PHOTOGRAPHS

 

As I have been thinking about my double page spread I have thought about what photographs-out of the ones I took-that I would be involving in it, I have came to a decision and decided on this photograph. Originally I thought about having two photographs on my double page spread but as I am thinking of having one of them take up a whole page, I think it would be too much to have another one so I decided to have just one instead.
I chose this one because I like her pose, it suites my magazine and I think my target audience would like a photograph like this being in the magazine.

 

 

 

Photographs for my Contents Page

These are the photographs I have taken for my contents page.

1) This photograph represents my charactor 'Jay Roman' who is mentioned on my front cover; on the front cover it says 'Jay Roman, how he does it'; the writing on my front cover represents the attitude of my charactor in the picture - he looks very confident, almost arragont with the 'cheeky' type of smile I asked my model to do, as if he knows he's good at the work he does.

 

 

2) This photograph is one which has been shown earlier in my blog but I decided to put all of the pictures I am going to use in my contents on this post so its clear to me when I look back at what pictures I am using for it. This is another photograph of my star 'Ava Costella', however in contrast to her photograph on my front cover, her hair is down and she has a dress on; also her pose is very different. I decided to have her hair down, to show her 'wild side', as the picture on the front cover looks like she 'means business'. I am hoping that when the audience see this other side to her they will be more intriguied to read the interview and find out exactly what she is like. I got my model to do this pose, as I see it as she is almost bringing them into the magazine more, like she is leading them in and looking back at them to make sure they are following; almost like she is saying 'come inside' through her pose.

 

3) This photograph is of a denim shirt with studs on and a red bag with studs on. This picture represents the fashion page in my magazine, as I already have two pictures of models on my contents I felt it would be too much to have another one so have clothes was something different and perhaps interesting for my audience. I purposely included the red bag because the colour links in with masthead, and as I was using the studed shirt having a studed bag fitted in the picture. 

 

 

 

Double Page Spread

My double page spread will entail and interview with a star, this star will be the same person that is on my front cover - Ava Costella, I came to the decision of having an interview on my double page spread earlier on my blog due to my questionnaire.

Recently I have been thinking about my interview and what it will be like, for e.g. how formal/informal it will be, as in my questionnaire my demographic audience said they would like my magazine as a whole to my informal and formal I thought it would be best to have my interview formal and informal.

To do this I will have the questions being asked quite formal and upfront, whereas the answers will be exactly how the artist is saying it, therefore more informal.

I have written out some of my interview that I will be putting in my double page spread...

Interview

So, your new to the scene and you've already got a No1 hit - how does that feel?

'Oh god, you know what, it hasn't actually sunk in *laughs* I don't think it will for a while, but I feel as a new artist I've had so much support from the public which has helped out alot with my first single so I feel I owe a lot to them, but the fact it has managed to get to No1 in the charts just pushes me to do more'

As a new artist, we as an audience are always intriguied to know your background - So, what was your childhood like?

'Oh of course, although I do try to keep most of my personal life ''on the down low'', I do think its good as an artist to let your fans know you as a person not just a singer. And I loved my childhood, I mean, who doesn't? No work, just eat, sleep and play *laughs* I  remember as a child I always used play games that involved action, I either imagined myself doing some badass fighting or having powers - thinking about it I was quite boyish, I never really played with barbies that much-always got bored'

At what point in your life did you realise you wanted to be a singer?

'Oh thats a good question actually, I think it was when I was around 16/17, it's weird because usually artists say that they started singing from a young age and wanted to be a singer from a young age but with me I honestly never thought of singing until around the age of 16/17 and that was simply because my family and friends complimented my voice everytime I sung along to a song - I've always seen it as fate I suppose'

You write your own music, did that come naturally when you started singing or is that something you learnt?

