Photos

This picture will be my main picture for my front cover. I will photo shop out the background as it doesn't represent the genre pop, I will do this in Adobe photo shop, the background will be white so it will make this picture stand out more.. I like this picture because it's quirky and interesting. It's very unique because it's quite sexy but fun at the same time, the pose as well shows the fun side to pop. The outfit and accessories as well with the sparkly silver long sleeved as well as the yellow sunglasses. This is quite similar to 'Lady Gaga' and the outrageous and fun side to pop. I have decided to name the lead singer 'Lady Blah Blah' because it's more outrageous then 'Lady Gaga' and I want that to come across within the name. This isn't the typical front page photo for a pop magazine as it can be seen as quite sexual with the pose she is in. However pop arists or groups such as 'The Pussycat Dolls' and 'Lady gaga' are quite sexual as well, so this can still be aimed at pop.

This will be a picture for my front cover as well this will be a small caption picture promoting the singer 'Blu' this is the singer that is opposite to the real life pop/rock singer 'P!nk' . I think this will be a good caption picture because it's a friendly picture and it gives a warmth to the viewer. I will also use photoshop to get rid of the background as it's not the typical pop music magazine, so it will be a typical white background like the main picture. This will also be good as the background won't clash with the main picture. This photo is definitely one of the most poppiest photo's out of the lot, because a lot of times in pop magazines there is always a smile, which gives off the friendly vibe to the magazine, which 'Blu' is doing. It's not overly chessy pop but it's still a friendly pop.

This will be the main picture for my double page spread. I decided to use this as my main picture as the artist is not taking herself to seriously. This would be a good message to young girls as it's basically saying. Just be yourself, don't take yourself to seriously and have fun. It is fun and quite pop as it has more a pop style in the clothing, the sunglasses and the hair. The sunglasses go with the magainze as it's a bright coloured pair of sunglasses.

This picture will be next to the sign 'Lady Blah Blah', The picture will be placed on the right hand side of the double page spread, as on the left hand side will be the 'LADY BLAH BLAH' sign.

This is a picture that will also be my caption this is the singer 'Jenny Love.' This was my first initial idea for my front cover but as the picture of my friend Chloe being 'Lady Blah Blah'
was more quirky and seems more fun. However this will be a good caption because it's more serious and will also an be seen as pop because not all pop songs are cheesy, so this will be the more serious which can also appeal to fans as they would want to calm down with this serious picture, so this could be still be aimed at pop readers.

This is the picture that's going on my contents page for my music magazine. This is again the singer Jenny Love, I chose this picture because it is easy on the eyes and it brings attention to the contents page. Even though Jenny love isn't the main selling point, it can still make people want to read about her, which makes her a good selling point. This is not necessarily a pop picture because she is not smiling, however singers like Katy Perry aren't always smiling and she is a pop singer, so this can still hit the pop audience.

This is another picture of the main selling point 'Lady Blah Blah'. This picture will be the main picture on the contents page. I decided to use this picture on the contents page as it's in quite a quirky pose and is quite captivating. This will make the contents page more fun, and more pop as the yellow coloured sunglasses and the pose is definitely quirky and has that pop feel to it.
This picture again is also quite sexual but in a fun way, so this will still be aimed at pop because it's similar to what Lady Gaga would do.

this picture will be on my double page spread, this will be one of the miniature pictures. I chose this picture because it is at a different angle and it looks quite pop. I decided to use four miniature pictures because it leads up to and shows what Lady Blah Blah is about, which you will be able to see in the other miniature pictures. I took the picture from above, and she looked up at the camera for me to take the picture. This isn't the typical pop photo because of the pose and look because Lady Blah Blah has two lip piercings but these days pop singers have a wide range of looks for example 'The Pussycat Dolls' have that burlesque look to them and 'Lady Gaga' has that futuristic look to her, so this can still be aimed at pop readers for that reason.

This will be another miniature picture, i chose this picture because it's also at another angle and gives off more of what 'lady Blah Blah' is about. Again the picture has the yellow sunglasses which shows the brightness and the fun side. It's also at a different angle, this can be aimed at pop because it's quite a fun pose with the yellow sunglasses and it gives a bit more quirkiness to the magazine, which pop is about.

This picture will be the other miniature picture to my double page spread. I chose this picture because it's at a different angle to any of the other pictures. I also chose it because her face it to the side but is covered, which gives off more of a mysterious vibe. This picture will be lined up against the other miniature pictures under the heading "the girl that every body's talking about....LADY BLAH BLAH." Even though this picture is not as typical pop picture as 'Lady Blah Blah' is not smiling, this can still be aimed at pop readers as artists such as Lady Gaga and Katy Perry are in the category of pop but they tend to act an dress alternatively.

Fonts

This font is called blox, as soon as I saw this I knew it would be my font for my main title on the front cover. I like this font a lot because it's different from any other magazine. I am going to put this as my main font because I think it will stand out compared to the other fonts I am going to use this for my front cover, based on the fact that no one would expect this font to be on the front cover. This isn't a feminine font like most pop magazines use as their fonts.

