal. I like to go home to Manchester, see the family, have a good catch up and just be myself – it’s the only time I really feel at home when I’m with that lot.

How does it feel being in a recording studio instead of appearing as the face of Vogue?

Its really strange because im used to bright lights of the cameras all the time as millions of photos were always taken but now I don’t have to worry about looking my best I can just be myself and wear whatever I want, like the other day we were recording and I was just in my pjs which I would never be in for a photo shoot, I loved it!

We gotta ask is it love with David?

Hmmmm I was waiting for this one but I could possibly say yeah I think it is, we have been together for 3 years and its going so perfect I couldn’t ask for a better person to be spending my days with right now. We’re very happy, it’s a beautiful thing to be able to share your life with someone.

reader profile

This image here is what i expect for my readers profile to be like as my magazine is going to be an r'n'b genre and this reader is a big fan of r'n'b simply because she is a street dancer and likes the music of Neyo, Chris Brown, Amerie and Keri Hilson who are all r'n'b artists. The fact that she is a young single female could mean that she would be easily attracted to many 'hot' 'sexy' artists (as she does say she likes Neyo and Chris Brown who are known to be two attractive men in the music industry), which is something i could think about including in my magazine as this will attracted my target audience as she is within my target audience.  

planning photo shoot

The person who i am going to use as my model and write about for my feature article as a new r'n'b artist is my sister Jessica White. I will be using different props and outfits for my photographs, for example i will be using big headphones for her to wear, glasses etc. The costumes she shall be wearing will consist of black, white, grey and purple colours as these are the colours which i will be using throughout my magazine (these colours will be my colour theme). The props and parts of the outfit which will be a purple are the items which i want to stand out the most because putting these things in a different colour to the black and white effect will definitely make them stand out as they will be very clear and noticeable. The casting shots for each photograph will be very different as i want the photographs to be able to show the readers what genre of artist she actually is without them reading anything. I am thinking of using a decorative background for some photographs but then a plain white background for the others.

moodboard

This image here is what i created myself for my moodboard. i have included some of my favourite female artists who are Victoria Beckham, Amerie, Ciara, Keri Hilson and Kelly Rowland. I have included female artists for my moodboard because i am doing a magazine which is targeted at a female audience and these are some of the female artists which i think most females will like as some of them were mentioned on my questionnaire. Each photo of the artists are in a black and white effect; this is because i want my magazine and the photos i will be taking to be in a black and white effect. however, i have included some purple items on my boardmood such as a purple ipod because i also want to include purple to my magazine as i will be using the purple to make things in/on my magazine stand out. Zapfino, BlairMDITC TT and Century Gothic are the three fonts which i have used on my moodboard; my favourite of the three fonts is the BlairMDITC TT font because i stands out well over the photos and looks good unlike the Zapfino font which looks too posh for the type of magazine i am producing and some people may not be able to read it, and the Century Gothic font just looks too boring and plain.

planning

Throughout the process of creating my music magazine i will be using varies equipment and technologies. I will be using in design to actually produce my magazine on and photoshop to edit any photographs i will be taking, i will be using these computer programmes on a mac, a digital camera to take photographs for the front page and inside my magazine and i also may be using different tones of lightening for my photographs.

I have thought of three different names which i could use for my magazine; these include Breezey, Touch and Replay. For my magazine i have decided to use the name Touch for the title as i will obviously want to try and attract people to 'touch' and buy my magazine so by calling my magazine Touch this will hopefully convince people to look through it and result in buying it.

magazine institution

To create a successful magazine it needs to be supported by a media institution to produce and distribute copies on the magazine. Some institutions such as IPC Media, VMG and EMAP produce hundreds of magazines, radio shows and other types of media. I think that either VMG or BMG would be great institutions to support my magazine; this is because they produce magazines such as Marie Clare, NME, Look and Heat in which some will have similarities to my magazine as some of these magazines are mostly targeted towards females as is mine. If I were to produce and sell my magazine, I would probably like to work with VMG, as this institution focuses on the magazine vibe which is my main influence. Working with them would maybe allow me to encourage Vibe readers to buy my magazine. Vibe magazine i'd say would be the biggest competition in the magazine business so if I worked with the same institute as them, I would be able to target the audience i want to straight away.

questionnaire

These questionnaires below are two examples of my questionnaire which i used to find out things such as what people like about magazines, whether they purchase them or not etc. Once i have got all my questionnaires filled in i will be able to see what sort of things come up which ill help me to create some ideas for my final magazine.

questionnaire results

After completely my questionnaire i have found out quite a few things which could help me with creating some ideas for my final magazine.

Looking at the graph towards the left you can see that the most popular genre of music people like is R'N'B which is the genre i have chosen to use for my magazine. 

I also found out that not many people purchase music magazines which means i will have to create my magazine really good and appealing so people will actually purchase it. 

However, i did find out that most people would purchase a music magazine if one was created for their age group which means that the target audience in which i am focusing on will purchase my magazine as it will be for their age group.

Everyone who answered my questionnaire said they would like to find out about the latest gigs/concerts going on which i could include in my magazine or on the front page of my magazine as a slogan to catch peoples attention as this is want they will want to see.

Again everyone who answered my questionnaire said big artists they like would convince them to buy a music magazine were include on the front page or inside the magazine. This is another thing which i would include in my magazine or on the front magazine because it would obviously get peoples attention and hopefully purchase my magazine. Some of these big artists included 50 Cent, Chris Brown, Ne-yo, Christina Aguilera, Jay Sean and many more, all of which are R'N'B artists so this will also give me an idea of who else to include in my magazines.

