double page spead

Here is my final Double page spread. I gave the double page spread a very conventional look article which of a magazine. By putting a quote from the the interview in a big font, it draws attention to the article and is eye catching making the reader, read the article.I also added some of the background information on the group.I also used images appropriate for the article, such as the picture on the top right show their growing friendship, the bottom left showing their busy lifestyle, and finally on the bottom right which shows them doing a photo shoot again showing their busy new lifestyle. I also highlighted the question to make it clear which are the question and what are the answers.

Music magazine evaluation

The sale of magazine has recently been decreasing, particular music magazines; this could be due to the development of technology and the easy access to the Internet, or because of too few different genres of music magazines. For media we were asked to make a music magazine which includes a contents page, double page spread and front cover. But first we did a school magazine which I explained about in my video, I thought the school magazine helped me improve the standard of my music magazine. Having now completed my music magazine OutLoud I have feel as if my magazine is similar to magazine being sold but has a difference to it which makes it unique.

My music magazine is a funky/pop/hip-hop & R&B magazine I chose these genres because after doing I survey I learnt that most people listen to more than one type of genre and would prefer to buy a magazine with all their favourite stars rather than buy maybe 2, 3 magazine to find out about their favourites stars also I found that people wanted a mixture of different styles of magazines for example a magazine that included music culture and celebrity gossips, and though we are only doing a double page spread if I was to do a whole magazine I would put in celeb gossip and music culture which I did include in my contents page. However I didn’t want to drift away from all the conventions of a music magazine so for my double page spread I did an interview with a band I made up called SDH(So damn hot), I also included competitions, gig info and general information which people want in music magazine

OutLoud is targeted at teenagers, girls more than boys which I didn’t intend as I wanted my magazine to be appealing to both sexes however due to the band I have created on the front cover it think it will be more appealing to girls rather than boys. I decided to do teenagers after doing a survey most of the people who took my survey was between 13-17 and as I used the results of the survey as the foundation of my magazine I had to make OutLoud to the liking of people between 13-17 year olds. Also doing a magazine for people similar to my age makes it easier as I am a teenager myself I have an idea of what 13-17 year olds are looking for in a music magazine. I addressed my audience by doing surveys on http://www.surveymonkey.com/ a website where you can publish a survey and send it to people to do it; I posted the link on facebook and sent out the survey by e-mail. I think this was a very successful way of doing a survey because the results a anonymous so the person doing the survey doesn’t feel self-conscious and are more likely to put their honest answers rather than follow what everyone else is doing. I did this so I could find out what people wanted from a magazine.

OutLoud represents young people who just love music and want to know about musicians lives. Its represents the diversity of music today and teenagers who want to dream, I feel that OutLoud is a fun magazine; it’s a magazine which allows different social groups to mix. OutLoud is not targeted at a particular social group; it’s a magazine for people who like Funky/Pop/Hip-hop & R&B. OutLoud don’t have a lot of slang terms in it, it has typical slang term which most people know, which allows almost every social group to read without feeling out of place. I decided to do this because after looking at an existing magazine (hip-hip weekly) I found that some of the terminology they used was not used by most people so it was sometimes difficult to understand what the article was about and I didn’t want my magazines go give off a vibe in which some social groups feel as if they can’t read the magazine because they don’t understand the slang used.

Photoshop was a vital tool whiles making my magazine, having done my school magazine I realised that the making a magazine required me to pay attention to detail as my school magazine was very simple and basic I don’t think it would be very successful if were to be given out in school as the colours were very bland and the images were simple, there wasn’t anything on the cover to make the reader want to read the magazine, having now developed my skill in using Photoshop I found that very additions to the cover makes it more appealing for a someone to read. For example I here my front cover without the sticker.

Here is my front cover with the sticker:

I found that adding that more detail to make it look like a real magazine like a banner on the bottom or though this not a real magazine adding a bar code makes it look realistic and professional.

If i were to publish OutLoud magazine it would probably be published by a big media institution because the magazine features more mainstream people and a big media institution will be able to fund the magazine to be able to feature mainstream musician in the magazine. Also the audience i am targeting my magazine at are more likely to by a professional looking glossy, and a big media institution will be able to achieve this look rather than a small media institution.Also a big media institution will be able to advertise the magazine well and distribute it more widely.

