Draft magazine

Here is the draft of my magazine:

 

 

          Front cover

 

 

        Contents Page 

 

                        Double page spread

 



Creation process for my magazine

Creating a puff for my front cover

I want to add a puff so that it will draw the reader into wanting to read the magazine. From feedback from my peers about what content I should use in my magazine, some of them said they would like to find a competition that they could enter in the magazine. So I am going to make a puff based around that. I used fireworks to create this puff:

First of all I created a star to use for my puff outline


    This is what it looked like, I liked the red font as it stood out which would draw the reader in.



I then added black lines around the edge of the star to enhance it on the page

Second Photoshoot

I decided to do a second photo shoot as I felt like some pictures didn't seem very professional. I am not very keen on the background of these images so I will edit it out. Also the lighting in my last photo-shoot seemed to dark which made the quality of the pictures look bad.These pictures were also taken at several different locations just so I could get a variation which would inspire me when creating my magazine

I like this image as the long shot shows what the model is wearing. However looking back at the image now I feel like the picture looks too posed

I really like these pictures of my model laughing as it seems a lot less serious than in my last photoshoot

 I really wanted an image of my model sat down so that I could get a high angle shot. However looking closely at the image there is unnecessary litter and mud which I should of thought about before capturing the picture.

Double page spread interview

Here I am sat with Ava-Rose the lead singer of the band The Corrections where we are going to be discussing their success in the past year.

Hiya Ava so tell me, how did you all come up with the band name?

Well it seems quite cliché but all of us in the band have been through a bad point in our lives so by creating the band we had made a 'correction' to our life which put us back on track. I guess the name was influenced from our crazy teenage years which inspired us to form a band.

Have the three of you in the band always been friends?

Yes! We have all known each other from a very young age so it is very easy to know how to annoy one another. It's great though that we have been on this journey together and all stuck as a band.

It's amazing how far you have all come, is it still surreal to you?

Honestly none of us can quite get our head round the fact that 2 years ago we were finishing college whilst doing the occasional gig and now we are touring the UK. We love every second of our career and we still can't believe that people want to come and watch us perform. It's definitely been a very surreal experience which none of us would change for the world. But what people forget is we are just 3 musicians from East London who got lucky.

Okay so in three years time who would you like to be as big as?

If I could be as big as anyone, I would definitely have to say Oasis. They are THE coolest band and definitely know how to rock the stage, I just love watching their old sets when they performed at festivals, it really gives me a buzz.

Well, what festivals have The Corrections got planned for this summer?

This year we are performing at Reading festival which is so exciting as when we were teenagers we used to always go. So to actually perform at an event which we went to as teenagers is surreal and an amazing experience. We are also performing on the main stage at Glastonbury which honestly we can't get our heads around. We see it as the pinnacle of UK festivals so to actually perform there will be incredible!

Now lets talk about your new album release, Lifeline. It must feel amazing that the album has reached number 1 after only a week

It's so exciting isn't it? When we found out we were on the tour bus and our band manager told us, so we just cranked up the radio and partied till early hours. Let's just say it was a very messy night but was truly one of the greatest moments of the bands history.

Even Coldplay have said they are addicted to your album! It must feel amazing that the band is such a huge success in the music industry

Yes! Wow, when someone told us that we were in such shock! We honestly questioned whether they meant us. Seriously though to be recognised by other well known bands is a great feeling. Very exhilarating, we even heard they have bought tickets for our tour

Speaking of the tour, give us a clue and tell the fans who is going to be supporting you guys?

Well well well, lets just put it this way it's an upcoming artist who is going to take the music industry by storm. But that's all I'm giving away.

Finally Ava if you could perform with anyone dead or alive who would it be?

Personally I would love to perform with Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys, he is so talented and very easy on the eye! But I think Elvis is also amazing he just knew how to get the crowd going which for us is very important!

I am also going to add some songs which the band has been listening to in a separate box.

Questions for my magazine

Here are questions which I am going to include for my double page spread, I wanted the interview to be focused on the album cover which I created. The questions also focus on the bands success so readers would be able to understand the emotion of the band.

How did you come up with the band name?
It's amazing how far you have come, is it still surreal to you?
In three years time who would you like to be as big as?
Give us a clue, who is going to be supporting you on tour?
How does it feel that the album has reached number 1 after only a week?
Even Coldplay have said that they are addicted to your album! It must feel amazing that you are such a huge success in the music industry
Now tell us if you could perform with anyone dead or alive who would it be?

Editing pictures for my music magazine

I am now at the stage where I have started editing my images for my music magazine.

I used this eraser tool to crop the background of the image so that I could just have an image of my model

Here is the picture before I erased the background and afterwards:

As I have now got just the image of my model I can now start to use her on my magazine. I think as she has got her hand out I would like her to be leaning on some text, just so it doesn't look strange.

Although I didn't use this image in my final magazine, it was good experience to understand how to edit pictures on photoshop