I like this font because it's so unique and I think it will be a really good font for my title.

This font is sans serif, I am going to use this is my main writing for my contents page and double page spread. I am going to use this font because it's bold and it isn't feminine. so this will be the font because it isn't to in your face and it's a decent font. I think this will work really well because it's very easy to read and I think it will work really well with my magazine. I think it goes well for the pop genre because it's very straight and isn't like hip hop or punk, so I think it will go well.

Harabara will be my next font for this magainze. I have decided to use this on the front cover, wheere its says the main pop singers name. The main pop singer is 'Lady Blah Blah' so this font will be used for her name. I decided to choose this font because it is quite feminine and soft which is associated with pop music. I am not sure on the font colour but I will use a colour that is quite feminine.

This font is called 'pincoyablack', this font will be used on my double page spread This will be the main title font which will be "the girl everybody is talking about....Lady Blah Blah." I decided to choose this font because it is quite different and so is Lady Blah Blah. So i wanted the font and the pop singer to be connected.

This font will be used for my contents page and will be used for the contents e.g. 2. Celebrities and their secrets. This font is masculine and feminine as sometimes there are curves in the writing which makes the font seem feminine, however some letters don't which makes it masculine. I will use a different range of colours for the contents page to make it seem a bit more pop and fun.

This is blaxslab XXL I will use this on my double page spread, I will use this as my main title that will introduce 'Lady Blah Blah'. I will use different colours like purple/blue & pale pink. This will go well with my magazine because it's in your face and it stands out and I think the readers will like it because they will see 'Lady Blah Blah' in a bold font. I also think it would be good for my magazine because it's very different from my other fonts, which makes my magazine have a bit more variety with it's fonts.

flat plans

This is my flat plan for my front cover of my magazine. As you can see the title of my magazine is called 'Pop Me'. I chose this as my title because it's different to what other pop magazines are called but it still gives off the friendly and fun vibe to the magazine. I chose this title as well because I wanted to make it personal to the reader, this magazine will give off all information about pop music and the title gives a sense of that. As it's 'Pop Me' it's kind of giving the information to the reader so they just got 'popped' basically. My front cover will have one big picture of a new singer called Jenny Love, I chose this name and singer because female singers are dominating the charts at the moment especially in the dance-pop genre for example Lady Gaga. I also gave an exclusive part to her interview stating that "She is ready to take on Blu and Lady BlahBlah", I chose these names because I wanted
it to be similar to the stars of today e.g. P!nk and Lady Gaga it. I also put the "She is ready to take on Blu and Lady Blah Blah" because it would make an interesting sub-caption and it would make people want to read about this new singer, and to see what she has to offer.

My sub-captions are all about music as well on the right hand side there is a caption saying "The top 10 tunes on ITunes", I chose this because at the moment ITunes is taking over from actual CD buying, so I tought that people would be interested in what tunes they could find on ITunes and it would also promote ITunes.

On the left hand side there is a caption saying "The future for Pop music in 2010" I put this in to make readers want to read the magazine more. This is because fans of pop music might think is this about new pop artists? or new songs from current pop artists. So I wanted it to come across as exciting and fresh for fans of pop music.





This is my contents page, the main thing you notice about the contents page is the big picture at the right hand side. I chose this as a design because my main selling point is Jenny Love and I wanted her to be on the contents page because I want people to notice her and want to read about her.

I have nine main points to my magazine, all about music . I didn't put any points in about accesories or fashion because I wanted this magazine to be like how all music magazines should be.

My first point is about celebrities and their secrets, I put this in because everybody wants to know the gossip on celebrities and it hits the atrget audience I am aiming for. This will hit the target audience because they would want to know what their favourite celebrities are up to. My second point is "X Factor...Will it come back?"
I done this because I think it would be an interesting story to have, as X Factor is the most popular show on British TV at the moment, I think that this story would really appeal to the readers and it would make the magazine a bit more interesting. There are 7 more points to this contents page, the 9th point is the main selling point as well which is Jenny Love. I decided to put her as my last point because I wanted the readers to read it last, and Jenny Love would be the one they remember from the contents page. This is good because it will make the reader want to read about Jenny Love more then any other article, as well as having her picture as my main picture on both the front cover and the contents page, she really stands out compared to any of the other articles.














This is my double page spread. My main title to this is "THE GIRL THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT......JENNY LOVE" I put this is in because I think it's a good way to persuade people to read this article, because if they think that everybody is talking about Jenny Love, then they will want to find out more about her.

The design of this is double page is very simple, there is a big title and a big picture. I designed the picture to interact with the title. I am going to get Jenny arm around the word 'LOVE' this will be quite effective as it looks like the writing and the picture were done at the same time. on the left hand side of this double page is a section where there will be the interview section, this will be in two columns. The information will be about her debut single and album. And as the front cover said her taking on the big singers 'Blu' and 'Lady Blah-Blah'. This will interest readers because they will want t know about her single and album and what you can expect from her.

The colours to my magazine will be a range of different shades of blue, red, yellow, green, purple. I'm choosing these colours because they go well with each other and I think they will work well with the genre of my magazine.