My Magazine Draft

Font Ideas

Glossary Of Terms for Magazine

Masthead: 

This is the main name of the magazine, this will help people to find your magazine if they know about it. This could be a name and a picture.

The Lead: 

The introductory paragraph of an article. Usually written in bold or capitals. This is the main paragraph that will stand out compared to the rest of the subheading, it is normally introducing the magazine of artist. The Body copy always refers to the writing in your articles, which should be made to an industries standard, the standards would be using certain font sizes and proper English spelling ect.

Cross Head: 

This is when there is small sub-heading that are used to separate big sections of text.

Borders:

 This is the gaps between the edges of the page and the article or picture.

Gutters: 

The gaps between the columns of text.

Leading:

 The gaps between all the lines of text.

Kerning: 

This is the space between all letters.

Strap Lines: 

This is a smaller headline that is above the main masthead or headline.

Drop Capitals:

 These are the big letter, that are at the beginning of articles.

White Space: 

This is when the page has white space on the page not including pictures of texts.

Mode Of Address:

 This is how the magazine draws in the readers and audiences 

Sell Lines:

 This is normally big text, it is used to make the reader want to buy the magazine for example in my magazine i have "your music is our music" it is used to help sell more copies of the magazine.

Banners: This is when there is text on a coloured background, this will help to make the words stand out making the reader notice it more.

Anchorage: 

This is when a picture will help make the text more understandable or believable, or when the text makes the picture more understandable or believable.

House Style: 

This is when a magazine is made purposely to make another competitors magazine look worse making people buy this magazine. 

By-lines:

 This is the name of the person that took the pictures or the name of the person that wrote the article within the magazine.

The Five Rules Of Photography

1- Animating all the people involved.

you need to make sure that all the people in the photo are looking at the camera. also you need to make sure that there facial expressions and body language are how you want them.

2- Don't use High angle shots.

High angle shots are not good to be used on a front cover, they will always look poor, making the magazine look bad. However they are fine to use in your double page spread.

3- Positioning of photo.

When you add your photo to your front cover you should have left room for your masthead and subtitles, you should also make sure that you never cut the persons head of the top of the magazine.

4- single artist shot.

if you are using a single artist for your front cover you should make sure that the shot is a medium close up, otherwise the photo will look out of shape. 

5- Band artist shot.

you should always make sure that the lead singer of the band is clearly shown in the picture, you should always have them at the front or have them in the center of the front cover. this will make it easier for the reader to know who the lead singer is.

my Magazine First Draft (Not My Pics)

Interview For Double Page Spread

 Interview.

 Who influenced you to start singing when you were young?

Funnily enough as a youngster I use to listen to all kind of music my main hero was a combination of Bob Marley and David Bowie, it has nothing to do with the music genre now, in my late teens I started listening to Snoop Dog and Akon they were my main idols. I didn’t have a particular favourite; I just liked all of it.

How did you find making your new album (Strangled Help)?

I though it was brilliant, my album before was good to make, but I knew the people and got on well with them more with the new album, I also think the music is better so I was happier with the end product. It’s in the best new releases so im really happy about that at the moment. It was brilliant to make but you have no idea how hard it was to think of a title it took me about a week of thinking. But I finally decided to name the album after my favourite song.

What songs do you enjoy singing the most?

My favourite song is “Strangled Help” I don’t really know why, but I really like the background beat and the words are so suited for the song. I do like all the songs though the whole album is really good. I did it on stage and it was the best song I’ve ever done it was brilliant.

What is your favourite song that you have made?

“Believe” it was my favourite we made because we were recording for the video and it was quite a comical video, that’s also on the at end of the album, to make the video we went to a studio in New York where we filmed on top of a sky scraper. It was amazing. 

Are you considering any concerts this year?

We have got a few lined up in England, where in Sheffield, Nottingham, Newcastle and Liverpool, I can’t wait to get to Liverpool, I have lots of fans there I’ve been told. I also want to get to the O2 arena that would be a special moment for me.

Who would be your favourite singer to sing with?

I think it would have to be Akon, he has made some really good songs recently and it would be the highlight of my career, but im too big time for Akon, no honestly I would love to work with him. I would really enjoy working with snoop dog as well but Akon would be my number one. 

What are you planning to do next?

Hopefully im going to be having a year off, I’ve been working full time for nearly 6 years and I really need a break, I’ve planned to go travelling with a few of my friends, but after Im making another album, I cant get enough of music. 

Did your background and pears influence your choice of music?

Yes I was always interested in all kinds of music but when I moved up to college I meet new people and probably changed my views on music, I very grateful for them changing my opinion.

Other than your own music who do you enjoy listening to?

