Working Progress

For today's lesson i have been working on my front cover and contents page.

Contents Page info

I've written all the info for my contents page

•  Be a winner - a chance to win tickets to the hottest music events and other prizes.
• MOBO awards – full review of the 2016 MOBO Awards.
• Angelic – voice of 2016 – this years IT artist, discuss her past, music and what’s to come.
• Wat’s popping – meet the newest up & coming artist of the year.
• Lady leshur – my music – UK female rapper lady leshur talks about her mixtape “queen speech” and
• 10 top tracks –  a list of this month’s top track.
• For the world to see- we expose this year talented and undiscovered hip hop artists.
• Tink – we talk with Tink about her debut album “winters diary 4” and thoughts on winning the title
• Best colab – best music collaboration chosen by you.
• Westrn – MOBO Awards – Westrn’s reaction on receiving a MOBO award and their thoughts on the recent comments.
• Hip hop music moguls - we have a chat with hip hop icons Snoop Dogg, Jermaine Dupri and Damon Dash about their new show and what it takes to stay on top.
• Old school Hip Hop – where it all started – we take it back to the good old days where hip hop al started.
• The roots to hip hop – get to know your history with 5 new facts on the hip hop culture.
• Who’s on tour – find out your favourite artists next location for their upcoming concerts.

Incomplete magazine

                                               

This an completely unfinished version of my magazine. i will be changing the whole layout of my context page. Also for my DPS i am doing a quadruple page spread which i basically wo double page spreads

My Photo Shoot Expierence

Whilst taking the photo for the shoot i came across a few bad ones as it took us some time getting use to, from getting the right lighting to placing the camera in a position where it only capture the model and back drop. However, as we continued to take more shots the picture developed and i was able to get some good picture that i can use for my magazine.

Through this photo shoot i had to keep in mind the codes and conventions of a typical hip hop artist in which i would present in the photo. this meant taking pictures that gave a more serious mood, that in some way showcased a sort of accessory and uniqueness that showed their individual personality (in this case was the artists style). However, to create a USP i decided to capture moments where the artists was smiling, dancing and having fun. This may create a counter-type in that it goes against the stereotypical idea of Hip Hop artist but it makes the artist seem more approachable.

Photos

Photography Studio Induction

work in progress - front cover

This is my draft for my front cover. Through making this front cover i have had to make a few changes, starting off with the colour scheme. Originally, the colour scheme for my magazine was black, white and red, however, due to the background being grey. This meant that i had to be specific on the shade of red i need to use because i did not want the red to be to bright nor to dark. Furthermore, one thing i could say that i'm struggling with at the moment is the arrangements of the cover lines. 

Work in Progress - Q&A questions

For today lesson are main we focused on the journalism of the magazine for the DPS. we first analysed two different DPS in which we looked at the layout, language and the type of questions/answers that were presented. We then went on to doing a little role play. To do this will had to plan out 10 questions that we would then ask our pair to answer in order to get an idea on how the question maybe answered.

These are the questions i came up with that are based around my artist.

1. My first question to you is, who is Angelic Francis?
2. Is there anything you fans may not know about you that you don’t mind sharing? 
3. Given that you first started your career as a dancer for wildebeest, what was it about dance that you loved?
4. Moving on to your music, I would like to say congratulations for not only making it to no.1 on iTunes but also being voice of 2016. How has this experience been and your thoughts?
5. I have to say “love don’t die” is one of my favorite songs from you album. What was the inspiration or story behind the song?
6. Is there anything or anyone that inspired you musically?
7. With artist like Lady Leshur, Chipmunk and Tink, who are all featured in your album, which one would you say is you favourite person to collaborate with?
8. Who would you like to collaborate with in the near future?
9. From what I see/seen you seem to have a very 80s-90s inspired fashion look. Is that something that has been a big influence on not only your look but your music too?
10. Where do you see yourself in the next 5-10 years?
11. Many people struggle to make it in the music industry and to where you are today.  How did you do it and is there any advice for those trying to achieve what you have achieved already?

Work in progress - DPS

For my DPS i have now decided to do a quadruple page spread. This will create a USP as not alot of magazine do this. The two images show the layout of how this page will be organised from both the position of the images to the text as well as the pull out quotes.

photography call sheet

This is a handout that will be given to everyone who will be involved in the shoot (both models and helpers). This is so they knows what they need to bring and briefly what they will be doing during the shoot.

music magazine flat plan

Pitch

From my class feedback I was able to ask my class mates a question on which masthead name they preferred and a majority thought that 'ruthless' was a good idea. This is because it's meaning behind it suited the hip hop genre, in that it is a type of music where people can express them self and are "ruthless" with what they saying through their lyrics. Also, some people thought that the name 'Artistry' relates more toward art (painting) than music which may confuse my target audience on what type of magazine this actually is. However, for "defro" even though I was inspired by the name a hip hop record label and tried to make it my own by changing the spelling, some people thought it would create more a niche audience because only some people would know the inspiration behind the name whereas others wouldn't and maybe confused on it's meaning.

Overall, through the feedback that was given I know now that the masthead title of my magazine will be "Ruthless".

Media Propsal