Cover
C0ntents
Double Page Spread
These are my Final products.
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Screenshots of production
This is a screen shot so far of my cover. I think it has potential but is still very much in the development phase and some of the ideas from my flatplans wont work within the actual cover. For example, in my flatplans the picture didnt take up as much of the covder as in my real product. However i feel that this works a lot better but i will need to make adjustments to the text which will now be placed on top of the picture. I will need it to be clearer. To do this i will use a lighter coloured font instead of the dark burgendy and i will use a more simple font and wont use different fonts for the bands names. 
Here is my next attempt. Here i have made the prodominent colour a lightish blue. This is because it stands out on both light and dark backgrounds and suits the cover, in my opinion. I have also added more features that appeared in my flatplans. For example,t he review box near the bottom. However, i feel that this still does not look neat enough and i will work towards making it look neater by using a different font and laying it out slightly different.
This is the layout and effect my magazine will now take. I have changed the fonts and colour scheme mainly and think this works much better as a magazine cover. 
This is my final cover. I will now start work on the contents.
This is my first try at the contents. I am relatively happy with the sresult but i think i need one large picture instead of two smaller pictures.
This is the final version of my contents that i edited and changed from the earlier picture.
Today i did my double page spread.
Photoshoot images
Article Drafts
Introduction
First Draft
Live, Love, Learns new up and coming album has been largely anticipated for months now and the excitment of the loyal fans is almost unbearable. It is considered to be one of the top albums of the year, according to crtitics everywhere.
When we first heard it here at feedback! magazine, we had to note the huge emotional release of the vocalist throughout the album, along with the melodic riffs written by the band.
It is clear throughout listening to the album, and the way they now play, that they have transformed as a band from when we at feedback! first heard them as a small, unknown band from Bristol, all the way back in 2004. They have struck a balance between the rough around the edges first album and the perhaps over-refined second album to find the perfect sound.
We catch up with them in an exclusive interview:
I feel that this is an okay introduction, however i think it sometimes sounds a bit impersonal, for example not naming the band and not treating them too much as individuals, this is something that i will change in my final draft. I also think the name of the band works better without commers.
Final Draft
Live Love Learns new and upcoming album has been largely anticipated and is considered to eb one of the top albums of the year, according to critics nationwide.
We heard the album here at Feedback! magazine and thought that we had to note the emotional release of vocalist Sarah Newman and the melodic riffs written by guitarists Tom Allen, Sam Thompson and drummer James Mathews.
It is clear that they've come a long way since the last album and have almost transformed as a band fromt he early days when we first heard them at Bristol back in 2004! They have struck a balance between the rough around the edges first album and the perhaps over-refined second album ro find the perfect sound. We catch up with them in an exclusive interview;
Here i have used the first draft and targetted bits that i thought needed changing, that i mentioned in the first draft, such as the impersonal approach that tyhe first draft took.
Interview with band
First draft
FB: Cheers guys, im glad you took the time out of your busy schedule to answer some questions for us today. So, how do you think your album will be recieved?
TA: We are really excited about the new album and hope we found a good balance between the two former albums. I also hope the fans can handle it as it sounds like nothing we have done before. haha.
SN: It has been a while, so i think we are all quite nervous, but i hope we have still kept fans and maybe we will even find some new ones. haha.
FB: You mentioned its been 3 years, are you a bit nervous about the way the music scene has changed?
TA: Yes, but i hope the fans will have stuck by us. Haha. But we have all stayed in music, with side projects and such that have all seemed to go down well, so im sure we will be fine, we're definatly excited about the future.
FB: Whats happening in the future then? Any plans of tours and such?
JM: Well, to go with the new album, we have a loosely planned tour across europe and Australia, which we are really excited for, it will be probably be loosely planned for the whole thing. Haha. But we are really excited cos we rarely get the chance to play outside of the uk, so to have the oppertunity to do a whole tour abroad will be amazing.
FB: Is it fair to say that this album has had more band input than indivisual input?
JM: I think weve all influenced past records, but probably now more than ever. We have all worked together on this one, instead of writing individual parts.
ST: We have definatly gone a different way with this album, but the leaks that have been exposed to the internet have gone down well, so i think we have pulled it off! Haha.
FB: So when can we expect to hear this album and have you got any plans for writing in the future?
