Organisation

This is my first draft of my contents page i will add different texts to ensure that the magazine looks realistic.

Drafting and Planning

I have decided to use a font inspired by my favourite band ' The Libertines'. I have been heavily influenced by them throughout this process. I believe that the text shown here is very fitting for the ethos of my magazine as it is bold and c as n stand out in the front of the cover. I meatballs use this text in black and white on my double page spread as this would show I was following a certain style throughout my magazine.

Organisation

To make sure that my bands ' new album release' looks realistic and authentic I have created a list of 8 songs to feature on the album. The songs names were inspired by bands such as the liberertines, peace and Jamie T. These 8 songs are:

• Devil Child
• My Waterloo
• My ride or die
• How long?
• Who knows
• Think to much
• Feel to little
• Generation Crazy

Drafting And Planning

As my magazine double page spread has to be as authentic and realistic as possible I have created a list of 6 questions that will feature in my interview with my band ' The Croziers' These questions are:

• Why the name ' The Croziers'?
• When Did you all first decide to make music together?
• In your new song 'Devil Child' you Carl, say I only sing to numb the pain, what does this mean??
• Who have been your biggest influencers?
• Which style of music do you play and who is it aimed at?
• Any hidden messages in the new album?
• When Did you decide to start recording album two?

Drafting and Planning

Although this magazine cover is not the genre of magazine which I am aiming for I believe this magazine cover is successful due to the ways which techniques were used on the front cover.Direct Address is used in the magazine cover to make the audience to feel as if the star on the cover (Eminem) wants them to buy the magazine.
A large masthead is used to show the audience which magazine it is immediately.

Overall I believe this is a successful magazine cover due to the techniques used on the front cover. 

Organisation

I have decided to shoot my magazine pictures in an abandoned warehouse in Digbeth, Birmingham
I believed that this is an ideal place to shoot as the scenery can capture the ethos of my magazine. As there is graffiti in this warehouse it will capture the edginess of my band 'Billy and the Dingleberrys.' Overall, I think this will help me create the perfect image for my front cover, Contents page and double page spread. I hope this will help my get into role perfectly.

Organisation

I was asked by my teacher when my first draft was being marked

"What magazine would yours being placed by on shelves?"

I believed my magazine would be firstly placed by NME. I think NME would ideal to be placed by my mag as the general ethos of my cover. The 'indie' genre of both the magazine would be in sync and fit nicely together. 

The second mag that I would place my cover by is Bill Board. This also fit ethos of the two magazine therefore the answer to the question is BillBoard and NME.

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Drafting and Planning

My Band Name
After much consideration and lots of planning I have finally decided on my band name.
I will call it 'Billy and the Dingleberry's. I believe this is a ideal name as my front man is called 'Billy Dingley' There are many different styles i could use:

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Drafting and Planning

PUBLICATION PLAN

FRONT PAGE

· Title/masthead: TUNEZ

· Positioning statement/selling line N/A

· Frequency of publication: Quarterly

· Price: £4.69

· Who will distribute your magazine? Loudr

· Rationale (what your magazine does – what does it offer?)  My magazine is a music magazine which offers interviews, competitions, events and other celebrities gossip.

· Style (who is your target audience?) My target audience is male and females aged between 14-21.

· Conventions etc Bold masthead, Cover star credit, with cover lines surrounded by the large image of the artist, Barcode with date and price.

CONTENTS PAGE

· Feature content interviews, gossip

· Regular features: picture of artist

· Supporting stories: well known other artists e.g– Ed Sheeran and Ella Eyre

· News? How is America Winning, Ed has a bad performance, new signed artists, DJ’s first performance.

· Subscription offers? Visit the TUNEZ websites, and get uncovered news via twitter and Facebook pages.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

· Integration of image, text and graphics: what is your plan?

· I will have the artist present at the side of the text which will appear in the middle of the double page, above the interview there will be a subtitle of what the interview is about and in large font the artists name.

Organisation

I have choose 4 actors to star in my magazine. They are  white males between the heights of 5"10 and 6"4. The 6"4 model will be the main actor in my magazine cover. This is because his will create a physical representation of the fact that they are the highest member of the band. I have also been looking into different costumes which they can wear when shooting. I will choose similar styles such as black denim jackets and white t-shirts o ensure that the magazine looks profession. Overall  i Believe it will be a strong look and the magazine cover will clearly show whats featured inside due to the impressive photography on front cover.

Drafting and Planning

As you can see from my previous blog post I have created a list of band names but am still undecided. I am hoping to think of a short snappy name for my band so it is memorable. Some ideas for names of bands are:

• LOSTAWAYS
• The Croziers 
• Blue Boxes
• Suppliers
• Waves
• The Wound Closures 

I hope that one of these names will come in useful and ensure that the cover is believable and my bands name helps the audience understand what the genre of my mag is.

Organisation

Clothing
When taking photos i will make sure my actors fit the genre of the magazine well and one of the main ways i will do this is though Clothing. This is front man of the Arctic Monkeys, Alex Turner. I will be basing my style on him. As you can see he is wearing a leather jacket and tight skinny jeans. I will ask my actor to wear similar clothing to ensure that the magazines ethos is not random and is very symmetrical. I hope this will make my contents page, cover and double page spread look believable and attractive.

Research Into Similar Products

This is an ideal example on how you can manipulate a band style for different purposes.
Cover 1 : Bright Lighting is used and so is a pun. This grabs our attention and indicates to us that they are starting a tour. The lead singer, Yannis, is also very central.
Cover 2: Dark lighting, CU, Yannis is very central, states how well they are doing.
Cover 3: Focus just on Yannis, Bright Lighting, Puff and promoting 2nd album.
Cover 4: Focus taken away from Yannis, Bright Pink FOALS shows contrast on dark clothiung. Exclusive Interview is very engaging.
Cover 5: Focus on Yannis: Doesn't state who they are in bold letters shows popularity. Bright Lighting, Puff.