Creation of my Music Magazine

FRONT COVER

I chose to use this image as the background for my front cover of my music magazine as I thought it was a unique image and music orientated as the girl has a microphone in her hand. I chose to name the music magazine 'INK' as it is short like the NME magazine but also relates to more rockish people as the stereotypical rocker has tattoos.

I added a slanted subtitle to attract readers and my black on yellow colour pallet is strong and stands out but it doesn't make the reader eyesore. I didn't want to swear in my music magazine so i used 'duck' instead of a more rude word. I added an image with a yellow border so it would match the colour pallet and it goes nicely with the yellow background of 'INK'

I also added a large name with a black backround to help create a yellow, black, yellow pattern as to keep the theme of the magazine flowing in the right direction. Adding more slanted text and quotes made it look like a more official music magainze and the slanted text also went well with the slanted text lower down the front cover page.

I made sure i kept the colour pattern working as not to create a bad vibe for the reader. I didn't want to do and more slanted text as it would end up looking like it had been printed wrong. I also did another box telling the reader that there are also 'behind the scenes' articles and pictures to draw the reader in much more so that they would want to buy the magazine.

I made the musice magazine look more appealing by making it a 'special issue'. This would hopefully make the reader feel like they are buying something rare and that it will be worth the time for them to read and cherish the magazine. i also made the magazine seem more exclusive by using slanted text which said 'IN THE RAW' which will make the reader believe they will be reading the truth about this person.

I finished off my front cover of my music magazine by adding two photographs either side of the bottom of the magazine to even out the creative flow of the cover. I overlapped the slanted text with the pictures as it is what kerrang magazine normally does as well as NME magazine, which i thought made my magazine more realistic.

CONTENTS

I used a black background as the front cover had a balck and yellow theme to it so i thought i should keep the theme going so it would look like it was part of the magazine instead of it looking like a completely different magazine. I used a photograph and enlarged it to show what the main story of the music magazine is about. The yellow bar if to show where i will put what will be in next weeks issue.

After doing this i decided to add another photograph to give the contents of my music magazine a better visual effect. I also added an issue date in white to show or made it seem like it was an official magazine. I then began to add the page numbers and a bit more information about what is happening in each page, whilst still keeping to a black and yellow theme and using the white for a bit of a change.

I then added a large, made-up quote and highlighted it in yellow for a better 'wow' factor. I added more text about how to join and win a competition and also some subheadings to my contents page so that the reader is able to work through the music magazine more easily as the contents is very organised and i think it still looks like a really good music magazine.

I then completed the actual contents layout which was along th right hand side of the page. I then added more information on the largest picture and gave the text a yellow background so that it contrasts with the black contents page background. On the largest image I though that having a black number on a yellow background wouldnt stand out well so I swapped the colours around.

I wasn't really as happy as i could be with the look of my music magazine contents page so i swapped a few pictures around eg. the top left image and the top right image. I also added more text thanking the readers for buying this magazine so that they feel more welcome to getting this magazine again.

DOUBLE PAGE ARTICLE

The image i used was a little blurry but i thought that it still would look good as the background for my double page article. I also added a sub-heading on a yellow background so it looked like part of the same magazine. I didn't extend the photograph the full of the double page but that was because i was expecting to put more pictures and textboxes on the page.

After being satisfied with the look of my page so far I decided to give it a bit more flare by adding a title in an old, rock type font in yellow also to contrast with the background but also to blend in with the yellow. The i added a large black textbox and changed the colour of the font to yellow. which i thought looked pretty good as it matched with the other pages.

Then i added a small yellow textbox with black writing. The reason why I made the textbox so small was that i only wanted my text to go over so far like a paragraph. After that i added a page number on a black background to contrast and stand out against the yellow textbox. After that i used opposite coloured arrows to show where the begining of each side of the interview starts.

I then added another two yellow textboxs to try and complete the interview taking place and i really was proud of the work and the overall magazine which was begining to come together in one creative black and yellow blast. However i could clearly tell that something was missing in bothe the bottom right and the top left corners but i was unsure what to put there which would look good.

