Photo's for my Contents Page

All the photo's I've taken are on my Flickr account -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/110678005@N07/

Here are some of the best images I've taken and edited on picmonkey, and the one's I'm most likely to use on my Contents page.

Photo Planning

 I've decided to get more images for my contents page, this is because when I was researching into CP's they all had 4 or more images of different artists on the page, and because I want my magazine to be as good as the professional ones.

Contents Page Analysis

Layouts for my Contents Page

Here are my layouts for my contents page, they vary between double pages and single pages, however most of them are double page spreads, because when I researched into contents pages all the mainstream magazines used double pages and they all looked the best, so I'm going to do the same as I want my magazine to be as good as the mainstream ones.

Conventions and Examples of Contents Page's

Conventions:
Title/Masthead
Numbers
Images ( With captions)
Headlines
Blurb/Sub-text
Pull Quotes
House style and Colour scheme
Different size and style font
Date
Banners
Structure (Columns)

Example's of Music magazine Contents page's

Final Front Cover

My front cover follows all the conventions of a professional music magazine, I have used large close up of Elise for the cover, as the image links to the representation and brand identity I wanted to create, the colour scheme, cover lines and features also link. My magazine is called 'UNCUT' as it fits with the short and snappy convention, and I made sure that its the biggest font on the page, so its the first thing the reader see's and will be recognisable in the future. I've decided to go with the colour scheme of black, white and grey as these are easy to read against an image, and also purple and pastel blue because they are cool and relaxing colours but stand out on the page, and finally gold to add a classy vibe to the magazine, and from adding colour its makes the magazine look more interesting. Ive used a wide range of fonts and sizes on my front cover to create emphasis and made them short and snappy so it will make the reader want to buy my magazine and read the content. I've used a banner across the bottom on my page to show that another main story in my magazine is about Georgia Waldron, and how my magazine is advertising her new album. I added a pug to tell the audience that it is UNCUT's 100th issue, i did this as it will draw the audience in if they know its a special issue.

More Mock Ups

After creating 4 mock-ups, I looked back at real magazines and compared mine to there's. I noticed that Pop magazines have a lot more information on the front covers, and because I want my magazine to look/be as good as professional magazines iv'e decided to create some new mock ups, following the conventions of a magazine front cover.

Here are my newest attempts.

Another mock-up:

These mock-ups look a lot more professional than my previous one, and they look better than previous ones too. I will take individual parts of  these 3 mock-ups (and some from my older ones) too create my final front cover.

Double Page Spread Article.

YouTube's latest musical success story is displayed in the fresh face of one young girl referred to, as the one to watch. Georgia Waldron. Her edgy image and iconic covers have built her reputation which doesn't summarise what this girl is truly about: creating music. Determined to write original material, Georgia spent time in London working alongside Elise Jones and Syco too create her debut album due for release late January 2014. Her album named ‘Waldronater’ has been pre-ordered by over 1million people in the UK, and her YouTube teasers which feature Elise broke the YouTube viewing records in 24 hours, So its safe to say she is one of the biggest pop artists we’ve had on UNCUT magazine.

Georgia and Elise talk to us about the new album together and all the rumours about them on tour.

Your brand new album, Waldronater is released on the 20^th January. Can you tell us a bit about it?

Georgia: Well, I am extremely excited as it’s my first album, and the fact that Elise is on it too just makes this experience even crazier!

Elise: We’ve worked really hard on trying to make this album something new and something no-one expected. In a good way. We want it to stand out and I just hope people like it.

You both have a huge fan bass despite the fact that you Georgia have released limited material. Do you find the expectation from your debut album exciting or pressurising?

Georgia: To be honest I’m ‘pooing’ myself, but it’s silly not to be nervous. But I have the support of Elise and I’m just looking forward to everyone seeing what I’ve (Glancing at Elise and smiles) we’ve been working on for so long!

You two are being compared too as the new Beyoncé & Shakira and Britney spears & Madonna, how do you respond to these comparisons?

 Elise:  Being compared to people are big as them is an honour, and if our duets can become as popular as there’s it would be a dream come true.

How long have you two known each other?

Elise: Well most people think we’ve only just become friends through Syco (Their record label) But we went to a drama school together when we was around 14, and stayed in touch since.

Is it true that for Elise’s next tour, you will be joining her?

Georgia: Yes that is true. I can not tell you how excited I am!

Elise: We have become great friends, so getting to go on tour with this crazy girl will be so much fun, and I’m really looking forward to it!

And lastly, can you tell us anything about the tour?

Elise: The tour will start late November till around August, we will be touring the UK first then moving into Ireland and some parts of Europe.

Georgia: It’s going to be mad! Everyone who come’s is in for a treat, we’ve got some amazing costumes to wear, special effects. It will be a good 10 months!

Waldronater is out January.   Tour tickets are out 10^th January

Third and Forth Mock Up Front Covers.