Production photographs

My photo for the front cover:

My photo for my Double Page Spread:

My photos for my Contents Page:

Article Research

Interview questions

1. Who are your inspirations in the music industry?                                                                      Florence and the Machines, because she is an indie singer, but shows a different side to indie and I would love to have my music to show a different side to indie too.
2. Is there any pressure in becoming a singer, if you’re not well known, as you haven’t come from a TV show, like X Factor?                                                                                                     I auditioned for X Factor and got through to bootcamp, but didn’t make it to the judges houses and I just found X Factor to add pressure, because if I went through to the live shows and went out in the first week, it would’ve harder to try and to find someone to sign me.
3. If you didn't become a singer, what everyday occupation would you have liked?                    I would’ve liked to be a drama teacher, as I love drama and there’s always some singing in performing! I’m so glad I got to be  singer though, because after everything that has happened, I feel like the luckiest girl in the World, I mean, it was only just over a year ago I was noticed on YouTube.
4. So you’re a Twitter user, how do you enjoy the attention you get? Is it annoying or more encouraging?                                                                                                                                            I like some of the attention, as people are always supporting me, but you do get the few haters, who just write really discouraging things, like death threats. You just have to learn to ignore them, because for every hater I get, there are about 10 fans.
5. Do you get nervous before you perform on stage?                                                            Except X Factor, I’ve only performed on stage once, it was for Leeds tree lighting, but it was amazing. I was nervous while I was waiting to go on stage, but when I started singing all the nerves went away. I knew that this is what I wanted to do.
6. Who would you like to go on tour with?                                                                           I would’ve loved to have gone on tour with One Direction, because most of my fans are One Direction fans, as it was Harry Styles who told people about my singing.
7. Is it possible for you to give us a little insight on your debut single? What is it called? What is it about?                                                                                                                            My single is called 'Highest' it's about a boy breaking up with a boy, but it's okay, because she's at her Highest. It's out mid-February 2012!
8. If you could do a duet with anyone, who would it be?                                                                I would love to duet with Florence and The Machines, as she's so inspirational and her voice in phenomenal!
9. Do eccentric fans get annoying?                                                                                                     I find the support to be amazing, and people have been so nice and welcoming to the music industry and the fans are being so supportive, it really helps me knowing that when I bring out my debut single in February, people have been supporting me from the start.
10. What advice would you give to anyone who wants to be in the music or acting industry?Always be yourself, if you pretend to be someone else, the people will notice and won’t like you, as you’ll be ‘fake’.  And always follow your dreams.

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Planning Production

Planning production

Front cover image: portrait, direct address

Cover lines for front cover: “Exclusive interview with Rebecca Roberts!”, "Boyce Avenue in all their glory”, “Backstage at the Glastonbury Festival”, “Exclusive pictures from Leeds”, “25 greatest indie bands of all time”, “WIN! 10 sold out tickets to Arctic Monkeys to give away”

Text for contents page: Font will be in Arial, the article names will be in Arial Black and the description of them will be in Arial, so that the article names stand out. It will be in an 11pt font size.

Images I will need for contents page: Picture of Tinie Tempah in concert, landscape picture of Rebecca Roberts, picture of Arctic Monkeys concert ticket

Double Page Spread: My double page spread will be of an interview on the indie singer, Rebecca Roberts. It will consist of questions and answers, a review on her up and coming single, and an introduction with some backstage information on her, that fans would want to know.

Images for Double Page Spread: one portrait picture of Rebecca Roberts in a performance, not in direct address, will be put on the left page and the article will be put on the right page of the spread.


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Sketch for contents page:

Publication Plan

Publication Plan

Title:  ONLY INDIE

Positioning statement: the greatest indie magazine.

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Price: £2.99

Distribution: Newsagents and supermarkets

Rationale: The magazine is for older teenagers, who love indie music. We will include images and reviews on the latest indie music. It will also have some exclusive interviews with new indie bands, which will focus on what the readers want to know and find out.

Style: It will be mainly informal, as it has to appeal to teenagers. It will include humour most of the time, but will also have some serious comments and information when relevant. The magazine is for music fans so it will use words to do with music, with mostly short paragraphs, but no slang.

Font: My font for the front cover and the contents page will be Arial, because it's clear and looks professional. Also for the article titles and the page numbers on the contents page, will be in bold, to show that they stand out. My font size will range from 48pt for the main title, 30pt for the section titles, 11pt-14pt for the picture content, 16pt for the main content interview, 12pt for the middle section of content.

Regular content:

• Interview
• Subscription details
• Contact details
• Review on gigs/new singles/new albums
• Pictures of recent gigs
• What’s new in the indie charts
• YouTube sensations
• VS
• This week's top charters
• What's The Craic?

Feature content: 

• Exclusive interview on Rebecca Roberts
• Gig review on Matt Lonsdale
• Backstage at the Glastonbury Festival
• Exclusive pictures from Leeds
• 25 years of the great Mick Jagger
• WIN! 10 pairs of sold out tickets to see Artic Monkeys in concert
• Overrated bands
• inside scoop on Bombay Bicycle Club
• Brit award nominees 2012
• Does Harry have the Style?

Questionnaire results and Conclusions

The most popular colour scheme for my magazine was brown and biege. However, brown and biege doesn't follow the codes and conventions of an indie magazine, so I'll go with the secnod most popular option, which is red, white and black. I also asked them if I should have a specific different colour for each issue, as well as the main colour scheme, and they said yes. So the exclusive part of the front cover will be in blue.

The people I interviewed seemed to want a high angle shot, rather than a low angle shot. They also would prefer the image in be in direct address for the front cover.

The people I interviewed thought the best price would be £3.50, as it is not too cheap, but it's not too expensive.

The most popular option was to publish the magazine weekly. However, monthly would be better, as a lot of indie magazines are published monthly, so it will look more professional.

The best issue size seems to be 60-70 pages, which is ideal, because it's not too long then.

I asked this question, because even though I'm not interviewing any of them, these 4 bands are all indie, but on different levels of indie, so I wanted to know what styles of indie was the most popular. Artic Monkeys was the most popular, so I will feature them in my magazine.

People like to read interviews more than reviews. This is due to that the readers like to read the bands opinions and answers, whereas a review would be my own opinion on the band.

I thought people would like to read an interview on a more popular band, but they seemed to like local bands more.

Half the people I asked prefer an interview as an article. The least popular article was the tragic moments, so when I ask them questions in the interview, I will not ask them anything tragic.

The people I interviewed thought the ideal age range would be 15-17 year olds. Therefore, my age range will be aimed at 15-17 year olds.

Half the people I asked seemed to like the title 'Unmute'. However, the last person I interviewed picked 'Other' and said they would like the name 'Only Indie' and I feel that if I asked all the people again, they would like 'Only Indie' better, so I'm going to call it 'Only Indie'.

Over 3/4 of the people I asked, seemed to want a serious look for the front cover, therefore I will make sure when I'm doing the photo shoot, that I get a picture of the singer doing a serious face.

The most popular opinion for the double page spread was to do funny. However, a funny mise-en-scene won't suit the singer that I'm interviewing, as she is a more serious singer and has more serious looks, so I'll go with the second most populat option, which is serious. 

As the pie chart shows, the most popular genre was indie, which is good, because that means that the people I asked will know more about indie music than other musics. So it was better for me to interview someone who liked indie music, than someone who likes pop music. This is because the person who likes pop music, wouldn't know as much about an indie magazine, as someone who like indie music would.