This week

This is the start of my double page spread that I did this week. All I need to do to my double page spread is add my interview and finalise it by adding finishing touches.

Interview questions and draft of front cover

Interview questions
I chose to do these interview questions because I wanted my singer to have a good story and I thought about popular issues in the media and the world today.  I know there is a lot about self-harming and bullying to do with teenagers and because my magazine is for older teenagers I thought it would be good to have an interesting story about some of the issues effecting teenagers in the world today. I wanted leading questions instead of set questions as well so you could reply to what they said and make it more interesting. I also wanted my magazine to be on real life so to have an interview about something personal I thought would draw people to the magazine more.

Draft of front cover
I chose to do my front cover in that way because I wanted the main picture to take up the whole of the background because from the magazines I looked at in class and at home most of them had that and it drew peoples attention to the magazine, especially if they like that singer. I also wanted the title of the magazine and the name of the person to take up a lot of room for the audience to be clear about who the magazine features and what type of magazine it is.  If they are looking for that particular magazine they would then be able to see what it was called easily  Then having the price and barcode smaller was so the person did not look at the price at first and instead got interested in the magazine and then wouldn't care about the price. I also had the star with more information to make it look better and more interesting.

This week

This is my final draft of my front cover. I have finished it this week.

 I kept the theme of the colours and the same few fonts of writing as well as using more interesting things like the start to make it look better. I may add to it next week with more pictures of different things.

 

These are my first draft of my interview:

Interview questions

First ever interview, we do feel honoured

So you’re new to all this music business. How you finding it?

Well, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life but I heard my favourite singer Demi Lovato because she had gone through the same thing I had so she inspired me to follow my dreams and quite frankly I love it.

In what way did she inspire you then?

Obviously she has been through bullying and mental health problems as well as self-harming and I have been through similar things and have a similar story as well as my dad dying and the loss of my dad made me go off the rails.

Sorry for your loss, did your dad dying help you to follow your dreams?

My dad taught me to never give up on my dreams even if you get turned down because one day you will get there.

That’s lovely and very inspiring for all your fans, so how are you finding fame? Is it what you expected?

To be honest I know other celebrity’s hate it but I love meeting my fans and telling them my story. I think about them more as my friends than my fans. I love hearing how I have helped them through bad parts of their lives more than anything. They’re all such lovely people and really they are the ones that have helped me.

How has fame changed your life?

Well I just couldn’t tell you how much its changed my life, words cannot describe it I've gone from living in a one bedroomed flat with my family to living in a house where everyone is so much happier and even though it isn’t about the money, money does help!*laughs* Music has changed my life.

What is it all about then?

Its all about making people aware, I would never want someone to go through what I have been through and feel like no one understands so I want them to know that when they listen to my music even though I am not there with them I understand and hope they can get through it.

So by the sounds of things most of the reason you are where you are is because of what you’ve been through?

Yes, talent is talent but it inspired me. I have more things to write about in songs and I have more emotions that I channel into my music. If you can sing but can’t write songs I don’t see the point really! It’s about songs as much as it is about the voice and a lot of my songs are all based around what I've been through.

So going through them things has helped you in a way?

I guess you could say that, going through them things has helped get me where I am today; I still wouldn’t wish it on anyone though. My dad was an amazing man and you never know if he was still here he might have pushed me to follow my dream!

No of course not, what advice would you give people who are going through the same type of things?

The most important thing is stay strong and believe in you. At the end of the day things will get better, maybe not today maybe not tomorrow but they will get better and if you don’t believe in yourself who else will believe in you? Every single person is amazing in this world and never let anyone tell you different.

That’s amazing advice, what are your plans for the future?

I want to carry on singing, of course. I plan to tour the world and do more concerts. I want to write more songs and hopefully make a new album by this time next year. As well as doing that I'm starting to build up my own charity and awareness for teenagers going through self-harming and to help parents deal with it. In this way I’m glad I earn a lot of money because my money can help everyone! Care to chip in?

Well I don’t think I earn as much as you! But I’m sure I can give a contribution!

Thank you! Every little helps to be honest! More people just need to be aware!

Definitely, thank you for doing your first ever interview with us! Must of taken a lot to start talking about your story, I’m sure you will make a big difference to many people’s lives and good luck with everything in the future, I’m sure we will be hearing from you soon.

Thank you! You’re right, you will be hearing from me very soon, and don’t think I’ve forgotten about the money either!

These are my interview questions, I like the questions and the answers I just need to make sure they are correct and make sense.

This week

This week I made a start on editing my pictures and creating the front cover of my magazine.
These are the two pictures I edited:

On both pictures I removed any spots and bags on my models face. On my larger picture I also made her hips look curvy and her legs look slimmer.

This is the beginning of my front cover of my magazine:

I used the picture I edited for the background of my front cover as it was a good picture and you could see all of her and she looks good. I also did the tittle of my magazine in the colours that I want to use throughout my magazine.