Pre-Production

These are the photos that I took that could possibly be used in my final pieces.

I chose not to use any of these photos as some were too blurry and unfocused, some were too dark and some where her face couldn't be seen.

These are the photos that I chose to possibly use in my finished pieces. I liked these photos because I felt they had a large variety between them all and were all interesting to look at. I think that the artist was also easily recognisable from these photos.

Album Advert
Layout Plan

I will have the artists name and chosen photo take up the top half of the advert.
The bottom half will then be on a black background where information such as album name and reviews will be.

Magazine Article

Layout Plan

This is a draft version of the article that I want to write for my magazine.

Q.What's your favourite thing about doing what you do?

Being on tour, or maybe releasing music, that's a great feeling!

Q.What don't you like about making music?

Being away from home.

Q.Is there anything you wish you had done differently about your album?

No! I would have liked to have released it sooner, but I wanted it to be perfect!

Q.Do you ever think you'll get used to this level of fame?

Probably not, is it possible to ever get used to something like that?

Q.What's your favourite thing about your fans?

Can I say everything? They're like my friends

Q.What's your favourite memory made whilst making your album?

Either finishing it, or releasing it, both were so emotional.

I then made the article more detailed, and made the interview seem more relaxed and 'chat like' to make a connection with the artist and interview. This will make the audience feel more involved and less tense whilst reading the article. This is my final article.

She’s the UK’s most successful newcomer of this year - she talks her debut album ‘sunset’, her beloved fans and what we can expect from her in the near future.

Whats your favourite thing about doing what you do?
Being on tour, performing every night to my fans. It’s the greatest feeling in the world. Or maybe releasing new music and seeing my fans reactions to it, that’s always a good feeling.

Anything you don’t like?
Hmm, maybe, being away from home probably.

You don’t sound very sure...
Well it’s a difficult question. I don’t like to complain much about what I do because I know that I’m very lucky. Although I hate being on a red carpet. Having all those people shouting at me telling me what to do whilst flashing a camera in my face terrifies me!

Is there anything you wish you had done differently, or regret doing about this album?
No! I would have liked to have been quicker making my album, but I wanted it to be perfect.

So, you’re always being followed by your fans, some of who are outside now!

Are they! Bless them.

Do you think you’ll ever get used to being followed by your fans?
I don’t know. Is it possible to every be used to something like that? Actually I think that’s another favourite thing about what I do, meeting my fans.

So, I think it’s quite obvious you love your fans.
Of course!

What’s your favourite thing about them?
Oh wow. I don’t know! Can I say everything? Erm, I like that they’re always honest with me. They tell me when they don’t agree with me about something. I’m very appreciative of that. They’re so cute when they send me pictures of what they’re doing or wearing. They’re like my friends!

It took 2 years to make your album, what’s your favourite memory from those two years?
Either finishing the album or releasing it definitely. Finishing two years of work was so exciting and seeing the fans reactions after it released was so emotional. Those two moments are definitely my favourite memories.

e-Media
Layout Plan
Home page

For the home page, I decided to write a welcoming post from the artist addressing the audience who are visiting her website.
Plan for home page introduction

Hello, welcome to my website.

I started recording youtube videos 3 years ago before I was signed, where I now make music for everyone!

Recording my album was so nerve wracking but I had a lot of fun doing it. I hope you all like my first single 'trust' and my debut album 'sunset'.

Thank you all so much for supporting me and buying my music!

I Then decided to add more detail to this to make the artist seem more friendly and welcoming.

Hello! I'm Madison and welcome to my only website!

I started recording videos for youtube about 3 years ago just for fun, and was fortunate enough to have been given the opportunity to be signed to my record label, to make music for you guys!

When I started making youtube videos, I would never have expected all of this to happen to me!

I was so nervous to start recording my first album but it was so much fun being in the studio every day making music.When my ‘trust’ my first single released I was so nervous for you all to hear it because I knew how excited you were and I didn’t want to disappoint you.

A few days before the release day for my debut album ‘sunset’ I was getting so many messages from everyone telling me how excited they were to hear my album, after waiting two years for the album to be finished. I was so nervous to release it knowing how excited everyone was as I didn’t want to disappoint you all.

I can’t thank you guys enough for supporting me and buying my music.

Info page

In the info page I will tell the audience the artists life before she released the album. I will make it interesting for the audience to read by

Plan for info page text
Born Orlando, Florida on 16th July 1993.
Always had an interest in music.
Madison and her family moved to Manchester when she was 4.
As she grew up, she became more interested in music.
She became distracted by music at school, however she realised this and worked hard to pass all of her exams.
She went to college where she realised she needed to do something to be able to achieve her dream, so she started making youtube videos of her singing.
Her videos weren't popular at first, taking over a month to get 100 views. However as she uploded more, her videos became more and more popular.
She was discovered at 17 and signed to army records where she started recording her debut album, whilst still recording youtube videos when she could.
After two years of making the album, she released her first single and debut album which both shot to number one.

Then from this plan, I created the final text that I wanted to go in my website.

                                              

Madison was born in Orlando, Florida on 16th July 1993. She 

always had an interest in music from a young age. Madison and her English born parents moved to Manchester, England when she was just 4 years old.

As Madison grew up, she remembers becoming more and more interested in music, often daydreaming about music instead of doing her school work!

Making music is all Madison has wanted to do. She remembers being laughed at by people when she said she wanted to sing and make music at 15 years old. This only made her more determined she said.

Trying to focus on school work was difficult when all she could think of was music, but she realised she needed to work hard to pass her exams, so she did! She managed to pass her exams and went to college.

It was at college when Madison realised that she needed to do something to be able to achieve her dream, so in her free time she recorded videos of her singing different covers of songs and uploaded them to youtube.

At first her videos weren’t watched by many people, her first video took over a month to get 100 views! But as she uploaded more videos more often she saw her view count getting bigger each time.

Not long after this, when Madison was 17, she got an email from a record producer asking her to come to London for a meeting. It was here when Madison got signed to army records and was asked to start recording an album.

Madison started recording her album immediately. She left college and moved down to London to work day and night on her album, whilst still uploading youtube videos when she could.

Finally after two years of waiting, Madison released her first single ‘Trust’ which went to number 1 within a few hours. Three months later, much to her fans delight she released her debut album ‘sunset’ which also shot to number 1.

I decided to include information such as 'passing her exams' to set a good example for the target audience and so she appeals to some adults for being a good example.

Gallery page

For the gallery page, I will put all of the photos that I chose to possible use into contact sheets and upload them to this page on the website.
Then I will create an 'enlarge' button which when clicked will take the reader to enlarged versions of the photos, one to a slide, with navigation arrows and an exit button on every slide.