Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Final double spread interview

Introducing hot new artist Blossom Blythe who is a youtube sensation could she be the female Justin Beiber. With her hot new single ‘someone to care’ coming out of our speakers everywhere we get to know the real person and find out about what she likes to do on a daily basis. She has shot to fame at the young age of nine years old and we discuss how she is coping with her new found fame. 


There have been many speculations about whether Blossom Blythe name is really and when I met up with her it was the first question we asked

Hi Blossom Blythe, first of all lets clear up everyone’s speculations about your name. is Blossom Blythe your real name or is it a stage name?
Yes it is a 100%, it is my middle name and surname. My full name is Maia Eleanor Ann Billie Blossom Blythe

Wow, that is a pretty cool name, where does it come from?
Well it’s just my grandmother’s nickname that’s it

So your new single is doing really well in the charts at the moment how amazing does that feel?
I’m so overwhelmed as this is what I have dreamed of since I was a little girl it’s like a dream come true I can’t believe it is actually happening. Sometimes I just pinch myself to see if it actually happening.

I’m not surprised, how are you dealing with your new found fame at such a young age, it must be a shock right?
It really is, people are starting to recognise me now, it’s really weird though as I so used to walking down the street like everyone else and no-one pays you any attention to you but now if someone calls my name in the street it causes mayhem. But it’s great because I love my fans and wouldn’t be anywhere without them

As you started out on YouTube to do you feel any different from other artists?
Hmmm, I feel lucky as there are so many videos on YouTube and there are so many other artists out there doing the same thing, covers on songs on YouTube and I was lucky enough to get picked out of all these artists and videos to get signed and live out my lifelong dream

So what do you on an average day?
I would probably get up eat some breakfast and either go to the studio or do interviews or photoshoot depending on the day. Get home around 10 and that's the day for me
You mentioned there, a lot about work there so what do you do when your not working?
Well, if I'm not working which is quite rare at the moment I like to sleep, chill out, shopping, meet some friends and spend sometime with the family really.

Tell us something that we don't know about you?
Well I'm a trained ballet dancer and I can eat a bowl of pasta in 1 min




That's really odd, a whole bowl? 
Yep me and friends found this out one time when in this restaurant this guy said that he would buy us a meal if we did a dare, so I did it and he gave us the meal but I wasn't hungry after eating the pasta.
So will we be seeing any pasta eating or dancing in your new video?
Uhmm I'm not sure about the pasta eating but dancing yeah of course.
So it's has been nice meeting you India Honey Rose!!
It has, can we meet up again because that was really fun talking about pasta and stuff

Our experience with Blossom Blythe  was quite interesting as she is a cool character also very quirky and now all of us at fizz magazine are fully pledged fans!!!
Quick fire question

What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve done?
Said that I can speak Japanese and tried to speak it. F-A-I-L
Have you tried to use your fame to get any freebies?
No, I haven’t might try it soon LOL
Who’s your celebrity crush?
Justin Bieber.  It’s the hair 
What's your TV guilty pleasure?
Keeping up with the kardashians, its just so addictive  
What is your favourite fast food?
Mc Donald’s
What's your worst habit?
Stage fright before go on stage I get really nervous
What’s the last thing that you bought?
I treated myself to my first designer bag when I got signed

Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Draft double page spread

Introducing hot new artist India Honey Rose who is a youtube sensation could she be the female Justin Beiber. With her hot new single ‘someone to care’ coming out of our speakers everywhere we get to know the real person and find out about what she likes to do on a daily basis.

Hi India Honey Rose, first of all lets clear up everyone’s speculations about your name. is India Honey Rose your real name or is it a stage name?
Yes it is a 100% all my real name it’s just my name minus the surname which is James
Wow, that is a pretty cool name, where does it come from?
Well it’s just my grandparents names that’s it
So your new single is doing really well in the charts at the moment how amazing does that feel?
I’m so overwhelmed as this is what I have dreamed of since I was a little girl it’s like a dream come true I can’t believe it is actually happening. Sometimes I just pinch myself to see if it actually happening.
I’m not surprised, how are you dealing with your new found fame it must be a shock right?
It really is, people are starting to recognise me now, it’s really weird though as I so used to walking down the street like everyone else and no-one pays you any attention to you but now if someone calls my name in the street it causes mayhem. But it’s great because I love my fans and wouldn’t be anywhere without them
As you started out on YouTube to do you feel any different from other artists?
Hmmm, I feel lucky as there are so many videos on YouTube and there are so many other artists out there doing the same thing, covers on songs on YouTube and I was lucky enough to get picked out of all these artists and videos to get signed and live out my lifelong dream
So what do you on an average day?
I would probably get up eat some breakfast and either go to the studio or do interviews or photoshoot depending on the day. Get home around 10 and that's the day for me
You mentioned there, a lot about work there so what do you do when your not working?
Well, if I'm not working which is quite rare at the moment I like to sleep, chill out, shopping, meet some friends and spend sometime with the family really.
Tell us something that we don't know about you?
Well I'm a trained ballet dancer and I can eat a bowl of pasta in 1 min
That's really odd, a whole bowl? 
Yep me and friends found this out one time when in this restaurant this guy said that he would buy us a meal if we did a dare, so I did it and he gave us the meal but I wasn't hungry after eating the pasta.
So will we be seeing any pasta eating or dancing in your new video?
Uhmm I'm not sure about the pasta eating but dancing yeah of course.
So it's has been nice meeting you India Honey Rose!!
It has, can we meet up again because that was really fun talking about pasta and stuff

Friday, 11 February 2011

Analysis of double page spreads

Buzzwords to include within magazine

  • Hot
  • Phwoar
  • Kiss
  • Tell
  • Crazy
  • Mania
  • Shock/ing
  • Glam
  • Whoa

Possible front cover shots



The codes and conventions of tween pop magazines is that the background tends to be bright for example pink,blues,purples. Also there tends to be one central image of artist/s and there heads are over the title and there is also anchoring text which is related to the central image and tends to be a banner or in sticker form. In my magazine I intend to follow all the codes and conventions as I believe this is the best way to appeal to my target audience as it is what they are used to.

I realised that the central image tends to be quite what could be considered "cheesy" the artist/s tends to be smiling and standing in a stance that is quite playful and it either a full body shot or a mid shot, this is because the target audience either want a full body where they can see every detail of the artist/s or a mid shot where they can see quite close into the artist/s face so they can see them properly and also this gives them the illusion that the artist/s is looking at them.

Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Title font

I have chosen this as my title font as I believe that this is a good option as when I asked my target audience about which one they preferred and was most appealing they chose this one so I feel this choice is most appropiate and fitting.