JM: You can expect our album to be released mid march, and it will be called Brave enough to fail.
ST: We are all just goina take it how it comes i think, but hopefully writing in the future is a possibility.
SN: I think we are all up for writing more, but we dont want to make any promises! Haha.
FB: Cool, cheers! Anyone you'd like to say thanks to then?
JM: Yeah, we'd like to thank all the fans that have stuck by us, our record label; Purgatory records , and all the other bands that have helped us out with writing this album and touring.
I am generally happy with this. I like the way all the band has a equal imput and i like the way it is layed out, question and answer in a discussion format. However, i will change the 'haha' to (laughs) and i will also change some of the language used to make the interview 'flow'. However, i liked the way i used both correct grammer, but some slang to portray the way it was said in real life. For example, words such as 'goina' and 'cos'. I also feel that its got to be more directed at the UK, since its a UK magazine, for example, in the touring question, I will also mention that they are returning to the UK.
Final Draft
FB: Cheers guys, im glad you found the time to escape your busy schedule to answer some questions for us today. So, how do you think your album will be recieved?
TA: We are really excited and hope we have found a good balance of the last two albums.
SN: It's been 3 years, so we are always going to be a bit nervous. But i hope we have still kept fans and will maybe even find some more.
FB: You mentioned it's been 3 years, are you not a bit nervous of the way the music scene has changed?
TA: Yes, but i think fans will have stuck by us (laughs) we have all had side projects that seemed to go down well so we are just excited about the future.
FB: What's happening in the future then? Any plans of tours and such?
JM: We are planning on touring across Europe and maybe Australia this year. We are really excited because we have never toured out of the Uk. We are also excited to go back to London because we always get a really good reception there.
FB: Is it fair to say that the whole band has had a much more creative influence on this album then?
JM: I think we've all influenced the band in the past, but probably now more than ever. We have all worked with each other, instead of writing our own individual parts.
ST: We've definitely gone a different way with this album, but the leaks have been recieved extremely well on the internet, so i think we've pulled it off! (laughs)
FB: So when can we expect to hear this album? And have you got any plans for the future?
JM: You can expect our album to be released in mid march, and it will be called Brave Enough To Fail.
ST: We are just goina take it how it comes i think, but hopefully writing in the future is on the cards.
SN: I thinkw e are all up for writing more, but we dont want to make any promises! (laughs)
FB: Cool, thanks! Would you like to make any thanks then?
JM: Yeah, we'd like to thank all the fans that have stuck by us, our label; Purgatory Records and all the bands that have supported us with writing this album and touring.
First Draft
Live, Love, Learns new up and coming album has been largely anticipated for months now and the excitment of the loyal fans is almost unbearable. It is considered to be one of the top albums of the year, according to crtitics everywhere.
When we first heard it here at feedback! magazine, we had to note the huge emotional release of the vocalist throughout the album, along with the melodic riffs written by the band.
It is clear throughout listening to the album, and the way they now play, that they have transformed as a band from when we at feedback! first heard them as a small, unknown band from Bristol, all the way back in 2004. They have struck a balance between the rough around the edges first album and the perhaps over-refined second album to find the perfect sound.
We catch up with them in an exclusive interview:
I feel that this is an okay introduction, however i think it sometimes sounds a bit impersonal, for example not naming the band and not treating them too much as individuals, this is something that i will change in my final draft. I also think the name of the band works better without commers.
Final Draft
Live Love Learns new and upcoming album has been largely anticipated and is considered to eb one of the top albums of the year, according to critics nationwide.
We heard the album here at Feedback! magazine and thought that we had to note the emotional release of vocalist Sarah Newman and the melodic riffs written by guitarists Tom Allen, Sam Thompson and drummer James Mathews.
It is clear that they've come a long way since the last album and have almost transformed as a band fromt he early days when we first heard them at Bristol back in 2004! They have struck a balance between the rough around the edges first album and the perhaps over-refined second album ro find the perfect sound. We catch up with them in an exclusive interview;
Here i have used the first draft and targetted bits that i thought needed changing, that i mentioned in the first draft, such as the impersonal approach that tyhe first draft took.
Interview with band
First draft
FB: Cheers guys, im glad you took the time out of your busy schedule to answer some questions for us today. So, how do you think your album will be recieved?
