Thursday, 7 May 2009
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Treatment
For my Unit G321 foundation portfolio coursework, I intend to produce music magazine, print production aimed at 16-25 year old males and females, consisting of a front cover, contents page and double page spread.
My magazine will be an indie pop/alternative music magazine which focuses on new, original, and popular artists. It will contain information about mainstream indie music and inform and review upcoming gigs and festivals. This will be the type of audience who will go to festivals and gigs and will have a keen interest in fresh bands of the same genres that are new on the scene. There will be one person for the main image on the cover.
My print production will require one medium close up shot for the cover and two 3 smaller images to use as poster adverts. I will need six small images and one larger image for the contents page and approximately 2-4 images for the double page spread. The person I have used for the main image on the cover is a male friend, Rob. I choose him as, because he likes the kind of music my magazine is about he dresses quite well. The clothes he wore on the day were what he decided to wear. I knew that this would be okay as his style suits the style of the magazine well. The costume that he wore was the same for all the images. I also chose Rob because I knew he would be able to position himself for the images the way i wanted him to. I took this image in my bedroom as the wall colour was most suitable, light and cream coloured. I decided to use a light background as if I wanted to change this it could be easily done using Photoshop. The only props I used for the photographs were a microphone and robs own sunglasses.
I took quite a few images, but haven’t yet decided which ones I’m going to include where yet. However a medium shot will be used for my front cover, then for my contents page another medium shot and then six smaller pictures towards the bottom of the page, these will all be the same size and square shaped. I will also need one medium sized photo for this page that will also be square or rectangle but larger than all the others. For my double page spread I am unsure as to how and where I will position the photo or photos but will decide when I am closer to finishing it. I have put some research of double page spread pages and article layout on my blog. I think I will have three images of the same person (Rob) on the double page spread.
For my double page spread I will interview with the cover artist, Sebastian King (Rob). The questions are complete and I have posted a copy of this on my blog. These are about how he got into music, his family, and his new album. Health and safety notes aren’t really essential because we didn’t leave my house for the photographs, so there was nothing really to take into account regarding safety issues.
Monday, 4 May 2009
Colours for Magazine
For the cover of my magazine, the masthead will be red and white. The background will be grey as i am using a grey picture. Any main writing on the cover will be light brown and less important information will be white on a red background. The Words 'Start Listening' will be in either white, brown or red depending on how the cover looks. I have chosen these colours as i think they work well together on this magazine.
Interview with Sebastian Smith
We have been waiting for so long to get a chance to talk with Sebastian Smith and finally he has found a slot in his hectic schedule for us. He took a daring step releasing his album Universal Happiness, with it being so divergent to his first, ‘Is My Mother Trying To Kill Me?’ And having only been in the business for 1 year this would seem a risky step, but for Sebastian it seems there are no limits to his success.
Hello Sebastian thanks for taking the time to chat with us here at Staged today
That’s fine. It’s my pleasure in fact.
How are you today?
Pretty good. I can feel my creative juices flowing, everything’s getting on well and the world is still rotating. It’s ace.
Moving quickly into the questions, when did you first know you wanted to be musical? Who are your inspirations?
Well, my Dad used to be in a band so he was always you know, trying to get me to play. As for inspirations I’d say my dad, John Lennon was always a pretty big deal. Oh and Ghandi. Nice guy all round I reckon.
So what’s your favourite chat up line?
Haha! I don’t really do chat-up lines. They always seemed a bit tacky. Sounds stupid but the fact I’m in this cool business does help rather a lot in that department.
What would you spend your last £20 on?
Beatles records, no question.
If you weren’t in the music business where do you think you would be now?
If I wasn’t in it I’d probably be trying to get into it. It’s all I’ve ever really been able to do and all I’ve ever wanted to do really.
So tell us about your new album ‘Universal happiness’
Well, it’s basically got the soul of the first one but with a few new bits and pieces. We’ve had some amazing guest producers on some of the tracks. Thom Yorke was amazing. He’s such a clever guy and I think he added about twenty percent of brilliance onto most of the tracks
There are a lot of diverse tracks on there like Moonfish spectacular but they all seem to work well with your voice
Well, for Moonfish Spectacular, it was actually Thom who wrote the song for me. It went into new territory for me as a vocalist but he seemed to know exactly what I was capable of and I actually think it’s one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever done so far.