I decided to place two band like images at the bottom right. One photography i kept in a firm solid outline but the other i decided that i wanted that photograph to overlap the other in a rough and rugged way. This i thought was really pulling to magazine together and my creativity just started to thrive more. Sadly i was still unsure what to put in the top left corner of the music magazine.

Finally I decided that the background image was too blurry and not rocky enough for my music magazine so i replaced that. I also added a slanted textbox in the centre on the page on which i added a quote inside. I added another page number as i remembered it was a double page and not a single page. In the top left corner i created another little competition and after that my music magazine front cover, contents page and doub;e page spread was finally complete.

Music Magazine Final Design

FRONT COVER

CONTENTS

DOUBLE PAGE ARTICLE

Answers to Character Profile

Photographs to use for my music magazine

I chose to use these images as i want to base my magazine on one of my favourite bands, The Pretty Reckless. The Pretty Reckless are an American rock band from New York. The current members are Taylor Momsen (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Ben Phillips (lead guitar, backing vocals), Mark Damon (bass) and Jamie Perkins (drums). For two years singer and rhythm guitarist Taylor Momsen worked with several producers before meeting Kato Khandwala. Momsen has said that she liked Khandwala because he was a rock producer as opposed to a pop producer. Khandwala introduced Momsen to Ben Phillips and the three of them began to write songs together. Three unnamed musicians were hired to form the band with Momsen. The band were originally called The Reckless but had to change the name due to trademark problems. The band played its first concert on May 5, 2009 at The Annex in New York. After seven concerts the lineup of the band was changed. The new lineup of the band consisted of Momsen with John Secolo (guitar), Matt Chiarelli (bass) and Nick Carbone (drums). The second line-up of the band also played its first concert at The Annex on June 3, 2009. They recorded some demos in early 2009 and they opened for The Veronicas on their North American tour. In 2010 Secolo, Chiarelli and Carbone left the band.

At present, Taylor Momsen is the singer and rhythm guitarist, with Ben Phillips on lead guitar, Mark Damon on bass, and Jamie Perkins on drums.
Momsen stated in an interview with OK! Magazine that the band signed with Interscope Records and would be releasing their debut album in 2010. In another interview, Momsen briefly discussed the sound of the band, saying it would be "not what people are going to expect" and will feature a dark and heavy sound but would have "lighter, fun stuff as well." In an interview with MTV, Momsen reported the influences on the band to include The Beatles and Oasis, along with grunge band Nirvana. She also stated that her personal influences include Kurt Cobain and Joan Jett. After the band announced they had signed to Interscope Records, two new recordings of demo songs ("He Loves You" and "Zombie") were posted on their Myspace.

I really admire Taylor Momsen and the rest of the band as the songs they write and how the perform and record their songs are alway perfect. My favourite songs at this moment in time are "Zombie", "Make Me Wanna Die", "Miss Nothing", "Goin' Down" and "My Medicine". On December 30, 2009, the band released the promo song entitled "Make Me Wanna Die". The song was uploaded for free since and was offered as a download to fans on their Interscope Records website for a limited amount of time. The band launched "Make Me Wanna Die" on the soundtrack and in the end credits to the 2010 film Kick-Ass. The song was the band's first single, and was released on May 17, 2010, with the debut album set to be released in August. On April 9, 2010, they performed during the "Vans Warped Tour 2010 Kick-Off Party" and performed at The Bamboozle music festival on May 1, 2010. They played the entire Warped Tour 2010. Their first EP was released on June 22, 2010, with mixed reactions. Most critics praised the lyrics and production, however Rolling Stone magazine classified the sound as "generic". It contained four songs, three of which can be found on their debut album: "Make Me Wanna Die", "My Medicine", and "Goin' Down". The first single "Make Me Wanna Die" was released on May 17, 2010 and was #1 on the UK Rock Chart for six weeks. A viral video was released to promote the single, and the band announced that the official version would be released soon. The full record was released on August 31, 2010.
The band announced the album title as Light Me Up through Myspace. They also confirmed several song names, including "You", "Miss Nothing", "Just Tonight", "Since You're Gone" and the title-track "Light Me Up". The album is produced by Khandwala and entirely written by Momsen and Phillips. The album will be released on August 30, 2010 in UK and August 31, 2010 worldwide. The song "Miss Nothing" was the second single to be released from "Light Me Up", on August 9, 2010. It was aired exclusively on the British radio station, BBC Radio 1, on July 22, 2010. The band introduced it as their next UK single after a show on the Warped Tour. A video for "Miss Nothing" was released on July 20 on Vevo.