TA: We are really excited about the new album and hope we found a good balance between the two former albums. I also hope the fans can handle it as it sounds like nothing we have done before. haha.
SN: It has been a while, so i think we are all quite nervous, but i hope we have still kept fans and maybe we will even find some new ones. haha.
FB: You mentioned its been 3 years, are you a bit nervous about the way the music scene has changed?
TA: Yes, but i hope the fans will have stuck by us. Haha. But we have all stayed in music, with side projects and such that have all seemed to go down well, so im sure we will be fine, we're definatly excited about the future.
FB: Whats happening in the future then? Any plans of tours and such?
JM: Well, to go with the new album, we have a loosely planned tour across europe and Australia, which we are really excited for, it will be probably be loosely planned for the whole thing. Haha. But we are really excited cos we rarely get the chance to play outside of the uk, so to have the oppertunity to do a whole tour abroad will be amazing.
FB: Is it fair to say that this album has had more band input than indivisual input?
JM: I think weve all influenced past records, but probably now more than ever. We have all worked together on this one, instead of writing individual parts.
ST: We have definatly gone a different way with this album, but the leaks that have been exposed to the internet have gone down well, so i think we have pulled it off! Haha.
FB: So when can we expect to hear this album and have you got any plans for writing in the future?
JM: You can expect our album to be released mid march, and it will be called Brave enough to fail.
ST: We are all just goina take it how it comes i think, but hopefully writing in the future is a possibility.
SN: I think we are all up for writing more, but we dont want to make any promises! Haha.
FB: Cool, cheers! Anyone you'd like to say thanks to then?
JM: Yeah, we'd like to thank all the fans that have stuck by us, our record label; Purgatory records , and all the other bands that have helped us out with writing this album and touring.
I am generally happy with this. I like the way all the band has a equal imput and i like the way it is layed out, question and answer in a discussion format. However, i will change the 'haha' to (laughs) and i will also change some of the language used to make the interview 'flow'. However, i liked the way i used both correct grammer, but some slang to portray the way it was said in real life. For example, words such as 'goina' and 'cos'. I also feel that its got to be more directed at the UK, since its a UK magazine, for example, in the touring question, I will also mention that they are returning to the UK.
Final Draft
FB: Cheers guys, im glad you found the time to escape your busy schedule to answer some questions for us today. So, how do you think your album will be recieved?
TA: We are really excited and hope we have found a good balance of the last two albums.
SN: It's been 3 years, so we are always going to be a bit nervous. But i hope we have still kept fans and will maybe even find some more.
FB: You mentioned it's been 3 years, are you not a bit nervous of the way the music scene has changed?
TA: Yes, but i think fans will have stuck by us (laughs) we have all had side projects that seemed to go down well so we are just excited about the future.
FB: What's happening in the future then? Any plans of tours and such?
JM: We are planning on touring across Europe and maybe Australia this year. We are really excited because we have never toured out of the Uk. We are also excited to go back to London because we always get a really good reception there.
FB: Is it fair to say that the whole band has had a much more creative influence on this album then?
JM: I think we've all influenced the band in the past, but probably now more than ever. We have all worked with each other, instead of writing our own individual parts.
ST: We've definitely gone a different way with this album, but the leaks have been recieved extremely well on the internet, so i think we've pulled it off! (laughs)
FB: So when can we expect to hear this album? And have you got any plans for the future?
JM: You can expect our album to be released in mid march, and it will be called Brave Enough To Fail.
ST: We are just goina take it how it comes i think, but hopefully writing in the future is on the cards.
SN: I thinkw e are all up for writing more, but we dont want to make any promises! (laughs)
FB: Cool, thanks! Would you like to make any thanks then?
JM: Yeah, we'd like to thank all the fans that have stuck by us, our label; Purgatory Records and all the bands that have supported us with writing this album and touring.
I am happy with this interview, i think it gives a good insight to the band and it sounds personal to the band. It also gives the fan all the information they would want to know, in a funny, conversational kind of way, which is, in my opinion, layed out properly and shows how the interview happened.
Article Planning
For my article (double page spread), the main focus will be to entertain the reader. The style of the article will be as an interview with the band 'livelovelearn'. It will be entertaining and mainly informative. They will be talking about an upcoming album and tour and because the interview will be kept short, this will all have to be answered quickly.
