Flickr

I have signed up to a photo sharing website called flickr, this website has enabled me to upload all of my draft pieces and add little notes to them, so when you hover over the picture it shows this I would like to change. I have left a link below so that you can visit my photostream and see all improvements I need to make.

Click Here To Visit My Photostream

What I Need To Change On My Double Page Spread Page 5

I have looked over my work and found many mistakes, which I need to change. I have uploaded the picture to Flickr and added notes to highlight the mistakes I nee to change, feel free to click on the picture, then hover over and see my comments.

What I Need To Change On My Double Page Spread Page 4

I have looked over my work and found many mistakes, which I need to change. I have uploaded the picture to Flickr and added notes to highlight the mistakes I nee to change, feel free to click on the picture, then hover over and see my comments.

What I Need To Change On My Double Page Spread Page 2

I have looked over my work and found many mistakes, which I need to change. I have uploaded the picture to Flickr and added notes to highlight the mistakes I nee to change, feel free to click on the picture, then hover over and see my comments.

What I Need To Change On My Second Contents Page

I have looked over my contents and found many mistakes, which I need to change. I have uploaded the picture to Flickr and added notes to highlight the mistakes I nee to change, feel free to click on the picture, then hover over and see my comments.

What I Need To Change On My First Contents Page

I have looked over my contents and found many mistakes, which I need to change. I have uploaded the picture to Flickr and added notes to highlight the mistakes I nee to change, feel free to click on the picture, then hover over and see my comments.

What I Need To Change On My Front Cover

I have looked over my draft front cover and found many mistakes, which I need to change. I have uploaded the front over to Flickr and added notes to highlight the mistakes I nee to change, feel free to click on the picture, then hover over and see my comments.

YouTube Tutorial For My Double Page Spread Image

As this is a media course, I wanted to make the most of different ways inwhich I could possibly share how and why I did some of my work. So today I have recorded my screen and uploaded it to YouTube. The video shows me using photoshop to delete the background of an image and changing the colour. Hope you enjoy.

Draft Double Page Spread Analysis

Draft Contents Page Analysis

Draft Contents Page Analysis from Olivia Hayes

Draft Front Cover Analysis

Mock Up Front Cover Analysis from Olivia Hayes

Peer Feedback

Created with Padlet

I went around and shown my peers my first draft, I decided instead of using a traditional powerpoint to use a website called Padlet, which allowed me to organise all my peers comments using new technology. 

Draft Double Page Spread

Draft Contents Page

Draft Front Cover

Double Page Spread's

Double page spreads are usually found in the very centre of the magazine. The double page spread topic usually corresponds with the main cover line of the front page of a magazine. Topics that you would usually find on a double page spread would be articles on the artist, interviews about the artist/bands up coming songs and tours etc. and  things such as reviews on artists and their music. 

Key words that will entice your reader:

1. DANGER - The word danger makes alarm bells ring in the readers head as they will want to find out what is so dangerous and therefore feel the need to read into the magazine article and find out more. 
2. CONTROVERSY - This word will let readers know that something may come up in the article of interest as there may be conflict or tension between the interview and artist or artist  and people they know or associate themselves with.
3. ORIGINAL - Original gives the impression to the reader that the artist could be first to come up with an idea or something along these lines, being original often means standing out from the crowd and not being too mainstream so readers may want to find out more about these 'original artists'.

Callum's Second Photoshoot

Over the past week I have organised 3 different photoshoots for my magazine. I have created two different artists, one named Harry Hayes and one named Lil Cal.
The artist Lil Cal, is a 21 year old man from Liverpool, he is just about to release his second album and embark on a world tour with Drake. He is signed to Young Money Entertainment, this is Lil Wayne's record label and artists such as Drake, Lil Twist and Nicki Minaj. I organised two photoshoots with Callum as he is main cover artist, so I wanted to get as many pictures as possible.
For my second photoshoot I knew that I wanted these pictures to go on the front cover, so I researched Hip Hop and Rap magazines and looked at their front covers. There was definitely a common theme throughout, most of the cover stars were wearing suits, or a shirt and tie, possibly betraying a gangster look. I wanted to copy this idea on my front cover as I think it could create a classy professional shot, which is the look I want to present my magazine in. 

After I had decided on what I wanted Callum to wearing I was thinking about possible props he could be holding. As it was the front cover I did not want the prop to be too overpowering so I decided on something simple, a glass of wine. A glass of wine is featured in a popular Kanye West photoshoot and is also a drink related to rappers and weed, Drake singing in a song with Rhianna "Good Weed, White Wine'.

