Contents page moodboard

First Attempt at my front cover

Draft of my article

Wavey J

Starz: Wavey J, how do you feel this year has gone so far?

 WJ: Yeah you know I feel as though I’ve made a lot of progress this year, not only as an artist but as a person, you know? I’m still quite early in my career and feel as though I’ve come a long way, but got a long way to go, just take one day at a time and keep learning and getting experience in the music game.

 Starz: How do you feel you’ve developed as an artist?

 WJ: Well I think that I’ve had a lot of support from producers and beat makers who will always give me feedback on how to improve my music and my beats, recently I’ve tried to improve my flow, I want to stand out from other artists you know?

 Starz: What are you aiming for in the upcoming months?

 WJ: At the moment the only thing im focused on is making big tunes, with the mixtape coming out in august im in the studio quite a lot.

 Starz: Do you have a busy lifestyle?

 WJ: Well yeah, the music industry is a very busy by itself, let alone the extra stuff, I’ve got a daughter on the way so that makes things a lot more hectic, trying to make time for family and music can be difficult at time, but you know im blessed to have loving people around me so I don’t see it as too much of a strain.

 Starz: Any exciting collabs coming up?

 WJ: Yeahh got some big tunes coming up with a few up and coming MCs, it’s always good to be able to have people who can enhance your sound, I mean the talent on the mixtape this year is madness! although I want to develop myself as an artist, it’s good to know im helping others progress in the music industry as well.

 Starz: What the best thing about being an artist?

 WJ: The fans have been amazing the whole of this year the support has been overwhelming; I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for my fans so I owe them a lot.

 Starz: Do you ever get nervous?

 WJ: To be honest I used to, but now I’ve got the feel for performing I just learn to embrace it and enjoy it really.

 Starz: How has your life changed?

 WJ: Obviously im a lot wealthier than before, but the most important thing is to be humble after all im blessed to be in this position and am thankful to god for it.

 Starz: What’s your advice for the youth trying to make it?

WJ: in all honesty, im not going to lie and say ‘do this and you’ll make it’ because that’s just not how it works, but if you believe in yourself and are passionate about what you’re doing, you stand a way better chance!

Starz: Thankyou for speaking to us J, good luck with the mixtape.

 J: Been a pleasure talking boss, I’ll catch you next time bro. 

Double page spread layout

These double page spreads will prove effective as im fond of the mastheads being at the very top of the page therfore it will stand out and be relevent to the article, on all of my layouts the image is very close to the headline so it will match accordingly.

Double page spread moodboard

Most of these Double page spread consist of two colours such as black and white this could be because it matches the overall colour scheme of the magazine, or to make it stand out more on the page itself, all these pages have a relevent image and in some cases more than one image as to what and who the article is about, this gives the reader an instant insight as to what the article is about and the size of the image allows it to become clear even before the user has started reading the article, it could also be said that the anchorage text is consitstent as it is direct and clear to the article itself and relates strongly to the image being used, much of the text is in interview style so that the reader obviously knows that the article is an interview, some of these pages have the title in quotation marks which will give the reader the impression that it is specific to the artists.

Double Page spread analysis

This Double Page spread is from the very popluar Billboard magazine, the Titile of Rita Ora is in bold red text and covers the whole length of the two pages which will make it very clear as to what the contents of this double page is about

The actual interview has two colours to it, black and red this is effective as it is coherent to the title and the colours associated with the theme of the magazine and the image used in the double page spread, the4se two colours also allow the interview to be sectioned out in a way so it is made clear as to what are the questions and what are the answers therfore it is easy for the reader to understand,

The sectioning of this double page spread is also effective, seeing as many other pages like this have three columns on the same page which could be restrictive in terms of seeing the image, this particular double page spread has sectioned 2 of the the 4 columns on each page which allows the image to become more visable as well as not making the page look too cramped.

Contents page hand drawn mock ups

My first Mock up is fitting as the title at the top is clear and is easily identifiable with a clear structure as to the contents of the magazine, the side of the first mock up allows there to be images which would relate to the latest edition of the magazine, which will include popular artists from the coming weeks, it will also have a dfate in the corner so it is clear for the reader as to what edition the mgazine is allowing the reader to know what has occured since the last edition of the mgazine.
My second Mock up is a lot simpler than the first the banner on the left hand side allows it to be made very clear that it is a contents page, i have gone for a much simoler look as it will allow the contents to become far clearer as there is not too much going on around the page numbers so it could potentially be a lot easier to comprehend. Finally my last Mock up encorperates features from my first and second into one, as you can see the coulor scheme has stayed consistent to my theme with the red and black, the banner at the top makes it very clear as to what the page is with the page numbers and the contents of pages coming accordingly, much like my first mock up i have put an image box on the right of the page which could potentially add some attraction to the page dfepending on what the image is, at the moement i have thought to put a poular artist there so it will attract reader to look at the overall contents of the page.