Feedback 2.2.10

Hayley,

Good work again. Try to get your audience research completed then you can get planning your own magazine. I would like you to have all your research and planning completed by half term so that you can take all your photographs over the holidays in time to start production fully after half-term.
Keep up the hard work!

Mrs A

analyse artist images

this image is again of the artist Amerie. it has been used for the magazine 'honey'. the body language of the artist is very confident and open as she is using is a sort of 'sexy' pose which will attract male readers as they may find her very attractive but this image can also attract female readers as they may like the style of the her hair or her fashion. the image is in a black and white effect which looks really good and the title of the magazine is in a dark and light pink font which makes the title of the magazine stand out really well.

analyse artist images

this image is an album cover of Amerie. the colours used for this cover all contrast really good together as the bright yellow striped background make the artist stand out really well as she is wearing more dull colours which helps you focus on the artist. the name of the artist and the title of the album is laid out well and the font used is very effective as it has its own unique style. the use of the camera is really good as there are three different poses of the artist. this album cover will mainly attraction females as it looks girly and her fashion will want them to see more of her outfits. 

analyse artist images

this image here is of the artist Amerie. the colours used for this image makes it look really good as they all contrast great together with the plain white background to make the artist stand out well as the image is focusing on her. the artists body language is very confident as she is posing with an attitude which looks really good. females will be attracted to this artist and her music as they may like her fashion and think she looks like she would be a good artist as she looks good; males will also be attracted to her and her music as they will find her attractive.

analyse the top 40 downloads

this here is the latest top 40 downloads of this month. the music which has been downloaded is mainly the genre that i am focusing on in my magazine, so the fact that they are in the top 40 downloads prove that this is a popular type of music.

1 OWL CITY FIRE FLIES
2 GLEE CAST DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
3 IYAZ REPLAY 4
4 3OH3 FT KATY PERRY STARSTRUKK
5 SIDNEY SAMSON FT WIZARD SLEEVE RIVERSIDE
6 JLS ONE SHOT
7 ALICIA KEYS EMPIRE STATE OF MIND (PART II)
8 JOURNEY DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
9 EXAMPLE WON'T GO QUIETLY
10 JAY-Z FT MR HUDSON YOUNG FOREVER
11 ALEXANDRA BURKE BROKEN HEELS
12 LADY GAGA BAD ROMANCE
13 SATURDAYS EGO
14 N-DUBZ FT MR HUDSON PLAYING WITH FIRE
15 JAY SEAN / SEAN PAUL / LIL JON DO YOU REMEMBER
16 KESHA TIK TOK
17 TIMBALAND FT KATY PERRY IF WE EVER MEET AGAIN
18 JAY-Z FT ALICIA KEYS EMPIRE STATE OF MIND
19 PLAN B STAY TOO LONG
20 JUSTIN BIEBER ONE TIME
21 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE YOU'VE GOT THE LOVE
22 BLACK EYED PEAS MEET ME HALFWAY
23 ALICIA KEYS DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING
24 RIHANNA RUSSIAN ROULETTE
25 CHIPMUNK FT TALAY RILEY LOOK FOR ME
26 PIXIE LOTT CRY ME OUT
27 RIHANNA RUDE BOY
28 BIFFY CLYRO MANY OF HORROR
29 ONE REPUBLIC ALL THE RIGHT MOVES
30 TIMBALAND / NELLY FURTADO / SOSHY MORNING AFTER DARK
31 BLACK EYED PEAS I GOTTA FEELING
32 GIRLS CAN'T CATCH ECHO
33 PITBULL FT AKON SHUT IT DOWN
34 JASON DERULO WHATCHA SAY
35 CHERYL COLE FT WILL I AM 3 WORDS
36 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE DOG DAYS ARE OVER
37 CHERYL COLE FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE
38 YOUNG MONEY FT LLOYD BEDROCK
39 ALEXANDRA BURKE FT FLO RIDA BAD BOYS
40 JAY-Z / BONO / EDGE / RIHANNA STRANDED (HAITI MON AMOUR)

analyse the journalist style and structure

this feature article here includes Leona Lewis, Simon Cowell and Clive Davis. the article is told as if the writer is telling the reader instead of it being like an interview; unlike an interview where the writer and artist are speaking face to face the information of the artist is told straight however there are some quotes given by each of the celebrities included in the article, eg Leona said 'i was having cold sweats, thinking i was up next' this makes the reader feel that they are involved as the information Leona gives is very open and honest. the structure of the text is in a simple layout so it is understandable and clear.  

my unique selling point

my music magazine is aimed at a female audience who are interested in knowing about new, current and old r'n'b music. to make sure my magazine sells i must chose well at deciding what information to put in my magazine and also how to design it. most magazines will use the celebrities which they include inside their magazine and on the front cover as their unique selling point as big stars will get loads of attention to readers. even though i will be including big stars inside my magazine this will not be my unique selling point like other magazines; i think that the unique selling point for my magazine will be that its audience is for females. magazines such as kerrang and nme target male and female audiences not just one particular audience. as my magazine is going to be targeted just for females it can include lots of girly colours, information etc which males wouldn't want. this allows the target audience to read about the music they enjoy, and not have things to read that males would enjoy. as well as meaning that loads of girls are going to appeal to my magazine as it is a magazine just for them, it will make my magazine stand out and be unique to other music magazines.