Looking back at my preliminary task i learnt the importance of research and how important it is to do as much research as possible to produce a product which people want and for it to be successful you need to research what people what and think if you can fill a gap in the market or improve on an existing product.I also learnt that the magazine industry is rapidly decreasing and this maybe due to the increase of technology or maybe people feel as if the quality of magazines have fallen.

music magazine OutLoud

This is my final front cover. I decided to use this image on my front cover as it represents the bands casualness because the clothes they are wearing give them a girls next door look. The blur around them is meant to show that they are in a different league to other musicians and the world is spinning around them. I took the image in the park because it was a winter edition and i wanted to give the magazine a winter woodland look also i wanted to show the girl in a recognisable environment but the blur also shows that they don't follow fashion and they are not getting mixed into the spinning of the music industry.

This is the final contents page. I made it simple so it is easy to navigate and readers can find their way around the magazine easily. I used an image of the rapper to balance out the female and male image ratio so the magazine doesn't appear too feminine, i used bright colours for the page numbers so they are eye-catching and easily let readers know what page the are looking for. i used an image of new-york to draw attention to the competition feature .

video: how my school magazine helped my music magazine

What i have done so far.

Having now done all my research and survey, i have started to put together my music magazine i have decided on a name "outloud", a band, the genre of the band, and i have written the article and taken the pictures for my magazine.

I have used two friends to be the face of my funky/pop duo and we took pictures in the park to portray their glamorous yet casual life style, also thier look is not a london look it is more universal and will appel to fans across the country. here are some of the images i will use in my magazine.

To gives me ideas to how i should write my article i looked at other artcle written in music magazine. this has helped me as i have used the typical langugae used in a magazine but i have changed it a bit to suit my genre.

I have also followed the typical structure of an article, i have given some background knowledge on the band and images on one side and on the other side is the interview. i have also taken quotes from the article and made it big so if a reader were to flick trough this magazine the quotation my catch thier eye which will make them read the whole article.

My article

Here is my article i made up a band called SDH(So Damn Hot) they are a funky pop duo, I got the idea of a duo from an existing called mini viva girl pop group but as their are so many pop group i thought i will make them a funky/pop because there are not many funky/pop bands out there.
i got the questions from looking out other magazine interviews and made them my own here is my interview:

Interview with SDH (So Damn Hot)
From youtube to fame in a month, with their first music video summer on the internet getting over 2 million hit in its first week and now this new funky/pop sensation have a number 1 under their belt.
This duo managed to get UK to fall in love with them in a matter of weeks which is a big task for two young ladies. The question on everybody’s lips though is will this funky/pop duo be another one hit wonder or will they be sticking around for a little while longer.
My first impressions of SDH where they were very fun bubbly carefree girls and were living the life that most teenage girls can only dream of, but once they start talking about their music I soon realised that these girls are very mature about their music and they really work hard even if they play harder.
I talked to Karina Green and Delilah Jones the faces of SDH. 17 year old Karina Green, half of the group and a collage drop out, was studying fashion but wanted to follow her dream of singing “I have been sing since I was a little girl and I knew that was what I wanted to do I mean I love fashion but it didn’t satisfy me I knew if I didn’t do this I would regret it for along time”. The other half of the group 19 year old Delilah Jones was a solo artist and used to be a backup singer for quite a few A- listers such a Rhianna, and our very own Pixe Lott. “Singing for the stars was great but I wanted to do my own thing, I had my own ideas and I wanted to pursue them”
The girls met at an audition for The Saturdays and when they didn’t make the cut they decided to form a duo and they hit it off right away, this was the start of a great friendship and the beginning of their success.
I met the Funky/pop pair at a small café in their home town Watford just outside London. They were a complete contrast to the atmosphere in the café it was like they walked into the wrong restaurant, their designer dresses and shoes were out of place to the paint splattered jeans and the of the chatter of the economic down fall and what was on telly last night.
But the girls looked so comfortable with the people around them everyone talked and laughed with them they even flirted with the guys, everyone within a 5 mile radius of them has a smile on their face even they waitress had a twinkle in her eye everybody loved these girls; they were so down to earth and ordinary yet so fabulous.

