Double Page Draft 12

I moved the pull-out quote to the top of the page as I didn't like the look of the pull-out quote and signature together and they created too much negative space, I think this way makes it look a lot neater. I finished off the writing in the columns and made sure everything is lined up neatly.

Double Page Draft 11

I've added in the photos of my six celebs for my 'In the Pipeline' column and have started writing about them. They are all medium close ups so that the box is like a 'head-shot' of each artist to show who they are, but they're all doing different poses to reflect their personalities.

Double Page Draft 10

I realized I didn't like how I'd used the column at the side of my double page, as I realized I could make better use of that space. Therefore I've made it an 'In the Pipeline' column where I will write a small piece about 6 different 'celebs' with a small photo of them next to it. I've also added my title (which is also the name of her album.) I decided to be original with this and therefore have made it run along the shape of her body. Doing this means that my overall double page spread is organised and neat, as my demographic requested, but also fun and unique which is conventional as pop as a genre.

Double Page Draft 9

I've added in the rest of my writing in my article. I also got rid of the photo in the bottom left hand corner as I felt it didn't fit there very well and the photos looked neater all together at the top of the page, I also already had a photo of her singing so it was an unnecessary photo. I have also added a running head the same colour pink that features throughout my magazine and the 'VIBE' is written in the same font as the masthead. I've also added in a little caption underneath the album cover to tell the reader what it is, where the album is available and the price.

Double Page Draft 8

Here I've added in my three smaller photos, sticking to my measurements I previously measured out so all three are the same size with the album cover at the bottom. They are a columns length and the last photo is in line with the bottom of the main photo so they make one neat rectangle shape.

Double Page Draft 7

I've taken out the photos next to my main image as it didn't like the size differences and how they looked together. I have now carefully measured the depths so that the three photos I upload will be equal sizes when I re-upload them, except for the album cover which will be square shaped underneath the other three smaller ones with a caption underneath it, explaining what it is.

Double Page Draft 6

I didn't feel that having the four photos next to the main image was working, so therefore moved one down to the bottom left-hand corner.  This means that the pictures now are not too squashed together and are clearer to see. I also added a 'Must Know' column, which I made opaque so that you can still see all the mise-en-scene behind the rectangle, and the pink matches the pink from the masthead to carry on the house style even more. I've then included all the facts about her new album, where it was recorded, the names of the producers etc as my demographic asked (through my survey) that they wanted my magazine to show a passion for music and a knowledge of music, so therefore I believe the people reading this article will be serious about music, maybe even looking for a career in music and therefore it is useful to have the names of producers and studios. I've also added a drop-cap, matching my other pinks used, as this is a conventional thing to have in an article as it draws the reader to the text. I've also bolded the questions the interviewer from Vibe is asking as the reader will quickly notice the questions, and then want to know the answer, which again draws them to the text.

Double Page Draft 5

I added in my main photo, which is my star in a recording studio. I chose to carefully arrange, and keep the mise-en-scene to give the reader a view of her actually recording her album, which is what the interview is about. My model has a neutral facial expression to portray how making music is her job, not just for fun and that also her album is on quite a serious topic, her songs are telling the listener about the hard things she's had to face in her life, for the first time ever she's telling her story. Beside the main picture are four smaller photos, one which is her album cover, and three which show in more depth her creating her album, recording and producing it,

Double Page Draft 4

I started filling in my feature columns which I decided to make an advertising column for the next issue of the magazine, which relates to the star the double page spread is about. I got this idea after reviewing other pop magazines and noticing they often give away free posters in issues. I also wrote, and chose a font for, my pull-out quote, and made a signature for my star, Aaliyah and placed it at the bottom of the last column of writing, so it is as if she is signing off from her interview.

Double Page Draft 3

After comparing my double page spread to other magazines, such as Q, I realized that my font size was far too large and therefor made all the main writing in the article smaller so it is now a size 9.

Double Page Draft 2

I then added in my stand-first which I made pink, matching my masthead, so that the house style continues into the magazine. I started writing out my article, which is an interview with my cover star about her new album and have planned where my pull-out quote is going to go.

Double Page Draft 1

I started out my measuring my page and dividing it into six equal columns, so I would have three columns per page. As my layout is different than most conventional double page spreads (where one whole page is a photo) there will be writing on both pages therefore columns are needed on both pages. I then used the pink rectangles in order to plan out where my photo will be placed (the horizontal rectangle) and where the feature column will go (the vertical rectangle.)