So who is it that writes your songs?
Well, mostly me and I get help from around. After the first album i had a bunch of people asking to write songs for me which was flattering, but me and the team figured i had a pretty good thing going on anyway. So you know it’s just me unless something special comes along, like Thom.
How many instruments can you play?
Oh, umm, well there’s guitar, the violin and the harmonica so three. Yeah, three.
What do you do in your spare time when your aren’t on the road?
I just love to play video games and go to really un-cool discos mainly, there’s nothing better. The rock n roll lifestyle gets way exaggerated.
You’re just nineteen years old and are already so successful; you can’t have gotten here all on your own. Where your parents a big help?
Yeah massive. As I said, my Dad has always driven me along, teaching me instruments and how to write songs to compliment my voice rather than drown it out like a few mistakes in the past. My Mum is like a rock. I’ve had some rejections from record companies and she always knew what to say to cheer me up.
What's your biggest secret?
Haha! Not sure I can tell you! Oh alright then, I once got beat up by a girl. In my defence I was like four and she was a big girl!
What's your favourite flavour of ice cream?
Oh, umm, coconut. Very underrated.
If the world was about to end what would be the last thing you do?
Get drunk and welcome the apocalypse!
Hello Sebastian thanks for taking the time to chat with us here at Staged today
That’s fine. It’s my pleasure in fact.
How are you today?
Pretty good. I can feel my creative juices flowing, everything’s getting on well and the world is still rotating. It’s ace.
Moving quickly into the questions, when did you first know you wanted to be musical? Who are your inspirations?
Well, my Dad used to be in a band so he was always you know, trying to get me to play. As for inspirations I’d say my dad, John Lennon was always a pretty big deal. Oh and Ghandi. Nice guy all round I reckon.
So what’s your favourite chat up line?
Haha! I don’t really do chat-up lines. They always seemed a bit tacky. Sounds stupid but the fact I’m in this cool business does help rather a lot in that department.
What would you spend your last £20 on?
Beatles records, no question.
If you weren’t in the music business where do you think you would be now?
If I wasn’t in it I’d probably be trying to get into it. It’s all I’ve ever really been able to do and all I’ve ever wanted to do really.
So tell us about your new album ‘Universal happiness’
Well, it’s basically got the soul of the first one but with a few new bits and pieces. We’ve had some amazing guest producers on some of the tracks. Thom Yorke was amazing. He’s such a clever guy and I think he added about twenty percent of brilliance onto most of the tracks
There are a lot of diverse tracks on there like Moonfish spectacular but they all seem to work well with your voice
Well, for Moonfish Spectacular, it was actually Thom who wrote the song for me. It went into new territory for me as a vocalist but he seemed to know exactly what I was capable of and I actually think it’s one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever done so far.
So who is it that writes your songs?
Well, mostly me and I get help from around. After the first album i had a bunch of people asking to write songs for me which was flattering, but me and the team figured i had a pretty good thing going on anyway. So you know it’s just me unless something special comes along, like Thom.
How many instruments can you play?
Oh, umm, well there’s guitar, the violin and the harmonica so three. Yeah, three.
What do you do in your spare time when your aren’t on the road?
I just love to play video games and go to really un-cool discos mainly, there’s nothing better. The rock n roll lifestyle gets way exaggerated.
You’re just nineteen years old and are already so successful; you can’t have gotten here all on your own. Where your parents a big help?
Yeah massive. As I said, my Dad has always driven me along, teaching me instruments and how to write songs to compliment my voice rather than drown it out like a few mistakes in the past. My Mum is like a rock. I’ve had some rejections from record companies and she always knew what to say to cheer me up.
What's your biggest secret?
Haha! Not sure I can tell you! Oh alright then, I once got beat up by a girl. In my defence I was like four and she was a big girl!
What's your favourite flavour of ice cream?
Oh, umm, coconut. Very underrated.
If the world was about to end what would be the last thing you do?
Get drunk and welcome the apocalypse!
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