Organisation: Making Drafts

Although I have already made my draft front cover for my magazine, I will be waiting until Monday 5th January so that I can use the schools computers to use the software that is on them. I am doing this so that I can use pageplus to make sure I can complete the task on the best software available. 

Drafting and Planning / Organisation: Music and Books

By looking at my own copies of NME, I discovered a section in the magazine that looks specifically at the latest movies coming out and interesting books that are recommended to people. I like this idea as it helps widen the contents of the magazine so it's not strictly music, and also extends the target audience to as it can attract movie lovers and book lovers to the magazine. I am using this idea in my own magazine as I can include a page on music and books in my own contents page, therefore adding to the realism of my magazine. Here, it is labelled as 'things we like', so can allow readers to find out about new films and books to boost their own popularity as they can get their own opinions on film and books. 

Drafting and Planning: Track Listing

For my article, I will make reference to songs off of Lily of the Valley's album, Killer Intuitions. I have already previously made a list of a few possible track names that I could use for the album but I have now chosen my favourite and added some more that I thought would sound like it would come from a band that is similar to Lily of the Valley. I have decided that the tracks on the album will be called:

1. Starting Out
2. Breaking Bones
3. The Hill
4. Shake It Out
5. Enough
6. Is He Really the One? 
7. My Remedy, My Dream
8. The Island
9. Angel
10. End of the Road

I can use this tracklisting as a guideline for questions or discussions within my article, so makes it long enough to take up the amount of space neccessary and look realistic. 

Drafting and Planning: Draft Front Cover

Here is the draft of my magazine front cover:   

I chose to use the black and white colour scheme so that it matched with my main image, therefore making it consistent. I didn't go with my original idea for a colour scheme because I didn't think that it would accompany the image as well as the black and white scheme does, as there are no hints of green or blue on the image. I then used a different cover line than what I had originally planned as I thought that it didn't stand out as well as it could have done, and I thought that this one does the job better. I decided not to use any effects as planned in the end as I thought that adding the black and white filter would be a bit too much for the cover and I didn't want it to seem overwhelming. 

Organisation: Photoshoot

I have now taken all my images that I will be using for my music magazine. I have taken as many photos as possible so that I have a range of photo's to choose from and can pick what is the most suitable. I have taken images of my main cover star but also have taken some secondary images for my contents page.
These are the images that I have taken:

 Contents

 Double Page Spread (maybe)

 Cover

 Contents

The photo's that I am going to use for my final piece have been highlighted above, and I have chose these photos as I think that they are the best photo's out of the bunch and effectively reflects how both artists are musically and personally.

Drafting and Planning: Main Cover Line

My magazine will need a main cover line to help inform the reader on what the main story will be in the magazine. My main cover line will be:
Tours, Moms , Death
                      Lily of the Valley
                                         Getting inside those Killer Intuitions
I used the triple to help make it sound more intense and interesting, and by using the word 'death' would interest the reader and would therefore draw them in. I want it to be staggered too so that it looks odd, so that it would intrigue a reader as it would be eye catching. On this cover, the main cover line is in different colours and decreases in size, so would catch someones eye on a news stand, which is what I want to achieve with my own cover.  

Drafting and Planning: Cover Lines

The cover of my magazine should include a few cover lines to help draw in more of an audience, other than that brought in by the cover star. Some ideas for cover lines are:

• The Charmers charm their way to number 1 
• Anarchy in Parliament stir trouble in the UK
• Toxic Party poison the dance scene

I am using these cover lines as they are talking about different musical ventures so reflecting the fact that it is in fact a music magazine. They don't give too much away either, as they are short and snappy, so would intrigue a reader to read the articles.

Organisation: Publication Plan

Organisation: When

I plan to begin taking my photographs for my magazine on the 11/12/14 in my school so I can use the white and black walls. I will also go to Birmingham city center on the 13/12/14 to take pictures in popular landmarks in the town center. I have chosen these dates as they are good opportunities for me to use each location to the full as I can spend as much time in each place as I need so I can get good quality photos. 

Drafting and Planning: Lily of the Valley - Band Profile

The band that I will be using for my magazine will be called Lily of the Valley. They will be a solo artist who records all of the instruments by themselves. They will be influenced by bands such as: 

• Arctic Monkeys
• The Vaccines
• The Last Shadow Puppets
• Royal Blood
• Oasis

Although his music will be influenced by these bands, he was inspired be artists such as Prince and Nine Inch Nails, who do most of the instruments themselves and then hire a touring band to come with them. 
He will just be releasing his debut album called Killer Intuitions. This has made the cover story as a hype has been created through the singles that have been released and a huge following has made him a popular artist. 
The lone member of the band is George Hegenbarth, a 20 year old who has had a lot of practice within the music industry.