Feedback

I have posted my final Front Cover, Contents Page and Double Page Spread on the social networking site Instagram to get some feedback. I posted the pictures separately and asked for some feedback on them. I have done this because the people on my Instagram are the kinds of people who would read this type of magazine, therefore I thought feedback from them would be the best. They are of the right age and this feedback would be very beneficial. I will now wait for some feedback from people on Instagram.

Font Cover on Instagram

Contents Page on Instagram

 

Double Page Spread on Instagram

Text Choices

For my magazine I  have decided to use the font 'Lucida Sans' for most or all of my general text for my magazine pages. I chose this font because it is clear and not completely simple it has some nice shape to the letters. This font is also the kind of font which may be used in an indie music magazine.

I then chose a font from 'dafont.com' for my masthead for the logo of my magazine which I also used throughout my magazine. This font was called 'Moiser Techno'.  I chose this as the logo for my magazine because I felt it was very simple, yet bold and it stands out a lot. When this was chosen as my final font, I doubled it, putting a white version slightly smaller on top to make it a white font with a black out line.

Another font I used was 'Script MT Bold' for the date and price underneath the logo for my magazine of the front cover. I chose this font because it looked professional and it was clear.

One other font I used called 'Progress' I used for the writing of the artist on the front cover of my magazine. I chose this font because it was very big and bold. It stands out as being strong and independent therefore I thought it was only suitable. When editing this font, I made it the burgundy colour which I have been using throughout my magazine.

 

 

Article for Double Page Spread

MY RISE TO FAME

 

Romy Stone reveals all top secret information about how she rose to fame in just under six months on YouTube

 

Romy Stone, singer-songwriter from London, at just 17 rose to fame due to a phenomenal reaction from viewers on social networking site YouTube. After uploading her first cover of "Yellow" by Coldplay back in September, her views and subscriptions shot up by thousands by the day. Only weeks after this, when she had over 12 million subscribers Universal Music Group, a well known record label, contacted Romy and offered her the opportunity to sign to them. It didn't take long for her to make the desicion and since then, Romy has been working on her first album which she is hoping to be a massive hit.
Having Romy Stone in the building today, we took advantage and through a few buzzing questions at her which we and surely readers are dying to know. Here's what was said when we finally pinned her down!

Hey Romy, nice to have you in the building today! First question to be fired is, how is the new album coming on? 

Hi Emily, it's a pleasure to be here! Well, it's nearly complete really just a little more editing to be done and it will be ready to release! It's really exciting to have my first album nearly done! 

That's really great! We can't wait to hear it! What is the album based around? Does it have any hidden messages or stories? 

I can't wait to hear it all finished either! Messages and stories? Yeah there are a few, some of the songs basically describe how I was feeling at certain times like ups and downs in my life, stories in there of past experiences which have impacted my life a lot. It's an album letting my fans know my inner most thoughts and feelings over these past few months, although there are a few songs of which I wrote a while ago, a few of my personal favourites.

Well, I'll be sure to listen to it! So, what has this record deal done to your life? What changes have been made? Any positives or negatives? 

Thanks, it means a lot! Well the record deal has changed an awful lot in my life! I get recognised in lots of different places, asked for autographs, photos, being asked to go on talk shows and magazine interviews! It hasn't really got any negatives! I'm just busy all the time now, and I really love it! It has been the best opportunity for me! I wouldn't be here without my fans! Thanks to them I got recognised and it has hopefully changed my life forever!

We're all so happy for you here at BMA! How did you feel when Universal Music Group contacted you because of your YouTube videos? 

Thank you! First of all I was completely utterly shocked! I couldn't believe they were interested in my! It was a dream come true and if it wasn't for my fans, I don't think they would have even noticed me! The amount of views and subscriptions I got on YouTube was overwhelming and I felt so incredibly lucky! The moment they offered me a contract I burst into tears but I could not ever turn the offer down, it was one hundered percent a yes! 

We're thrilled for you! A new genuine star is what this industry needs! And we can garruntee we will be playing your album when it comes out! It's been an honour having you here today! Thank you! 

Thank you! It's been a pleasure for me too! Hope to see you soon! 