The narrative will be in 3rd person. This is because as i will script the interview as a conversation between the interviewer and the band. For example;
interviewer: what did you have for breakfast this morning?
band: toast
I feel that this is the best and most simple way to record an interview. I feel that if there is any humour in the interview it will be shown best this way and the whole interview when written down flows better like this. I will use the initials for anybody talking, for example, for the magazine (FEEDBACK!) it will be FB: and then for the initials the person, for example, for Sam Thompson would be ST:
As it is an interview, when it is written down it will be seen to be quite formal with basically a question then answer, but it will actually be more like an informal conversation with the band. Even though it is generally question and answer, the band will develop on some questions and it will become more of a conversation than a strict question/answer interview. For example, when more than one band member contributes to an answer and it develop's from there. However just so its easier to read it will be kept quite formal in the magazine. I feel that by keeping it as more of a conversation will get more out of the band members and allowing them to develop more on the questions brings out more humour and more information.
The language will be kept at a good medium between using 'slang' and keeping it grammatically correct. So that it's easier to read it will generally be kept gramatically correct. However sometimes so that the reader can get a sense of an accent or a joke etc. Slang will be used. For example; using 'cos instead of because. I also think that this will help the reader relate more to the band because if it seems they use 'posh' language it might defer the reader a little bit from the band as opposed to if they spoke like the reader. I also think that slang should be used for example if someone says something such as chillin' or cruisin', just to add to the effect of what whoever is saying it is trying to achieve and to make it more humerous.
It will open with a introduction of the band to the readers, named each member, their role in the band, a little bit about the band and what style they are etc. then it will quickly develop into a question/answer layout. The questions i will ask are; and it will end with the band saying thanks to anyone they feel helped them, for example, parents, record labels etc.
The narrative will be in 3rd person. This is because as i will script the interview as a conversation between the interviewer and the band. For example;
interviewer: what did you have for breakfast this morning?
band: toast
I feel that this is the best and most simple way to record an interview. I feel that if there is any humour in the interview it will be shown best this way and the whole interview when written down flows better like this. I will use the initials for anybody talking, for example, for the magazine (FEEDBACK!) it will be FB: and then for the initials the person, for example, for Sam Thompson would be ST:
As it is an interview, when it is written down it will be seen to be quite formal with basically a question then answer, but it will actually be more like an informal conversation with the band. Even though it is generally question and answer, the band will develop on some questions and it will become more of a conversation than a strict question/answer interview. For example, when more than one band member contributes to an answer and it develop's from there. However just so its easier to read it will be kept quite formal in the magazine. I feel that by keeping it as more of a conversation will get more out of the band members and allowing them to develop more on the questions brings out more humour and more information.
The language will be kept at a good medium between using 'slang' and keeping it grammatically correct. So that it's easier to read it will generally be kept gramatically correct. However sometimes so that the reader can get a sense of an accent or a joke etc. Slang will be used. For example; using 'cos instead of because. I also think that this will help the reader relate more to the band because if it seems they use 'posh' language it might defer the reader a little bit from the band as opposed to if they spoke like the reader. I also think that slang should be used for example if someone says something such as chillin' or cruisin', just to add to the effect of what whoever is saying it is trying to achieve and to make it more humerous.
It will open with a introduction of the band to the readers, named each member, their role in the band, a little bit about the band and what style they are etc. then it will quickly develop into a question/answer layout. The questions i will ask are; and it will end with the band saying thanks to anyone they feel helped them, for example, parents, record labels etc.
Journalism skills development
I took some time to look at existing journalism articles such as reviews for albums, live concerts and interviews. Things i looked out for were; the style of the article, word count and words per line in each article, how the article grabs the attention of people, seeing wether or not there is a 'kicker' paragraph and wether or not there is a use of alliteration and play on words. I also looked for the structure of the article, Articles can work like newspaper stories with the most important content at the start, with progressively less important content following on. If the most important content comes later, how will you make sure your readers keep reading till they get to it?
Ive also got to look for the beginning and end. How does the content sound important, dramatic, exclusive, new, different, something that must be read? And what would make the ending of your article have impact, be punchy or dramatic? Is there something that would sum up the spirit of the article, what it has found out or revealed? What will the future hold for the artist / band? Etc.
