Start of Interview For Double Page Spread..

 We snuck our way Backstage at Harri's surprise gig in Soho and bagged ourselves a cheeky interview!

Hey Harri! Another awesome gig if we may say so! how did it feel to sell out an arena for the first time?
- "Thank you.. It's something you can only dream of, as is being featured in Backstage! I'm so thankful to everyone whos been to a show, or even listened to one of my songs, there's more to come!"

Here's the typical bland question but it needs to be asked.. how did you get into music?
-"Well heres your typical response.. I come from a musical family, i guess being irish it was always around me! I started piano lessons at 7 and didn't enjoy playing untill I was 15 when I started to write my own songs, and nothings stopped me since!"

Who would you say is your biggest influence in music? Madonna? Blondie? Tina Turner?
- "Sorry to dissapoint, but as amazing as those women are.. my biggest influence is my dad. I watched him go to perform in pubs or weddings every night and he still had a smile on his face, even though i knew he wanted more from his career than to be doing that, he told me " I'm happy, I'm doing what I love.. and I'm getting paid for it!" and that will always remain in my head, a slogan I guess."

Front Cover Magazine Analysis..

 NME magazine is relaunching its self, and by having Florence from Florence & The Machine this shows the different audiences and genres the magazine is aiming at they are classes as Indie/Pop. As the image is so striking the sell lines and headings are placed around the close up in a very simplistic way. By having white as the only colour being used for the text.. apart from the word FLORENCE as its in black, to stand out from the rest of the cover, and make it clear who is on the cover of the magazine.The colour of Florence's red vibrant hair also allows the magazine to stand out on the shelf and this is why such a plain colour scheme can be used effectively. Florence's facial expression in the photo is one of disappointment and unimpressed as the main story is "The state of music today" - just by looking at the photo you can tell that it's an attacking story. Within the sell lines are the names of many other bands and artists, to once again show the different genres the magazine is trying to attract.

Q magazine is the UKs biggest music magazine, and again they are trying to attract all different types of audiences by including a wide variety of musical genres. By having Cheryl Cole as the main image of the magazine, they do just that. Once again a simplistic colour scheme of a few colour, in this case 4- red, white, grey & black.. most of these linking to the colours used on the Q mast head. By having alot of the sell lines in capital letters signifies importance and attracts attention as it is bold and makes a statement. By having the mast head overlapping the image of Cheryl it shows the importance of the name of the magazine, as it's the name of the magazine that grabs the attention.. as well as Cheryl. Her expression and pose show her rocky side as well as her having dark eye make up on, and the shot being in the rain - showing sex appeal with the red lipstick & her wearing leather .

Kerrang! magazine is a rock magazine set up in the 80's with Angus Young of AC/DC appearing on it's first cover. This cover uses the generic magazine rule of 3 sections, by having the masthead in the top section, the bold heading of the bands name in the middle section and the images of bands along the bottom. By dividing up the page this has given the magazine a jam packed layout, one which i dont particulary like and i wont be using similar with my final cover.All of the text is written in capital letters and is very full on, signifying what the genres of music are within the magazine. There are alot of colours used and too much text surrounding the cover. The images along the bottom aren't particularly good, and lack proffesionalism as they are live/action photos.Once again the names of many bands other bands are on the cover, but only of the particular rock & scremo genres - so people are well aware of what kinds of bands are within the magazine.

Further Mucking About..

Mucking About With Colours and Headings..

I decided to have a play about with my front cover, and I've added in a bar code, issue number, price, lower banner & central banner. I'm trying out different colour schemes with the cover as i want to make it vibrant as if it would stand out from others on the shelf. I really like the lower banner and people I have asked also have commented on this as it is a feature on a few other rock magazines, and by adding the names of famous bands along the bottom of the magazine it shows the type of magazine that it is without spelling it out.. With the central banner I decided to change the original black coloured font for the word fire! as I think it being in red obviously symbolises the fire, and makes it stand out once again. I originally had the bar code up on the top right along with the issue number and price, but after talking to Mrs Cooksey and realising the valuable spacing it is best to have it bottom left - out of the way.

Cover With Backstage Title..

Edited Main Image For My Main Task

Unedited Main Image For My Main Task

Final Priliminary Magazine Cover

Contents Page...

Preliminary Task...