Evidence of photography

Here are my evidence of me taking my photos images. As you can see I used a very of locations chosen by me including both inside (the studio) and outside (indie locations). The way I am taking the photos are clear reflection of the magazine itself, the understanding of the portrait image profile that would have to be included in a magazine. 

Final rough cut

creation of Double Page Spread.

The first thing that i did for my double page spread was create the image that was going to be on the page, I did this on photoshop as opposed to InDesign. I chose for the image to be in black and white to add the indie retro aspect of the genre and therefore appeal to the audience. The title uses the idea of having the two A's in different colours similar to the front cover, this creates a link between all of the pages. To continue the use of using different colour is also used on the word future, which is in white, this therefore highlights the fact that he is going to be the future of the genre and therefore music. The quote stands out well off the page and also gives an insight into the type of artist he is going to be. 

The next thing that I did was make a quote and centralise it, this is because I knew that this would be an important part of the magazine and therefore would be key to the insight into the type of magazine and also I would want to have the text wrapped round a quote.

I then inserted my text (as seen in a previous blog post) and this was wrapped round the quote in the middle, the text takes up a lot of the page as this is important in maximising the information delivered to the reader and this is why the text takes up a large proportion of the page.

Finally to remove the dead space in the corner of the page I added another image of Jake, this was important as white space often makes the page look less professional, the image was again in black and white to continue with the retro theme of the page.

Creation of contents page

The beginning of my contents page began with the heading on the top of the page, this was for the page to stand out, it also creates a link between all of the pages of the magazine with the same style of heading featuring on all of my pages,  the black backdrop with gold crosses and red bold text. My first article was necessary to include an image to have something that stands out immediately, the image is bright and therefore attracts the audience, it also maintains the 3 colour pallet and looks like the type of gig that you would expect fans of the indie genre to go to. 

The next faze of the magazine was to add a subscription part onto the contents page as this features on most of the magazines that I have looked at so far, it is necessary for this to be very bold as it is something key to earning money for the magazine and therefore needs to catch maximum eye contact, as I think that this does.

An idea that  I thought was very good from my research was the use of a band index, this is something that allows the audience to see what is on a large chunk of the pages on the inside without needing to take up a lot of room on the page. The use of the alternate colours is something that I have used on both pages and is something that allows every line to stand out and therefore attract maximum audience. 

Next I added the news section of the magazine, something that features on every magazine that i have looked at and therefore is key to sales, it is also useful when it comes to separating major stories from minor stories and therefore is useful to the audience and the reader. 

Finally I added a specific section on Leeds festival,m this is due to the fact that the festival is an indie music festival and as is the magazine, this therefore will be something that would be appealing to the audience and one of the key things that a magazine needs to do is to appeal to the audience. The 3 colour pallet was again maintained over this page. 

I felt that the text on my page was too large and therefore distracting for the audience, I then added the 3 images on the top to promote the twitter, instagram and facebook page of the magazine. I also remove the amount of space that was taken up by the two lower sections. i then added more articles down both the right and centre and added more images so that the page then included a more varied amount of models. This therefore creates an appealing image for the page. I then added an editors note at the bottom of the page with an image of myself this is included on a lot of magazines and therefore adds something that is common of a magazine onto my page.

Creation of front c

Here is the beginning of my production for my course work, I began with taking my images for my front cover, it was important that this was a professionally taken image that will stand out well off the page, it was also very important that the image itself didn't blend in at all with the background colours and this was successful also, the image space continues with the rule of thirds taking up the whole third down the right hand side of the page, this is important as this is one of the major selling points to the magazine before reading anything. To continue the masthead must take up a lot of a third on the front cover and this is also a clear feature of my magazine as it is clear and bold and stands out well off the page. Finally the next step was the spotlight as this adds something to the front page to attract the reader, the black background adds something to make it clear that it is an important part of the magazine as well as the red text that also helps to stand out and attract audience. 

The next stage was to add the main headline for the magazine, this should be delivered differently to all of the other articles as the main double page spread is normally the main selling point of the magazine, to do this I made it very bold as well as using the bold colour red, the black letters also add something to the text that is different and therefore indie and adds to the usual, unusual features of indie magazines.

The next feature added was the subheadings, this is something else that must also be bold and stand out off the page, however I felt that if it was all just one colour then it would look dull, this therefore prompted the idea of the alternate red and black for the subheadings.

Here is the final image for my double page spread, I then added another bold subheading at the bottom of the page as well as the image of Leeds Fest 2014 underneath, this is important as the second image adds something to the page that transforms it from a one sale magazine to a more wider audience and attractive magazine that allows the audience to see it as something that has a lot of different and a lot of features available.

After my first rough cut was finish I felt that there was a lot missing that needed to be added to the magazine, to begin with there was a lot of dead space and therefore needed to have a lot of things added to it. therefore I added the two articles down the left hand side of the page to remove a lot of the dead space to therefore allow there to be more to look at when the front cover was looked at. To continue there was very little graphics featured on my front cover and I therefore added the graphics to be over the Cold war Kids and New Kid on the Rock, adding something quirky and indie to the page. Finally the Win section of the magazine was added so that there was something appealing to the audience on the front covert of the page. 

creation of headline for double page spread

here is the creation of one of my ideas for the top of my page for the double page spread, it is used to add a continued theme through out my magazine as a header similar to this is on all of my pages 

Article.