Below, is an album review that i attempted to write about the more than life album 'love let me go'.
The huge emotional release of the singer James Matthews was the first thing that struck me when i began listening to the increadably aggressive, angry and meaningful album that is love let me go. The lyrcisist that is James Matthews could make you forget that the whole album is written about a single girl and makes the album even more impressive. Especially since most of us can relate to situations like what he's shouting about. His raw and limited voice goes perfectly with the ratty image that is more than life and migth we remind you that the band recorded the album in 4 days onto garage band. So they barely think of themselves as proffessionals, and although you can hear the recording quality, the guitars are top notch, dishing out moments of dissonance before beautiful ambiance and aggression. As with scarlet skyline and daisy hill, there is a demonstration of prominent lead guitar that magnifys the emotion dripping feel of the track.
This album is the reason i will look back on 2010 with positive eyes, saying it was a good for uk hardcore. Love let me go is the sound of a sorrow filled heart going through recuperation and James' lyrics are amazing for this. This album is a definate hidden gem amongst a sea of average music with every single. song being a gripping emotional story, a definate all killer no filler album.
The album is messy. Recorded in 4 days onto garage band, we can see why. These guys dont see themselves as professionals and definatly arnt obnoxious rock stars. However the amount of effort and emotion that is put through the mic shows how much music means to them and just because the album is messy doesnt mean it takes anything away from it.
More than life are a band that lie calmy beneath the surface of uk hardcore, occasionally bursting out with something huge, then just retreating to the background once again to work on their newest project, but they never burn out and i cant wait to see what their next project is.
I am working simply with what i have picked up from reading other articles etc. as i did not take english. However i think this is okay, i just need to keep it creative with the language and follow the conventions, because i feel with text, it is better to follow the conventions because it gets to messy if you dont.
Ive also got to look for the beginning and end. How does the content sound important, dramatic, exclusive, new, different, something that must be read? And what would make the ending of your article have impact, be punchy or dramatic? Is there something that would sum up the spirit of the article, what it has found out or revealed? What will the future hold for the artist / band? Etc.
Below, is an album review that i attempted to write about the more than life album 'love let me go'.
The huge emotional release of the singer James Matthews was the first thing that struck me when i began listening to the increadably aggressive, angry and meaningful album that is love let me go. The lyrcisist that is James Matthews could make you forget that the whole album is written about a single girl and makes the album even more impressive. Especially since most of us can relate to situations like what he's shouting about. His raw and limited voice goes perfectly with the ratty image that is more than life and migth we remind you that the band recorded the album in 4 days onto garage band. So they barely think of themselves as proffessionals, and although you can hear the recording quality, the guitars are top notch, dishing out moments of dissonance before beautiful ambiance and aggression. As with scarlet skyline and daisy hill, there is a demonstration of prominent lead guitar that magnifys the emotion dripping feel of the track.
This album is the reason i will look back on 2010 with positive eyes, saying it was a good for uk hardcore. Love let me go is the sound of a sorrow filled heart going through recuperation and James' lyrics are amazing for this. This album is a definate hidden gem amongst a sea of average music with every single. song being a gripping emotional story, a definate all killer no filler album.
The album is messy. Recorded in 4 days onto garage band, we can see why. These guys dont see themselves as professionals and definatly arnt obnoxious rock stars. However the amount of effort and emotion that is put through the mic shows how much music means to them and just because the album is messy doesnt mean it takes anything away from it.
More than life are a band that lie calmy beneath the surface of uk hardcore, occasionally bursting out with something huge, then just retreating to the background once again to work on their newest project, but they never burn out and i cant wait to see what their next project is.
I am working simply with what i have picked up from reading other articles etc. as i did not take english. However i think this is okay, i just need to keep it creative with the language and follow the conventions, because i feel with text, it is better to follow the conventions because it gets to messy if you dont.
Photoshoot plans
As you can see from the planning, i will use a studio with a large white background. I will also use high key lighting on the subject in the photo. To do this i will have two large flashes that will go off when the camera goes off. They will be at opposite sides to ensure that liughting is equal. I may also have the background looking a bit ratty if i can do this without vandalising it. This will give it a good effect that im trying to create in my cover.
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