Creating an Album Cover

I started off with three photos I'd taken, where I had got my model to look straight into the camera, as I believe if the artist is making eye contact with the buyer, it grips them more as they feel like they can connect more with the artist. I then also got her to look to the left and the right so that I had her at 'all angles' as I believe that links to her album title 'Absolute-Li' as it's as if it's completely her - her fans can see her now from all angles. I asked my model to have neutral facial expressions in order to create a sense of mystery to her album which would draw the demographic into buying it.

 I firstly uploaded the photo of my mode looking straight forward as this would be my main, central photo for the album cover, I then added effects to the photo in order to change the colouring. As I wanted to carry on with my sense of 'mystery; to this album, I took a lot of the colour away, especially from her face so that the photo is mainly black and white, with just a hint of colour on her lips and nose. The colour effects I used are as labelled in the photos above.

I then added my two side photos, In order to not take too much attention away from the main photo I used the opacity tool so they are clear, but subtle and behind the main photo. The fact that they're not as clear as the front facing photos portrays her albums message that everyone can see the front face she puts on, but now for the first time she's starting to let people see the other sides of her, however they're not as clear to see as the front facing her. Her album is about showing her fans who she really is, and not who she was pretending be.

This is the final album cover. The title is a play-on word as Aaliyah's nickname with her 'fans' is Li so instead of Absolutely it is spelt Absolute-Li to emphasize that her album is 100% the real her.

Contents Draft 14

I finished writing out my review column and then used a line guide in order to line everything in that column up, to fit my demographics request that was shown in my survey results, which was for my magazine to have an organised structure.

Contents Draft 13

I finished filling in my two new columns, and also my writing for each artist. They've got more writing individually than a typical magazine would give an artist, but again I've taken my inspiration here from Q's contents page, and believe that as every artist mentioned has their own photo it is a more personal description, as the reader can see them, therefore I can write more about them as individuals and as my contents is a double page I have the space to do this. I've also added in my page numbers which match the pinks of the two gossip columns and the pink in the review column (which is the pink from the masthead) so that the house style is clear throughout the magazine. The numbers are very bold so that my magazine can fit it's purpose of being able to easily navigate the reader around the magazine and the number is very close to it's artist so it is clear which number is for which artist,

Contents Draft 12

I moved a few of my artists around so that everything fitted better on my contents pages and to try to reduce the negative space to as little as possible. I've added two boxes one called 'Celebs and Gossip' and one called 'All About You' as when researching pop magazine contents pages a lot of them had these sections, or sections similar to this, therefore it looked like a popular feature for a pop magazine to have so I added them into my magazine in my own way. Even though these are technically more 'gossip' than music, I believe that there is a very fine line between gossip and music, and the gossip is all about the pop music stars. Also due to big pop-magazines like Billboard having these columns on their contents page, it must be a usual thing to have in pop music magazines. I also added the social media links for the magazine at the bottom as I believe that artists careers are a lot to do with social media, and most readers will have it so it is a good way to advertise the magazine and make it more popular (and also a way to keep customers buying the magazine regularly as if they see the magazines tweets, they will feel like they know the magazine well, almost like they are the magazine's 'friend' as they can keep in contact with the company even when not reading the magazine.)

Contents Draft 11

I took away the box I had around Rosie's writing as I believe that it wasn't working very well with my contents page. I cute down Kennedy's picture so it fitted better with the contents page and planned where the writing is going to go. I've added in two more artists 'New Girls' and 'Lewis Duke' and have tried to place them in a suitable positions - however these positions aren't final. I have also started filling in my review column appropriately. I also added a line along the bottom as a half border, although the pictures do still go over this - but this was a design I liked from Q's contents page.

Contents Page Draft 10

I no longer liked how I was doing the page numbers (again) so I took them away. I think I will just add the page numbers in on their own, not in a box or bubble, but in a bold font and a colour that contrasts to the background.

Contents Page Draft 9

I've changed the font used for the title of the contents and I didn't like the other one. This one has a slight 'drawn on' effect which I think emphasizes the ideas of 'fun and creative' which pop-music displays.

Contents Page Draft 8

I've started measuring and filling out my review columns, so I will have two 'Live' sections, three 'New' sections and one 'Reissue.'

