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Centre name: Norbury Manor BEC Centre Number:14343 Candidate Name: Naomi Ebhogiaye Candidate Number: 1054 Unit:G321

Final Double page spread

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Final Front cover

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DPS links to cover/contents

DPS layout

DPS layout from Naomi Ebhogiaye

Artist Interview

This is an artist interview that I have written for my double page spread. I wrote this with my artist research, reader profile and artist profile in mind.

Bloody Mary is metal’s new raging artist. She arrived on the metal scene two years ago after being signed by the same man who manages the Swedish death metal band ‘vomitary’. Bloody Mary is screeching her way to the top with her first studio album ‘bloody Mary’ that debut at 24 on the official Death Metal album charts.

Your new album is extremely different to what we’re used to hearing from death metal artists, how would you define your type of music?

“I’d define it has pop metal, I know that sounds like a weird combination but that’s the only category I can place my music into (she shrugs) a lot of people say it’s death metal, but that genre is so ancient and amazing, I only imagine legends in that genre, not me!”

Your album is pretty hardcore; it includes a lot of screeching, and where is all that emotion from?

“All the songs on the album are based on real life experiences, and let’s face it; I haven’t had the easiest of childhoods. I suppressed a lot of my emotions throughout the years and when I was writing the album I though “Forget it” I’m letting it all out.”

Your debut single was ‘Mama where are you’ and that peaked at number fifteen on the UK top 40, what is that song about?

“’Mama where are you’ is about my mother’s suicide and how I felt so alone when I moved in with my grandparents. The song was like a cry for help, I wanted my mum, I wanted to know that she was there watching out for me, but at that point in my life I couldn’t feel her, I didn’t feel her presence, her warmth (she chokes up). The song was the first time I openly spoke about my mum, the song means so much to me.”

When did you decide to drop your last name and be known as ‘bloody Mary?’

“I’ve never liked my last name. It’s tied to my paternal side and I hate them. Mary Williams died when my mum did.” The ‘bloody’ came from the folklore, I just loved it, I loved how she put fear into people, and I wanted that effect when I was younger, so I chose the name when I was around 15.

What made you decide to start a YouTube channel, instead of reaching fame the traditional way?

“I know this sounds ridiculous but Justin bieber inspired me (she laughs) well believe it or not I used to be really into pop music, before I got signed that was the genre I used to write and sing in. I saw Justin’s success through YouTube and something just told me to go for it, so I did and look where it got me.

 Explain why you decided to release the song ‘Dear Ms Laiho’ is the song about Alexi Laiho?

“Yes! (She claps her hands in excitement) I love Alexi Laiho, I had to include the song in my album, and I wrote it a couple years ago when I was in a really dark place, she got me through so much, and her music did. I’d say this song is extremely melodic, its different to what I usually do but it’s more like a tribute song anyway and Alexi’s songs are mostly melodic death metal. 

How did you get the opportunity to tour with Exodus in March?

 “I met them when I was out in America last year, we hit it off immediately, I played them some of my songs and then they asked me to support them on their European leg, it all happened so fast but I’m  so grateful.”

 Do you have any plans on going on tour yourself?

 (She smiles) yes I do, hopefully by the end of year we’ll have everything sorted so I can do a European tour for my album. I’m really excited to do this and hopefully I’ll be able to bring my brothers with me , I haven’t seen them in so long. 

 

DPS image decisions

DPS market research

Contents page feedback

Contents page colour choices

Contents page text/features

Contents page image choices

Contents page image choices from Naomi Ebhogiaye

Contents page layout

Contents layout from Naomi Ebhogiaye

Contents research and deconstruction

Contents research from Naomi Ebhogiaye

Front cover Feedback

Above is feedback i received on my death metal front cover.

Front cover features

The picture above highlights the features i used on my front cover and why i included them.

Front cover linked to research

Cover layout decisions

Examples of Photo Manipulation

Masthead and fonts decisions

Final shot

Model consent forms

Test shots

Test shots from Naomi Ebhogiaye

Flat plan feedback

The image shows feedback I've revived from my peers on my flat plan, this help me make changes when i start creating my magazine.

Flat plan/ deconstruction

Flat plan deconstruction from Naomi Ebhogiaye

Shot list

Above is a scan of my shot list for my Death metal music magazine. below each image is a description of the shot and the position of the model.

Visual Mood Board

This is my visual mood board. his video includes words and images I associate with death metal.

Artist profile

Reader Profile

Analysis review

The information I was able to obtain has given be a better understanding on what the target audience wants in a magazine,for example,during the survey 60% said that the most important feature on a magazine front cover is the artist, for me this means that the way I present the artist for my magazine is the most important thing.The most useful information I obtained was the focus group, this made me understand what my target audience like and dislike on a magazine cover and what is appropriate for a death metal magazine cover,unlike the survey, the focus group commented on the importance of the color scheme.

Focus group - Death metal magazine covers

A piece of audience feedback was a focus group, they discussed the front cover for two metal magazines, I did this on the 5th of January.



The focus group was very helpful because they discussed relevant points, for example, they said which cover they preferred, which was the cover on the right, they said the colors were effective. I will think about these comments when creating my magazine cover.

Audience research - Survey

This is a video based on the survey i conducted asking some teenagers within my target audience questions, this made me understand what a main attraction in a music magazine is to them and what they expect to see on a death metal magazine.  

Artist research - Dying fetus

Dying fetus from Naomi Ebhogiaye

Death metal research - music videos

Introduction to Death Metal

Death metal introduction from Naomi Ebhogiaye

Market research

Above I have taken a screenshot for a google image search of "Death metal magazine" I did this so that I could get a better understanding of what the magazines within this genre look like. From this image search I have learnt a lot about the layout, color schemes and features included of a death metal magazine. What I noticed was, the color schemes on all the magazines, were dark colors , like, black, red and dark blue, orange and white have been used in many of them, causing these covers to stand out. This colors also relate to the magazines theme of death metal, as death metal as a genre is very dark and scary, the colors black and red suit it very well, the orange used also relates to the theme as it represents fire, which can also relate to hell which is a prominent theme in many death metal songs. The majority of the front covers have more than one artist on the front as death metal mostly involves bands instead of solo artists. For all the front covers the artists angle of gaze is to the camera, their facial expressions are all aggressive too, the combination of the angle of gaze and facial expression go well with the magazines genre as it may bring fear to the reader. What I also noticed about the magazine covers was that they were often covered in a lot of distracting writing, giving the magazine a cluttered look, this is also related to the genre because death metal songs are cluttered with many different vocals, sounds and instruments at once.