My double page spread draft

Pull quote: “We want to be Unpredictable!”

Today I’m joined by the biggest boy band of this year otherwise known as Nu Direction, for anyone who doesn’t know who these boys are, which seems very unlikely! We have Garin Jones (16), Tom Harris (16), Alex Webb (16), Stephan Lane (17) and Sam Price (19) for their first ever interview there was only one magazine that they wanted to talk to: Drop a Beat.

Here’s what happened when we spent the day with the five cutest boys in the country…Just for you!

We find out what they’ve been doing since the X factor and how they are handling their new found fame, we also talk about their new single “Up all Night” which will be released next week!

Hey boys, so how has this past year been like for you?

Garin: It’s gone so fast we’ve been so busy that it’s just flown by but if I had to sum it up in one word I would say it’s been very hectic.

Alex: It’s been surreal I can’t believe that this is actually our life now it’s crazy.

Sam: I know that I speak for the rest of the boys when I say that without a doubt this have been the best year of our life and we are so grateful to have this amazing opportunity.

Whose idea was it to call the band Nu Direction?

Stephan: I think that we all had a say in what the band should be called but I think that Tom was the one that put forward the name “Nu Direction”.

Tom: Well I hate to be the one to take all the credit, but if you insist then I guess I will.

Ok, this is probably a silly question but with all this craziness do you ever wish you could go back to the days before you were famous?

Garin: Never, I love everything about my at life the moment, the only let down is that we don’t get to see our friends and family as much as we would like to but then when we do we get to make it extra special.

Tom: I love all the craziness so I would never go back, it’s still hard to get used to the fact that all the fans are screaming for us, and want to see us, but I would like to see my family more.

Alex: I wouldn’t go back even with all the craziness it’s still a great opportunity we’ve been given and the best thing that I have ever done and I’m thankful for it all.

What is the craziest thing a fan has ever done to get close to you?

Sam: I remember once a fan drop her phone into my pocket so that she would have to come back tomorrow to get the phone from me, but it didn’t really go to plan because the security took it off me and gave it back to her but it was still a pretty good attempt.

Stephan: We were in London the other day going to the studios, but when we got there we weren’t able to get out of the car as the fans had surrounded it so we were trapped, it was pretty scary when they started banging on the windows and rocking the car which was crazy but funny, Its just mad the extremes that some fans go to.

That does sound pretty crazy, what’s it like working and living together?

Alex: It’s great-non –stop fun. And it’s never quiet, that’s for sure.

Are there any annoying habits?

Tom: Yeah, Sam’s got a very bad habit of being clean. Well, probably not a bad habit- it’s a good habit really, but he just always wants to be clean.

Sam: That’s true-I’m the cleanest in the house!

Well what sort of can we look forward to from the band?

Garin: We’re trying to make our own sound really, and just to be our own band.

Stephan: I think we’ll all have to just wait and see how it goes.

Alex: We want to be unpredictable, so you can expect something unexpected.

I’ll look forward to that then, what is your debut single “Up all night” about?

Tom: It’s basically about five boys having a good time and partying all night.

Sam: Yeah it’s about that and also it’s about finding that one special girl that you want to stay up all night with.

Aww that’s sweet, what would you be doing if you weren’t in a band?

Stephan: I would be in sixth-form studying to be an English teacher.

Tom: I would also be in sixth-form studying Law, Business and English.

Sam: I would be in university studying to be a drama teacher.

Alex: I would be doing something to do with sound-engineering.

Wow who knew you were all so smart, now this is the question that I think every teen girl wants to know, what are you looking for in a girl?

Garin: Someone who can make me laugh and has a nice smile.

Stephan: I like girls who are cute and also have a good personality.

Alex: I like a girl who has nice eyes and knows how to have a good time.

There we go girls, finally what would you like to have achieved in ten years?

Tom: I would like to have had a number one album in another country; I think that would be cool.

Sam: I want to be able to say that we have sold out a world tour and still have the support from our amazing fans.

Garin: All I want is to still be doing what we’re doing right now and having as much fun as we are that would be enough, but I would be thankful for anything else that happens.

Well Its was lovely to talk to you all I can see that you are lovely, grounded boys who are loving every second of being famous, you’ve got a long and great career in front of you, Thank you!

My ideas for my double page spread

My double page spread will be about a new band called Nu direction I will be talking about their new single “Up all night” and how they are dealing with the fame, I also will talk about their love life and what they would be doing if they weren’t in a band, to keep it interesting for the reader. The genre of their music is pop so I will be asking pop related questions. The format that I will use to write this article will be a question and answer style as the magazines that I have been analysing are all done in that style, I am also going to use a pull quote as in almost every pop magazine that I have looked at has one and it is a good way to draw the reader in. I’m going to write it in a light-hearted, humorous way but it will still be intelligent, as I believe this will appeal to the type of readers that I hope to attract the most. The layout of my page will either be three columns on the left hand side with text in it, then on the right side have a large subsidiary image of the band with the pull quote below or have columns going across the both pages with a large subsidiary image of the band above with the pull quote going across them, I will have to wait and see which way looks better on the page.

Subsidary Images.

Main front image edits!

My music magazine so far...

This is my music magazine almost finished, what I like about my magazine is the colour scheme as I think they go together really well and look like a colour scheme you would find on a Pop magazine and are both colours that would suit boys and girls who are Pop fans. The next thing that I am going to add are 3 little posters on the bottom left and i need to add a banner line, I also want to make the main image bigger and enlarge my masthead slightly to make them stand out so you know that they are the most important things on there and then i will be happy with my magazine.

Chosen Masthead

This is the masthead that i decided to use, that once again I created on photoshop. I used two different font types, for the 'Drop A' I used a font called synchro and for the 'beat'  I used the Romerial Inline font. I added a drop shadow to make it stand out and look as if its 3D which I think looks quite effective. I believe that this looks like the type of masthead that you would find on your average Pop magazine

Possible mastheads

These are the four mastheads that I created on photoshop, I really like both of the colours purple and pink as a colour scheme for my Pop magazine as its a very feminine colour, so I decided to create a couple of different masthead designs with the colours purple and pink to see which one I prefer and I think I am going to use a pink masthead as I think it will fit in better with my genre.

Drop a Beat Mission Statement

Lauren’s new magazine Drop a Beat is a music magazine. Focusing on Pop music, Drop a Beat will combine amazing new releases, fresh new artists, good imagery, packed with shocking gossip all written in a witty style, to keep you wanting more.

Drop a Beat is mainly aimed at females around the ages of 14-19. Drop a Beat readers tend to be very feminine girls who are creative, open-minded, are very light-hearted and have a good sense of humour.

Drop a Beat contains everything that every girl would hope to read about, music, gossip, artists, clothes and the hottest celebrities. It’s a very light-hearted and humorous magazine but is still written in an intelligent, informative way.

Drop a Beat does not force you mind into things, it will merely plant the seed and let you creativity and imagination takeover and run free.

Drop a Beat’s role in its readers’ lives is to inform, entertain and inspire people to believe in themselves and get then doing something that they are passionate about.

Possible main front cover photo's