Gig Photos

On my contents page I decided I wanted to put pictures of other bands who would feature in my magazine. But because I had tot take the pictures myself otherwise it wouldn't count I decided I would use the pictures of which I took when I was at a Jake Bugg gig on Friday 21st February 2014 and Two Door Cinema gig on Friday 13th December 2013. These pictures were taken from the view I had whilst at the gigs. I thought this would be a good touch to my magazine because the pictures were really taken by me and it gave me extra to put on my contents page, other images making it more interesting. Below are the pictures I chose from all of the pictures from the gigs.

I chose this picture from the Jake Bugg gig because its very clear and you can tell its Jake Bugg because of the logo in the back which is also very clear. The lighting in this image is good and the quality of the picture is good considering it was taken from an iPhone.

I chose this picture from the Two Door Cinema Club gig because it is also clear for the view I had at the O2. This photo shows the scale of the gig really well and how many people were there. The light in this image is also good, you can see the lights from the stage really well.

Today's Progress of Front Cover

Today I edited my front cover because I decided with some feedback that I didn't like the all black and white cover. I decided that I wanted to add some colour onto my front cover. First of all I made a decision on what colour to add to my page. I decided on a burgundy red colour because i feel it fits well with black and white. Next, I changed my font for the word 'ROMY' because the previous font was difficult to work with. I made the font large and made that the red colour. I then made the bar along the bottom the same colour so that they it stood out in this colour but also because having one thing in red would look silly. After, I tinted the back ground with the same red colour so that everything looked as though it fitted together and the red didn't stick out too much. Lastly, I made all my boxes on the page which have writing in them more opaque. This made the boxes look a lighter grey so therefore I have a red, white, black and grey colour scheme. Because of these colours my magazine is staying with these colours on my other pages.

Progress of Today

Today I have worked on my contents page a bit. First of all I added in three pictures in the middle row of my contents page. These pictures are to do with what is inside the magazine, Romy Stone's interview, Jake Bugg tour review and Two Door Cinema Club tour highlights. I made these pictures quite big and dominant on the page so that they were obviously important articles. For the short piece of writing underneath eh pictures i made the information white, and the page number red so that they contrasted and the information was obvious. Next I finished off the contact box at the bottom left hand side of the page. by making sure of the links were correct and also making sure i had a logo for each site.

After, I started on my Band List for my contents page. This convention i found in NME magazine. It is simply a list of bands with a page number where you will find information of that specific band. I decided to use this convention because I am following the main conventions of NME magazine. To create this Band List, I made a tile for the list and made it very big and bold. I then separately made a list of all of the bands of which i was going to put on the final list. I then put them all in alphabetical order so that the list would be easier to read and would make sense. Next I gave eacher band a page number which the reader would then know what page to find a specific band on.

 

 

Lastly I created the contents list on the left hand side collumn. I made a heading for the contents which I made sure was the same size as the band list heading. I then in the bigger box made subheadings of 'Features' and 'Regulars'. These are also conventions of NME magazine which i found interesting and I wanted to use them. I then added in the features content and made the information white and the page number red like i did with the band list to make it all blend in together. Next, I added in the regulars information using the same colour technique as the features information.

 

Today's Progress of Contents Page

Today I have been working on my contents page. I started out with just a blank page today and have been slowly building it up relating back to my hand drawn design I made a while back. Firstly I chose a colour of the background of the page, I chose a medium grey colour because I felt it was neutral. I do like this colour but it may change throughout the making of my contents page. I then added some boxes at the bottom of the page as I thought it would be easier to start building my page from bottom to top as the bottom of the page is less complicated. I made the left hand box slightly longer than half way across the page and about an inch high. I made the box next to that the size of the rest of the space and the same height with just a tiny gap between both boxes. The boxes are a slightly darker grey colour in contrast to the background, and yet again this colour may change as I think grey is very bland but it could be effective and I will consider the colours later on. I next copied and pasted from the internet a the Facebook logo, the Twitter logo and the Instagram logo. I then made them a lot smaller and put the inside of the bigger box. From this idea I made accounts on Email, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for BMA magazine so that my links are true and give a little extra to my magazine. After creating these accounts I pasted the links for each one next to the correct icon. I used the same font as I have thoughout my magazine so far and I put the writing in white so it contrasted against the box colour. For the smaller box, using the same font and colour I wrote about subscribing to BMA magazine as I found this in NME magazine when analysing it. I wrote about how much it would cost for a year and when the special deal ends. I will write more in this box another day because I think what I have written is very simple and not to eye catching. Below is a print screen of my work as I left it today in InDesign for my contents page.