Possible ideas of what camera angles I was going to use came from yet again another Kanye West photoshoot, this was used on a cover, on a magazine called Complex. I wanted to try and imitate this look because it is extremely simple and that is the idea I am going for. I also wanted to focus on Callum's hair as I want that to be a feature of Callums act.

Callum's First Photoshoot

Over the past week I have organised 3 different photoshoots for my magazine. I have created two different artists, one named Harry Hayes and one named Lil Cal.
The artist Lil Cal, is a 21 year old man from Liverpool, he is just about to release his second album and embark on a world tour with Drake. He is signed to Young Money Entertainment, this is Lil Wayne's record label and artists such as Drake, Lil Twist and Nicki Minaj. I organised two photoshoots with Callum as he is main cover artist, so I wanted to get as many pictures as possible.
For my first photo shoot I  thought I should do a wintery photoshoot, as the photos are going to be in the winter edition of my Krew magazine. So I decided I should have my first photoshoot in the centre of Liverpool, as that is my artists hometown and Callum living up to his name as a rapper, never forgets where he comes from. I wanted Callum to wear a big winter coat, because I recently seen Drake wearing one when advertising his new album, and as I have wrote that Drake and Callum are close and touring together, it would be good for them to be seen wearing similar clothes. As Kanye is probably one of the biggest names in the industry I decided to see what he was wearing recently to see if I could take any inspiration from it, Kanye is known for always wearing hoodies and then recently he wore a big coat, over a hoodie and it looked cool and I thought it would be something Callum could pull off. As Callum is a young artist, I decided I should look at the younger Hip Hop stars and I found a picture of Jaden Smith with his sister Willow, who are both artists in the industry, Jaden was wearing a pair of Nike Janoski's. Although I have taken inspiration for his outfit from other artists I wanted Callum to have his own individual style, so I wanted Callum to have big, curly hair.

Harry's Photoshoot

Over the past week I have organised 3 different photoshoots for my magazine. I have created two different artists, one named Harry Hayes and one named Lil Cal.
The artist Harry Hayes, is a 15 year old boy from London who has made it big extremely quickly, he nearly won a grammy off his first mix tape. I organised the photoshoot with Harry behind a white back drop, as I wanted to be able to add effective shadows easily. Most photoshoots for magazines include a white background and I wanted to be able to make my magazine look as professional as possible. A white background can also make the artist stand out and that is what I wanted as Harry is a up and coming artist. I wanted Harry to still look young but wear a mature outfit so I researched possible outfits that I could dress him in. I found a picture of the Rapper T.I, he is wearing a red polo shirt which is extremely bright and that is what I wanted Harry to look like, bright and bold. After I had chosen Harry's outfit I need to think of possible props he could use to make him look more like a 'Rapper'. I wanted to Harry to wear a simple thin chain, as I didn't want it to be too overpowering, I found that Justin Bieber frequently wears a thin chain and he is a major artist in the Hip Hop industry. As everyone knows one of the stereotypes of being a artist in the Hip Hop and Rap industry is that you are associated with money, but instead of actually having Harry holding money, I choose things that are influenced with money. I made him wear a expensive watch, which is a common thing for rappers and they like to show it off, sometimes by wearing more than one. I found a picture of Justin Timberlake wearing a similar watch to the one in which Harry wore. I also had Harry wear a pair of Dre Beats headphones as Dr Dre the owner of the brand is a extremely big influence in the industry,I could imagine every celebrity must own a pair and alot of celebrities wear them in public. Again when I researched about rappers I found that in almost every picture they have to have a bottle of champagne in there hands, which is something I instantly copied.

Third Mock Shots

Second Mock Shots

First Mock Shot

Uses and Gratification Theory

Today in class we spoke about the use and gratification theory, the theory suggests that people actively choose their media products on their needs.
Blumler & Katz discuss audiences consume the media for different needs and in different ways. The media industry is not the only one to blame, people need the media to fulfil their needs and wants.
Media consumers choose texts that fulfil one or more of these needs:

• To be informed and educated about the world in which they live.
• To identify personally with characters and situations in order to learn more about themselves.
• To be entertained by a range and variety of well constructed texts.
• To use the medias as a talking point for social interaction or discussion.
• To escape from their daily grind into other worlds and situations.

TriPod

I bought a Tri-Pod online last week and today it finally came. 

I bought it to try and maxamise the quality and the professional look off my pictures. 

I can't wait to do another photo shoot over the weekend.

First Photo Shoot Research

Yesterday I completed my first photoshoot with Harry, although I believe my photos where okay I wanted a second opinion. I asked one of my friends from school who is a frequent Hip Hop magazine reader for her advice.

Photoshop - Harry

I have been playing around with photoshop for the past couple of hours, I have been editing photos from a photoshoot for one of my cover artists. Here is what I have ended up with.