'*laughs* You know, everytime I get talking to anyone they always mention the fact I write my own music, when in my opinion its exactly what an artist should do, I mean, I just feel if you dont write your own music its not from the heart so how do you expect your audience to believe what your saying. I've always loved writing poems and stuff, even as a child, it just comes naturally to me. And when I realised I was a good enough singer, I just automatically started to write my own songs'

Is there anyone in the industry that you dislike?
*Hmm* well I wouldn't say I disliked anyone inparticular, but I will say there are certain people I dont get along with as well as others. But its just life, your not going to get along with everyone, and in this industry you've got to put it to one side and be mature about it otherwise the press will kill you with the stories.

Well thank you Miss Costella, however we have one last question for you, when is your album coming out?

*laugh* Finally, I've been waiting for this question! My album is coming out February the 16th, it is something me and my producers have worked very hard on so I'm hoping all my fans will buy it and love it!

Star Profile

Star Profile;

Name - Ava Costella AKA Ava

Age - 22

D.O.B - 4th March 1990

Personality - Ava Costella is a new upcoming R'n'B artist; she does not only sing but writes her own music also. She has a confident, fun loving attitude; someone that would appeal to a large audience. However although she likes to have her fun, she works very hard and is very good at what she does . Her first single has just been released and has hit No1 in the charts; this portrays good things for my star.

 

Reasons;

I chose the name Ava Costella because I wanted a name people would remember and as Ava Costella is an unusual name it is more rememberable. Earlier in my blog I thought of different names I could use, Ava Quinn and Eva Costella were two of the names I thought of; I liked the name Ava simply because it was short and simple, one I could imagine on a front cover of a magazine however I didn't like the name Quinn; I thought it was too plain and simple so I looked at the other last names I had thought of, and Eva Costella jumped out at me; the last name Costella seemed as though it was a foreign last name, which would attract the audeince as something foreign is different yet intriguing.

I chose her age to be 22 years old because I wanted her to still be in her 'young and wild' days however I wanted her to have a bit of maturity about her so having her in her early 20's would suit.

Her age reflects her personality, I wanted my star to have a fun side to her personality so the demographic audience would find her excititng and enjoyable and perhaps be able to relate to her songs more if they are full of things that seem upbeat and fun. However, I want her mature also so the target audience can see her as a hard working role model that loves to have fun but also loves to work hard at what shes good at. Plus, I feel like people would take her more seriously if she is more mature and not young and silly.

Front cover

I have been working on the front cover for my magazine and this is where I have got to; I have printscreened certain things I did and uploaded them also to show how I altered my front cover to make it look better.

This is towards the start of my creation. I simply put in the masthead and altered its size so it covers nearly all of the page at the top. I then place my star over it suggesting she is newer than the magazine itself. However I was not completely happy with the image as I thought it wasn't as perfectly blemished or noticeable as other stars are in my earlier research.

To change this I wanted to make her skin look smother, her cheekbones more outlined and her lips more red to match the masthead, as I am comfortable with the app I have on my iphone I used that to make her skin look more smooth...

For the cheeks and lips I used the paintbrush on paint.net...

 

 As you can see I have drew dark and light lines on the lining of the cheekbones so they stand out more and I have painte the lips more red and put white lining on there for the 3D effect almost as though light it shining off them.
I then added the writing on the front of my magazine, I was searching for a plain font but also one that could slightly match my masthead otherwise I felt it would look odd, I searched for fonts and found this one

I liked this font when I saw it as it slightly matched my masthead font, as it is slightly square but also has curves in it. I tried this out on my front cover and liked it so I used it.

This is where I am at with my front cover so far...

 

 



drafts

These are my drafts for my front cover, contents and double page spread.
However, I am using these drafts as a starting ground, I may not actually live up to what these drafts look like exactly. Some of the things I might do differently are; have a different picture on the front cover; not have a selling line; have a different quote for my double page spread and other little things, although these drafts are going to be my starting point.

photographs

I have taken the photographs I said I was going to take in my post yesterday.
I have not yet edited the pictures, or changed them in anyway; however I will be doing that when I am trying it out with my masthead and coverline.
I have deleted photographs that were not good quality or photos I felt wouldnt look good in my magazine.
All in all, I have 45 photo to play around with and choose out of, these are some of my photographs...