After the young artist Jake Wharton was first heard on Vimeo and became a social media hit with many of his songs going viral in a very short amount of time it became clear to a lot of people that the young artist (18) was bound to become a hit. The artist is rumored to be currently involved with numerous record labels the young artist insists that he “loves music” and “wants to return everything that music has done for him. We spoke to the artist in an attempt to try and find out what makes the artist tick as well as where his love for music stems from and a lot of other vital information for one of the hottest prospects on the planet. 

Jake recently performed at numerous indie small indie festivals headlining some and being high up in the guest list on others however when we asked him which the best festival he had performed in for him was, he replied "it has to be Leeds Fest 2014, at this time I was hardly known and I was on one of the small indie music stages, you know? the ones that only a few hundred people can fit in max. Most people that were there didn't know who I was just out for a good time. But there was a group of about 20 people that knew every single words to all of my songs, it was a great feeling haha. But leeds is near to where I'm from and I had attend the festival as a spectator a number of times before I even got on any stage and it was always a dream to perform there. After that I got to meet some of those fans that new all of the words, you know the ones I spoke about earlier? and I actually went to go watch the 1975, who I love at the moment by the way, stand for the good things in music and my favourite band of all time Arctic Monkeys with them, it was crazy, I was kind of 'fan girling' over the Arctic Monkeys while they seemed to be the same towards me! Me! haha. I mean of course all of the other festivals were great and the fact that I was one of the 'Big Names' was great, but the stage wasn't much bigger and the atmosphere of Leeds is something that I have always wanted to embrace. Maybe sometime soon I'll be on that big stage, eh?"

Of course you've already named some of the bands that you respect and love the music of but what about the real stem of your music taste where does this come from? "Well as a kid I liked all sorts of music, I hadn't really established a music taste yet, I think for a long time when you're a Kid you're influenced really easily, I listened to some of the classics that my parents liked, the king of rock and roll Elvis Presley was one of my parents favourites and this of course influenced me, I used to love him, I still do! But watching the way he used to perform really helped me to realise the importance of the audience, they have to be involved as music fans you know that music isn't something you just listen to? It's something you love, it's a big part of you. Of course I was influenced by my friends too, I just loved listening to music, there wasn't a specific genre, style, instrument that attracted me it was just anything haha, seems a bit Naive now but I used to just listen to anything that came on the radio. But my music taste really became established when i was around 14 I finally became attracted to a specific genre and this is what helped me to form my style of music I think. From then on my favourite kind of bands and music were really established, people like Arctic Monkeys and Oasis were people that I listened to for a long time, then the Kooks, The 1975, The Courteeners, The Killers, Alt-J these are all bands that will always be on my playlist when i'm at home and while they all do have very different types of music they all have the same values and that's key to the world that i'm in and the progression of this genre." 

What are these 'Values' that you keep mentioning? "I thought you might ask me something like that haha, you know it's something that you just have. It's not to be one of 'those' artists, you know the ones that you hear everyday on the radio and the ones that are just continuing to be manufactured every year from those kinds of shows like the X-factor, I have no doubt in my mind that yes a lot of them are very talented as artists but you have to stay true to yourself and the music that you love. It is important not to be a sell out and try and sell to anyone and everyone but instead be key to the music. When I say sell out I'm not specifically talking about money etc? Everyone loves money? it's important to everything you can do more and buy more and look how you want to look. I'm not calling you a sell out because you earn more money but because you DO it for the money not for passion. You get me?"

Where do you want this life to take you? Where do you think it will take you? "haha what a stupid question, I dont have a clue? I don't know if I want to know actually? Im just living so happily right now, everything is perfect and going exactly how things happen in my dreams, I don't want it to end but who knows? Im just going to carry on exactly how I've been going and hope that this isn't just luck but instead that people appreciate my music. I dream about headlining places like Glastonbury and Leeds and reading but who knows? I'm going to continue the way I am and hope that I'm talented enough that I will carry myself to fulfil my dreams.

What artist would you like to work with? "I know this sounds weird, because he may not fit in exactly with my music, but I was thinking about this the other day and I think that My music would work well with George Ezra, I really respect him as an artist, like I think he's really talented and respect him massively. I met him some time last year, at a gig actually, and we hit it off really well. We spoke about maybe doing something together some time but we never got round to it I guess." 

I have began to do things with the final image that I have chose and began to put the titles across the image. I have also been playing around with some of the available fonts and colours that i can use throughout the magazine and specifically on my double page spread. The main reason for all of the choices of my magazine have been to try and allow the magazine to stand out well off the page and therefore attract the audience. This isn't the definite final image however is likely to be. 

Here is my final shot for my double page spread, this will take up a full A4 page and therefore is necessary to stand out well off the page, the black and white gives the photo another dimension allowing the photo and therefore the artist to stand out well. 

photo shoot for Double page spread

Here are some of my potential photos for my double page spread. I chose to take these images outside as oppose to in the studio to try and create contrast in the pages and therefore also add something different to the magazine that allows the artist to appear abstract, retro and indie.