First Photoshoot

Tonight I done a photoshoot with one of my up and coming artists. I used several props, champagne, dre beats and a tag watch. All these props have connotations off money and wealth, which relates to rappers. 

This artist I have created is a 14 year old up and coming rapper, who's first mix tape nearly won him a grammy. 

Although the artist isn't my main cover artist I wanted the pictures to look as professional as possible.

I am now trying to mess around with these pictures in Photoshop.

Double Page Spread Mock Up

This is what my ideal Double Page Spread will look like.

Contents Page Mock Up

This is what my ideal Contents Page will look like.

Front Cover Mock Up

This is what my ideal Front Cover will look like.

I don't want my masthead to be too big, so I have only left the very top of the page for the masthead. I want it to be in the top left hand corner, which is a common theme for Hip Hop / Rap magazines. Another thing I have noticed in XXL paticulary is that there is a background behind the masthead, which is a strong bold colour and then the actual text in the masthead is white, therefore making the name of the magazine stand out. I have decided on what I want my font to be for my mastehad aswell, it is a font from dafont.com, named Bebas Neve.

Second Contents Page Analysis

I have analysed one page of a contents page from the magazine XXL, this magazine's genre is Hip/Hop and Rap as is my music magazine. This is helpful to me as I know what actual published magazines in my music genre look like.

Contents Page Analysis

I have analysed a contents page from a edition of Vibe. Vibe is a magazine from the genre I am basing my Music Magazine on, 'Hip/Hop and Rap'. It also includes one of the main Rap artists in current times so it was good to look at the main photo to see what props were used and possible facial expressions.

Final Font

I have decided on my final font for my music magazine. I have chosen this font as it gives my magazine a professional look and it is part of the Sans Serif family. I have downloaded the font from www.dafont.com, I have chosen a font with the name 'Bebas Neue'. I am undecided on which colour my masthead is going to be yet so I have been trying out possible colours which I might use.

Final Magazine Name - KREW

Last week I posted on my blog about possible names and fonts I could use my Magazine. Possible Masthead Fonts 
I came up with three different names 'CREW', 'H.Y.F.R' and 'STRONGER'. I have now decided on the name 'KREW'. 

I decided not to call my magazine 'H.Y.F.R', I made this decision as when I was asking people's opinions on my three possible names, I had to explain what the letters stood for and as a magazine name you shouldn't have to explain it, it should be self explanatory. Also the 'F' in the title is a explicit word, which means by naming my magazine with a word like this I would be limiting my target audience.  

I then decided not to call my magazine 'STRONGER' as even though it is the name of a Kanye West song, people where getting confused and thinking my magazine could have been a magazine about health and fitness. Again it is extremely important for your magazine name to be self explanatory.

I was going to call my magazine 'CREW', when I was researching trying to find inspiration for my magazine name, I was looking through Drake's old albums and found the song 'Crew Love'. I thought this would be a perfect name for a magazine, as it really makes you think of the Hip Hop genre but as it was too long I decided to shorten it down to just 'CREW', which is short and sweet and gets the point across. I decided that replacing the letter 'C' with a 'K' would make the name just a little bit cooler.

So my final magazine name is the name..
'KREW'

Second Double Page Spread Analysis

To gain knowledge for when I create my magazine, I have analyzed a double page spread from the magazine 'Q', which is a Magazine which likes to cover just about every genre. Although this Magazine isn't specifically my music genre I love how simple this page is which is one the aims of my magazine, also I love the amount of black and white used as this is again something I am wanting to use.

Second Front Cover Analysis

To gain knowledge for when I create my front cover, I have analyzed a front cover from the magazine 'Q', which is a Magazine which likes to cover just about every genre. Although this Magazine isn't specifically my music genre I love the colour scheme they use and how busy there front cover is.

My Chosen Genre Mindmap

Now I know what my final genre is going to be I decided to do a mindmap on all things surrounding and linked to Hip Hop / Rap. This helped me come up with possible Magazine names and really got me thinking off what I could include on my front cover and contents page.

Double Page Spread Analysis

To gain knowledge for when I create my double page spread, I have analyzed a double page spread from the magazine 'Mix Mag', which advertises itself as 'The Biggest Dance Music and Clubbing Magazine in the World'. Although this Magazine isn't from my music genre, I love how the double page is laid out, it is simple and the text is shaped around the picture.

Front Cover Analysis

To gain knowledge for when I create my front cover, I have analyzed a front cover from the magazine 'Mix Mag', which advertises itself as 'The Biggest Dance Music and Clubbing Magazine in the World'. Although this Magazine isn't from my music genre, I love the classy style they have went for and I am thinking of using the same White/Black/Gold colour scheme.