The US release of Light Me Up was delayed, not being released until February 2011. The album was received well, so far reaching number 4 on iTunes. The first single released in the US officially was Just Tonight, which was the third single released in Australia and United Kingdom among other countries.
In June 2008, at the age of fourteen, Momsen signed to IMG Models. Taylor was the face of British fashion chain New Look for its spring/summer 2010 collection. After weeks of speculation of who was the face of Madonna's 2010 fashion line "Material Girl", Momsen was announced on July 15, 2010. A week later, Momsen was announced as the model for John Galliano's new women's fragrance, scheduled to launch in autumn 2010.

Momsen has stated that "music is where I can be me", saying that "Acting is easy. I've been doing it for so long and I totally love it. But you're playing a character instead of yourself. Music is more personal because you're writing it and you're involved in every step of it." Aged five, Momsen recorded the song "Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?" for the soundtrack to How the Grinch Stole Christmas. In 2002, she recorded the songs "One Small Voice" and "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" for the compilation album School's Out! Christmas.

Heidi Montag recorded "Blackout", a song written by Momsen. According to Momsen, she wrote the song when she was 8 years old and recorded it as a demo with a producer. Montag released the song as a digital only single, with the music video being directed by her husband Spencer Pratt. Momsen commented about the recording: "I'm like, okay, dude, you're singing an 8-year-old's words, but that's cool. It's so funny because I didn't shop it or anything and I get this call going, 'Did you write a song for Heidi Montag'? And I'm like 'What?'". The track was later included on Montag's debut studio album Superficial. I like The Pretty Reckless as Taylor Momsen is my role model, she has accomplished so much in her life i can only dream of doing the same. This is why I intend to base my magazine on her and her band.

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The Creation of MY College Magazine Contents Page

I began my Contents page by using Adobe InDesign. I'm not sure why i decided to put 'contents' down first but I suppose it was to get an idea of where the title would go

I then enlarged and image to be the background for the contents page, also creating subtitles which i thought would be relevent to an average college magazine

I then added a few pictures from the second photoshoot i did for the college magazine contents page, adding more subtitles to go with the pictures.

I put the photographs on angles as i thought it would make the magazine contents page look more jazzy and eye-catching, so it would make the reader want to continue with looking through the magazine

Finally, I added one last picture and realised i was pleased with this being my final desgin for my magazine contents page

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Music Magazine

These are all the music magazine front covers that i will be using to help me create my own music magazine. I used the covers from the same magazine as the layout and style of each cover is different. My favourite AP magazine cover would have to be the one featuring 30 Seconds To Mars on the fron cover as i'm a big fan of their music and i love the way that the publishers have designed the final layout of the magazine. I especially liked the way they have used red to contrast with the dark background as it makes the band look more mysterious and yet sinister which also makes me want to listen to their music and find out more about the band and the people in it.

Research into the content of the contents pages of college magazines

These are the examples of the contents pages of different college magazines. They will help me create my own contents page for my college magazine. I chose these as examples for me as they are simple yet effective and nice to the eyes. They aren't too bright or too dull and the layout of each contents page is effective and easy to read. This is what i aim for people to think when they see my contents page for my college magazine.

College Magazine

The aim of this task was to create a college magazine front cover. I used three different college magazine front covers as my research and I'm satisfied with the outcome of my cover.

I used pieces of this magazine to help me create my front cover. The blue bar along the bottom i changed to yellow to draw the reader in. I aslo thought the dark, grey background made the blue in this magazine stand out more, so i assumed that it would make yellow stand out even more.

With this magazine, i thought that the bright colours made it look to crowded and complicated so i decided to keep colour to a mimum. However, i liked the way that the subtitles were larger than the original subtext so i used that to improve my front cover of my college magazine.

For my magazine to be appealing, i had to use bright colours but in moderation. i used yellow and red to contrast against a dark, but visible background and i used a dark blue in the places where the yellow or red would be washed out by the light colours in the background. Here is my finished college magazine front cover.