Wow again I like loads, im quite into 50 cent at the moment I’ve just bought his album and really like it, but I always listen to my music so I don’t get much chance to listen to any other. There is loads really I use to listen to Nelly’s album all the time, I use to think that was the bees knees.

What was the proudest moment in your life in the music industry?

I’ve got to say the first time I saw my album on the shelf in the shop, I mean I was happy when I first realised it, but it really hit me when I saw it on the shelf , on sale next to T-Pains Album, in best new releases section. 

What was the first song you ever wrote?

Me and my friends wrote a song whilst we were at college, it was called “Big Beat” it was honestly quite good but my friends didn’t want to carry on making songs, so I joined another agency, im really proud of my self for perusing my dream but I would have rather don’t it with my friends.  

Are you touring any where this year?

Not this year, but I’ve been organizing a tour in America form February till around end of September so I really can’t wait to start that. Hopefully after I’ve been on tour ill have more fans and be able to feature in more song with other famous singers. Hopefully.

Did you ever go to see any concerts, and if so which was the best?

I’ve been to see a lot of concerts, Akon, T-Pain, Snoop Dog, and I really wanted to go to see 50 cent but I couldn’t get a ticket. My favourite has got to be T-Pains, it was amazing, I was right on the front so I was like 5 meters away from him and it was brilliant. That was the only time I got a really good space to watch the concerts so that might be why it was the best.

Do you think your music represents yourself within it?

I think so, I am quite a short tempered person, I don’t really get aggressive a lot but sometimes if I’m in a bad mood I’ve been told I’m not a good person to be around. When making a video or taking a photo I am shown as an up front aggressive person so hopefully my stage character isn’t been shown in my own personality. The music its self does I think represent me, as I do have quite a lot of input into what goes on.

Do you have any regrets about your career so far?

Not really, I wish I could have convinced my friend to stay with me but, I might not have made a name for my self if I stayed with them so I am very happy at the moment, I’m more of a person that looks forward that backward, so the future is bright, the future is KID DD.

Treatment and Production.

Magazine Name: Hardcore Hip Hop
Team Participants: Sam Gouldsborough, Dale Furniss, Sam Needham, Thomas Hamshaw, Sean Beasley

I am going to make a niche music magazine called Hardcore Hip Hop, I would try to target people who are interested in the genre Hip Hop. I am going to take photos of some singers to add them into the magazine. Also I will be interviewing one of them to talk about on my double page spread.

My target audience are 70 per cent males and 30 per cent females, males would be more interested in this genre of music Hip Hop, but there are a lot of females that like this genre. The age group would be from 16 to 25 year olds. The boys would be stereotypically interested in lots of fashion assertors like cap hats, baggy jeans, and baggy hoodies. Also they would probably be interested in sports like football or American football. Girls would also be very interested in fashion but they wouldn’t be dressed in the same way as girls in a Hip Hop magazine. Whereas boys would dress like the Hip Hop stars girls would not. They would probably be quite outgoing and adventurous.

I am going to work with five people Dale Furniss, Sam Needham, Thomas Hamshaw, Sean Beasley I will be taking pictures of them all on there own because in Hip Hop magazines there inst many bangs or groups of singers, I am going to chose one picture to go on my front cover as the main talking point and one smaller picture to go into the bottom corner of the front cover, On my contents page I am going to have lots of pictures of different people as this would draw in more people and fans of the singers shown on the page, On the pictures I wouldn’t have the original background, they would be cut out and added to a background that I would make to fit to the magazines colour scheme. The people in my pictures would be wearing baggy cloths mainly, I would have them wearing baggy hoodies, baggy jeans and a baseball cap, I would vary the cloths that they all wore, for example they could wear an American football shirt, tank top or sometime you see a lot of suits been worn on music videos or other magazines.

When I take my picture I am going to be very careful on how they are stood, there facial expressions, how the cloths are fitted and weather there stance is right. All the pictures that I take for the front cover would be medium close up, on the contents page I would vary the photos, I would have a medium close up maybe a few close ups, I would add the pictures according to the way they compliment the magazine. When I take my pictures I would always make sure the person in the shot is looking at the camera, and I would only consider using pictures that are in perfect focus. I would make sure there is nothing behind them that could interfere with editing the picture and I would make sure that I don’t cut and body parts out of the picture.

To make my double page spread I would get a shot that would have the entire body in,
I would also make my article about an interview with one of the Hip Hop singers, I would ask serious questions mainly about there music and one or two about there personal life so people would get information about there music concerts and they personal life. I would style this article in the same way as I have the contents and the front cover, so it will stay in touch with the rest of the magazine.

If I was to use a high angle shot in my magazine, I would have to make sure that I am safe whilst I am standing on something, if I was stood on a chair I would make sure that there is someone holding my up so I wouldn’t fall and hurt myself, also I would make sure that the people in my photo shoot are safe in the way they are posed.