Contents Page Draft 7

I've started to plan out the page, where artists will go etc, so I have an idea of where I am heading with the contents page. I have also tried presenting the page numbers now in circles rather than speech bubbles as I believe they look more sophisticated.

Contents Page Draft 6

I realized I didn't like the way that I was presenting the page numbers and therefore have taken them out for now.

Contents Page Draft 5

I added a grey background so that my house-style carries on into the contents page, I've made sure that the grey used is the same shade as the grey on my front cover.

Contents Page Draft 4

I've started adding speech bubbles from the artists which will have their page numbers inside. The reason I'm doing this is to create a more friendly and welcoming vibe to the magazine, so it's like the artist is talking to the reader when they see the contents page. The reason for them all being different colours is to represent a sense of fun and freedom, yet still sophisticated., because even though my demographic are well educated, they are still young.

Contents Page Draft 3

I've started adding more photos of my artists and planning where to position them. I've also added my review column. Originally I was going to do the column the same width and height of the actual column it's in, but after looking at Q's review column I liked this way they had presented it.

Contents Page Draft 2

My first photo is the width of the first column as this will make my column clear. I've also made sure that one of the heads goes over the the contents banner as this is a conventional thing to do, as it makes it seem as if the artist is actually part of the magazine instead of him just being a picture within it. This gives the magazine a friendly and welcoming vibe,

Contents Page Draft 1

I've decided to do a double page contents as I liked the layout of Q Magazine's contents page. I will split my contents into 4 columns (as marked out by the pink lines.) I am planning to mostly have a photo per artist mentioned and to also include a review and gossip columns as I noticed was present in a few pop magazines.

Third Contents Page Photoshoot

 My third photoshoot that I held was with my model, Lewis. I gave him a patterned shirt to make him look smart and sensible, however I made him role his sleeves up to make him look 'casual' and 'chilled.' I wanted to make these photo's different to the other contents photo's I'd already taken, therefore I decided to try different angles, such as high angle shots, the different angles gave him different personalities such as vulnerable, confident and friendly, I then chose which one I felt worked best with my magazine.

Second Contents Page Photoshoot

My second media photo-shoot was with the girl-band I created called 'New Girls'. As I'd never done a group photo before, I did a lot of research before doing this. I looked at photo-shoots of Little Mix as I know they are a very popular girl-pop band, and my demographic are likely to like them. I noticed that they always had a colour scheme, but didn't wear matching outfits, which I believe is so that they can express their own style and individually. Therefore I gave my models a colour scheme of 'Red and Black' so that they could all have something in common without being the exact same, and it would also be clear that they're a band and not four solo artists posing together. I had two that had bold red with smaller pieces of black, and two in nearly all black, but wearing red lipstick. I tried mid-shot and long-shot photos so that they differ from my other contents photos and are as original as possible. i wanted to make sure all the poses I chose showed attitude and personalities, so by looking at one photo of the group, the reader will be able to know all four of their individualities.

First Photoshoot with Contents Page Models

My first photoshoot with some of my contents page stars, I used the white backdrop and a table and a chair in order to position my stars (however these will be cut out of my actual photos.) I tried different positions with the light boxes so thee photos range from heavily lit (second horizontal photo on the right) to shadowed, which creates a sense of mystery (third horizontal photo on the left.) I also tried lighting them using a reflector which Dan (grey polo-shirt) is holding below the camera in the bottom horizontal photo on the right. I dressed Danny, the solo star, in a shirt and blazer to show he's smart and well dressed, however he is wearing that he is still young, and is has a fun side too, I dressed my duo in Ralph Lauren polo-shirts of contrasting colours to
1) show that they're a duo, as they're wearing the same brand and top type, however the different colours and designs show that they have individual personalities.
2) to show that they're fashionable and modern as they are wearing a brand that is popular with my demographic, therefore my demographic can relate to them.
Dan (the grey polo-shirt) has a quiff which represents popularity and youth as this is currently one of the most, if not the most, popular hairstyle in teenage boys. The fact that Harry (navy polo) has a different hairstyle to portray that they're not just 'generic boy' they're different and unique.

Front Cover Draft 7

I made the issue number and date smaller as they were too bold and took too much attention away from the plugs. I also include my puff  'The UK's Favorite Pop-Music Magazine.' I also positioned my plugs so they are the same distance away from the edge either side.