So girls how are you?
Yeh were good, nice to meet you how are you?

Good thanks, so how do you feel about getting you your first number?
Yeh yeh were so exited we didn’t expect this song to be this big, we love all the support were getting and all the fans, it so amazing.

When did you realise that your song has been so successful?
We don’t know we just heard our song on the radio everywhere and we were getting load of calls to be doing gigs it’s just so unreal.

How has life changed for you?
Oh it changed dramatically people recognise us everywhere it like so weird because Its like we’ve come from being strangers to like everybody’s friends, people just come up to us and start a convo it used to be so crazy when people used to do that, but now its like Hi how are you stranger (giggles)

What are the fans like?
Yeh their fab, their so lovely and funny, they come up and start sing our song in our face its like ok and they expect us to give them a mini gig and it like I(Karina) only came out to buy pint of milk. But the fans are great.

What is the weirdest think a fan has given you?
Ummm well there has been quite a few, a guy gave me (Delilah) underwear with his face on it (laughs) he was like here is something to remember me by.

Did you take them?
Yeh I didn’t want to be rude so I took them and I think I left them in the taxi on the way home (laughs) at least I still remember him.

Growing up in Watford who was your influences as you grew up?
Well love all the old Skool stuff like bobby brown and Tina Turner. And we loved the UK music scene like the spice girls and s club seven it quite embarrassing but we can’t lie we loved them.

What do think of the UK music scene now?
I (Karina) think that it’s really growing allot more UK artists are breaking through which is great, UK artists are becoming to be known all around the world which is what every artist wants they want to spread their music, joy and they want to entertain the world really and that is what we want to do to.

Are you glad that one of you didn’t get the chance to be in the Saturdays?
“Looked at each other with questioning looks on their faces and laughed.” Well yeh (Delilah) because if one of us did get into the Saturdays all this wouldn’t have happened, and I don think I would have done this with anyone else we have become great friends is a year, plus without the Saturdays none of this would have happened.

So what new stuff are you working on?
We are working on our album which is coming along nicely and we are working with some really cool people like N-dubz, chipmunk, and we just recorded a single with Egypt another funky house artists.

Oh so when is the album coming out?
In March next year

It’s great that you have a very unique individual look how did you come up with it?
Because I am (Karina) is into fashion, I used to buy outfits for gigs and I didn’t want us to look similar but individual so I used put us in the same outfit but using different material or colours or put us into the same outfit using different material which made which gave us an individual but similar.

So Karina as you the youngest so how did you family react when you drop out of collage to get into the music industry?
My mum was quite mad and the beginning because you know im young and I understood why she was mad because she was just protecting me but she came around and became very supportive dad had always wanted me to be a singer so he was very supportive from the beginning and he had a lot of friend in the music industry and he was the reason I got the audition for the Saturdays so if it wasn’t for my dad I wouldn’t be in this position so thanks dad.

I hear you guys will doing a UK tour are you excited about that?
Yeh were going all other the place, were gonna be on tour with girl aloud which is great we love them?

Wow have you met them yet?
Yeh there all lovely, and they give us so much support their like we love what your music and it like wow Girl aloud like us their like the hottest girl band in the UK right now, so it great.

SDH will be going on tour with Girl aloud in June next year and their single ft Egypt will be coming out next month so look out for it!!!

Double page spread ideas

For my double page spread i have decided to do Reviews, an interview or have a what hot whats not page. Having looked at examples of other music magazine i have seen that all these pages have been successful in a mangazine, here are the reasons why i would have chosen to do theeses topics or not.


Whats hot whats not - I think this a good idea for a a double page spread as muisc has a big influences on peoples fashion has you can kind of tell what kind of music some one listen to by what they wear, however as my magazine is one genre it will be quite difficult to have styles for all genres.

Reviews - Doing a review is a good idea as it tell the public your thought of an album which may helps people decide do buy an ablum or not.

Interview - I have decided to do an interview because it will be easy to write about an made up band than a made up album and i think it will be better that the front cover has a connetion with the double page spread.