Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Mark Ronson NME double page spread analysis

This is a double page spread by NME, as NME goes this a fairly unconventional double page spread. It has an overall simplistic look on the page. The minimalist retro colour scheme and costume ties in with the artist and retro vintage look. When styling my double page I will also take into consideration how I can realte it to the artist and the audience. The enlarged capitalised C signifies the beginning of the article and its a convention of majority of magazines. If I chose to use this convention I will however make the first letter slightly smaller the this 'C' as I think it is too big for the actually articles text size. A quote has also been shown on the page where the artist has made a comment that the journalist is presenting as a direct quote to give the audience the artists true opinion. I am definitely going to do this on my double page magazine as it is conventional and stands out breaking up the text.


First draft of contents page

This is my first draft of my content page on inDesign. I have not yet added any house colour theme to my contents page. My photo fits well with my page design but as I add colour i may need to rethink a few factors of the layout.

Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Client Profile


In order to make my article I decided to make a client profile of my artist.

Name: Jesse Sanson
Age: january 9th 1991
Born: Glasgow moved to london to persue his passion for music
Album: Suburbia
Released 18th March 2013
Tour name: Suburbia tour
Spread over a year around Europe and Central America
One smaller tour before just around the UK then it took off, The Vines tour
Singer songwriter
Beginning: YouTube busking and record company found snapped up Hologram records

Article


 This is my article for my double page spread. It is a mix of a brief summary of the artist and a fan question answer section.

YouTube seems to be the hottest place for record labels to find global superstars. With national sensations like Justin Beiber and Lana Del Rey popping up from nowhere and suddenly making it huge, it was only a matter of time before Hologram Records snapped up the comforting sound of Jesse Sanson. Jesse, originally from Glasgow Scotland moved down to London as an adolescent at the age of 17 to pursue his dream of becoming a successful singer-song writer. ‘Suburbia’ is Jesse’s recently released album (18th March 2013) already it has made it straight to the top of the album charts. The albums success points to him achieving a very promising tour beginning at the end of this year.
“This tour is going to be SO much more advanced then my last, I have so many exciting surprises in store for my fans!”
If you didn’t catch  Jesse on his last tour ‘The Vines”  I suggest you keep an eye out for a venue near you as these tickets will go faster then you can say your name.
-something about breaking america-

WHO DO YOU COMPARE YOURSELF TOO?
SARAH ROBINSON
Ed Sheeran. Our music flows within similar roots, we both have our own originality which compliments our music. Would you say your better? [Laughs] theres potential for me to exceed what he has achieved.

WHAT WAS THE FIRST SONG YOU FELL INLOVE WITH?
ALEX WRIGHT
Justin Timberlake of course - I have always been a fan of his music. However my favourite song would have to be... “What goes around, comes around.”

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE FILM?
CHLOE RISEBOROUGH
The social network. Its a very intelligent film, featuring Justin Timberlake [laughs]. If anyone hasn’t seen it I’d suggest you watch it.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE TOUR?
LIZZY JAMES
I’ll take some time off, as much as I love music the lifestyle can be tiring. However this doesn’t mean I’ll forget music, any inspiration at all and I will begin writing again.

WHEN DID YOU REALISE YOU'D MADE IT ASH RANADE
Headlining a few major festivals alongside my own ad commercial.


Friday, 22 March 2013

Holiday

I have recently came back from a holiday in Barcelona. Whilst in Barcelona I decided I was going to make final decisions on my model names. Whilst there I thought about the names of the people I'd met. In the end I decided on the name "Jesse Sanson" for the male and "Rosie Rendles" for the female.

Gold bubble

Today on photoshop I created a good bubble to advertise free posters on my magazine. I originally wanted to make it yellow to alert the reader to it. However I then seen a bubble on Q magazine which was gold. I liked the gold a lot more as it looked more classy; it also would not clash with any colour scheme I chose.

Double page spread first draft

This is my first official draft of my double page spread I have gone through many different layouts and poses. This is my final draft and I will begin making it in photoshop soon.