Double page spread text

Outside the 5 star ST.Regis hotel in London a group of screaming school girls gather to see Mike James arriving for his stay in the hotel for his live performance at the famous 02 Arena. Mike James is 22 years old and is a pop superstar, only arriving on the scene in 2011 he has celebrated his 1st number one UK album and a hit UK single last year. This morning he tells us he was signing some autographs and pictures for the fans he had left waiting for him. Power asks him some questions about his super star life. We asked him how he deals with all the attention? "I loved it at first all the fame and the girls and the money isn't bad either, but after a while it gets boring. Yes I'm glad i have this life but i miss talking to girls and getting to know them instead of them screaming  my name and only knowing me on the stage and not off it". Before his performance Mike James talks to the people who have backstage passes and says this is one of his favourite parts of the job. He gets to talk to the girls that got back stage passes as himself, not some superstar that everyone is screaming and raving about him. We asked do you have any pre performance rituals or superstitions? "Well yes and no i do believe if i don't relax fully in the hotel by playing fifa and eating well then i will perform badly for my fans, but i also believe that most of it is down to the fans and how they create a atmosphere in which i can almost amplify my performance". His current tour involves him playing at the 02 Arena this weekend Friday to Sunday and then moving up the and down the country to perform at places like Wembley and in cities like Leeds, Reading, Newcastle and his tour even involves a late addition with a stop in Cardiff and the Millennium stadium.
We asked the star are their places you prefer performing at? "Leeds and London are great places to perform but my fans are great wherever i go they always support me and i owe them for that". Last year the star was verbally slated by Danny Baker





Pull quote "Don't judge me if you don't know me"

Mrs D

Well done for meeting your contents deadline. I think the layout and colomn alignment is effective. However, the images of flowers do not match your target audience or genre. Go back to your RMAs for inspiration. It needs to read as a music magazine and feature different artists linked to genre and audience.

Contents draft 7

Contents draft 6

Contents draft 5

More of my stories have been added now and the page numbers moved to the right hand side to allow another big story to be underneath my main contents story.

Contents draft 4

My page numbers have been added and the page number for the picture has been made more clear by boxing it and changing it to black and giving the text "Do you know mike james" with a black outline

Contents draft 3

This has changed my layout completely and i have gone for three columns and the music notes above the outer columns

Half term posts

-Created contents stories and spent a hour on starting my double page spread writing

Contents draft 2

Contents draft 1

This is the main story on my contents page it is the same as the front but a different image. There is the story headline and below a quote from the article as well as the page number in the top right

Draft front cover 7

Mrs D

Well done for hitting your front cover deadline. There are some good ideas here. Go back to the criteria you were given and use it to help you improve. Try and use a range of font styles and sizes, your barcode is too lareg and try the cover lines without the background colour. keep up the good work.

Draft front cover 6

This is my final draft it is finished and needs audience feedback so i can improve it for my final copy. I have added a coverline and boxes with coverlines inside them. The colour scheme for my magazine consists of red, black and white. The coverlines are in line with my genre however i am not sure my title is appropriate for my genre as i changed it from rap to hip hop and pop but kept the same title as i thought it would be universal and work for most music genres.

Draft front cover 5

This is my 5th draft and in this there has been added some coverline on the right hand side behind the artist and coverline below the title Power. The coverline below my title is a offer that my magazine will do to help get new and upcoming artist known and start to be recognised. The phone scanner in between the price and the barcode will allow who ever buys the magazine to be able to download that song for free and it will make our magazine popular with the artist who's song we advertise as well as supporting new talent into the music industry

Draft front cover 4

This is my 4th draft this has a barcode added and the price but also the artist has been enlarged and moved so he is more central to the magazine and the title has been moved down so is doesnt obstruct his clothing too much as well as allowing more room for coverlines and other features to be added

Draft front cover 3

 This is slightly more developed than the one below but the alternating white and black coverlines i dont like so i have decided to take them out and work on the bottom one and change the cover lines

New genre

From my pictures i have decided that my magazine genre shouldnt be rap and should focus more on hip hop and pop music this is why the artist name has changed but the main story line is still the same. A insight into the artist as well as him talking about his new album. The artists name has changed to fit this genre from tank to Mike James.

Draft front cover 2

This has shown me that the red goes a lot better with the title and the headline shows up a lot more along my artists clothing than the blue
I think that in a different picture another colour could be used but for the title it needs to be powerful and stand out and red is the correct colour to do this

Draft Front cover 1

Image of my artist with the title in red i prefer this as i feel it stands out a lot more and is more noticeable against the green back drop

Image of my artist witht he title in blue i dont prefer this one as i feel it fades more than the red and it isnt standing out as much as the red title is. If the red title stands out more it will be seen by the reader and i want the title to be recognisable.

Original images

 I dont like this shot particularly because in the background there is a wooden fence which fills up most of the picture






This is the same as the picture above but from a different angle. I like this picture more as there is a better back drop to the picture a more open enviroment

 This is also the same but zoomed slightly to focus more on the artist this is my favourite of the bricked shots.







This is my favourite as the back drop is nice and not blocked by fences or chairs however in the top right corner there is a white glow so the picture may need retaking.






From facebook all these images where uploaded and this bottom one was liked the most along with the less zoomed picture of the bricks looking out towards the fields. (printscreen)

Potential coverlines

1. Free Download for Imagazine
2. New tracks and albums - artists (.......)
3. Tiny Tempah rocked it
4. What dizzy wants
5. Drake at reading festival ?
6. Download Imagazine for easy access for our magazine

Synergy across the pages

For my fonts i would like a bold and powerful style which is easily recognisable. The colour will match what the colour of the artist clothing is or the background in the image/picture. Many of the coverlines will also be this colour but they will vary as having everything one colour would not look great. The cover picture will  different from the contents picture, however in the same place but a different angle. For example there will be a picture of the artist from the side and the contents will have one from the front

Mrs D

Callum, you have missed your planning deadline - you haven't planned for synergy across all 3 pages..

Letter of acceptance

Mrs D

The planning is coming along nicely. You need to have some analysis regarding all images including your layout designs. Think about some mes features for other contents too.

Test Shots

The reason my shots are a nice natural area with a hip hop/rap artist is because it will fit with my headline. "Is there a softer side to TANK?"

The artist would be either sat on the wooden platform looking down or stood up looking into the woodland.

I dislike this shot because it is in a good location but due to the title i would like my image of the artist to not have direct adress. There isnt alot the artist can do or look at without facing us or with his back to us

This shot shows the nature on the right hand side with the street wall on the left this brings the title and the artists genre together.

Need to re-take the picture excluding the two cars  that are in the way.

The artist would be leaning against the left white wall.