How to achieve a level 4

How to achieve a level 4.

• Take effective photos using relevant shot types.
• Make it look professional by using mise en scene so that it appeals to the target audience.
• Use an appropriate photo editing programme to manipulate the photos I have taken and improve them.
• Use relevant language to appeal to my target audience.
• Integrate images and text appropriately so that it will appeal to my target audience.
• Understand codes and conventions of music magazines, relevant to my target audience and genre this includes page design and layout.
• Use a variety of fonts, font sizes and colours to make my magazine unique.
•   Use ICT effectively to produce my magazine.

production plan

Production plan

I am going to take my pictures on the Saturday the 16th

of January and Sunday the 17the of January.

I am going to take my photos in my house and around my school using the music facilities. in my living room creating mise en scene with musical instrumentssome different photos will be taken against a white surface to create effect. Additionally more photographs will be taken in an outside environment to create variety. The people featuring in my magazine will be Jack Baker, Jordan Gill, Anton Kaval and Jamie Francis. Equipment I will require includes a camera, or camera phone, computer/laptop with appropriate programmes, such as photoshop, USB to transfer photographs from camera to PC and costumes..The props I am going to use are an acoustic guitar and a microphone, the guitar will be my own and I will borrow the microphone from the music department at school.costumes will be different for each person and will fit in with the genre. Jack baker will be my main focus he we will wear genre relevant clothes. Both of the other artists from the band will also wear clothes that will appeal to the target audience

interview draft

Band interview draft

From everyone here at (mag name) thanks for coming along. Firstly first couple of moths after being signed how hectic has it been?
So hectic! We partied after signing the deal, pretty hard. After that a lot of it has been a blur really. Non-stop gigs really, just getting our name out there, the top ten single has helped with that!
Where are you from?
London most east, some north can get rough so all moved to west.
How long were you together before being signed?
started off just two then third joine then fourth two started 2 years as a hobby more serious 8months ago
how did you meet?
First 2 went to school together, open mic night advertised for other members only got one then  four months later held auditions for a fourth member.
That’s most of the basics out of the way, your album is soon to be released, when, and tell us a little about it.
spring 2011, mixture of our newer and older stuff show people roots but what the future holds too.
As a group, what have you most enjoyed?
Fans, we love the fans. Hardly known to big fan base, don’t really know us but seem to love us.
You are ‘newbies’ and your already living the high life, your loving it already but what are you most looking forward to?
Gig lined up at wembly, prestigious. Tour of Europe. Finding time for family.


Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to answer our questions, best of luck and hope to see you again soon.