Favourite Song Of The Week

FKA Twigs - Water Me

Lyrics:

He won’t make love to me now
Not now I’ve set the fee
He said it’s too much in pounds
I guess I’m stuck with me
He told me I was so small
I told him water me
I promised I can grow tall
When making love is free
I, I, I, I, I

He won’t make love to me now
Not now I’ve set the fee
He said it’s too much in pounds
I guess I’m stuck with me
He told me I was so small
I told him water me

Clash Magazine

My magazine was based around the idea of Clash Magazine. Here are a few examples of Clash to see where I got some of my aspects from.

I took the barcode and price of the magazine from this cover with Matt Healy of The 1975 on.

I took the plus sign from this magazine cover with James Blake.

I took the artist list idea on the top left hand side of the magazine from this cover with A$AP Rocky.

I took the one line main headline from this magazine cover with Lorde.

I took the white with a dark black shadow title idea from this magazine cover with M.I.A.

Magazine Cover Page Second Draft

 This is my second draft magazine cover. You will notice compared to my first draft on this cover, the barcode is smaller and rotated to fit nicely in the corner, the price and issue number are smaller and are underneath the barcode this time, the titles have a stronger black shadow to really emphasize the writing and there are more artists mentioned in the plus section.

This is the first draft that I completed. You will notice compared to my second draft on this cover, the barcode is bigger and slightly out of place, the price and issue number are bigger, the titles have a less powerful black shadow and there are less artists mentioned in the plus section.

I based my magazine on Clash magazine. I took some aspects specifically from this cover.

Double Page Spread Draft

My Magazine Double Page Spread

This is the double page spread that I based my work upon. I liked the idea of a black and white image on the left (like Lana Del Rey's) and a nice twist in colours of blue and orange for titles and starting sentences on the right.

Favourite Song Of The Week

Bea Miller - Open Your Eyes

Lyrics:

Water and light
This is us
History falling down
Hope rising up
We lay here and now
All that came before
Can not stay asleep
We're not children anymore

We can fight the dark 
This is who we are
There's a new light coming
Finally had enough
Finally waking up
To who we are becoming
Open your eyes!

Oh Oh Oh

Oh Oh Oh

Open your eyes!

Will you be my love
Will you go with me
Are you who I dreamed?
Or just a memory
Will you understand
What I have to do
Will you be the man
The one I thought I knew

We can fight the dark 
This is who we are
There's a new light coming
Finally had enough
Finally waking up
To who we are becoming
Open your eyes!

Oh Oh Oh

Oh Oh Oh

Open your eyes!

Into the deep blue
We'll do this together
Water and fire
Reach higher
There's no turning back

We can fight the dark 
This is who we are
There's a new light coming
Finally had enough
Finally waking up
To who we are becoming
Open your eyes!

Oh Oh Oh

Oh Oh Oh

Open your eyes!

Draft Magazine Cover and Contents Page

My Magazine Contents Page

My Magazine Cover

My magazine was inspired by Clash magazine, as I have based my magazine title similarly and have been inspired by the layout of the magazine on both the cover and the contents pages.

 Clash Magazine Cover

Clash Magazine Contents Page

As you can see I have been inspired by certain aspects from the magazine like the plus sign on the cover and the certain designated areas for text, whereas on the contents page I have been inspired by the idea of having the celebrity images as a square/rectangle and have a coloured circle next to them with the page number that they are included in.

Favourite Movie Of The Week

Clueless - 1995

Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone), a wealthy, popular 15-year-old, lives in Beverly Hills with her widowed father, Mel (Dan Hedaya), in an enormous house, enjoying the luxurious life that Mel provides as a very successful lawyer. Though good-natured, Cher is naive and caught up in a superficial lifestyle revolving around expensive clothes and the social hierarchy of her school. Her best friend Dionne (Stacey Dash) has a similar outlook on life, though she dates a high school boy (Donald Fasion), which Cher claims is a pointless endeavor.

Cher's debate teacher, Mr. Hall (Wallace Shawn), gives her a C grade for the semester, which starts a dramatic chain of events. Dionne, who got a lackluster grade as well, hatches a plan with Cher to find a romantic interest for Mr. Hall, thus making him happy enough to consider boosting their grades. They select another teacher, Miss Geist (Twink Caplan), as the chief candidate, and slip a fake love letter into her mail cubby. She soon begins dating Mr. Hall, and both teachers become much more lax with their grading. Cher works her grade up to an A minus, greatly impressing her father.

At home, Cher interacts with Josh (Paul Rudd), the college-age son of one of Mel's ex-wives, who often stays at the Horowitz home to avoid his mother and new stepfather. Josh and Cher usually have a typical sibling relationship, with mild arguing and teasing. Josh is nearly the polar opposite of Cher: an earthy, environmentalist, do-gooder..

Tai Frasier (Brittany Murphy), is a grungy artist with a trusting disposition and a clueless grasp of high school popularity, transfers to Cher's school. Cher and Dionne befriend Tai, and decide to give her a makeover to improve her social standing. However, Tai sparks up a romance with cheerful, skateboarding stoner Travis (Breckin Meyer). Cher attempts to steer Tai toward the rich and popular Elton (Jeremy Sisto), and leads her in after-school workout sessions. Josh disapproves of Cher's project with Tai, and accuses her of attempting to turn an innocent girl into a superficial brat.

Through a series of subtle hints, Cher gets Tai and Elton to notice each other. Tai is giddy with excitement, and while surprisingly receptive, Elton pays much more direct attention to Cher. To present the newly made-over Tai to the high school elite, Cher and Dionne bring her to a party. Once again they attempt to steer her toward Elton, and believe that they made a connection when Tai is knocked unconscious with a projectile shoe, and Elton revives her with an ice pack. However, when departing, Cher winds up being driven home by Elton, who makes a pass at her, revealing that he had been interested in her all along. Cher is shocked and repulsed, and Elton abandons her in a parking lot far from home, where she's immediately mugged, and is forced to call Josh from a payphone to come pick her up. On the drive home, Cher suggests that they pick up food for Mel and his colleagues, who are working on a difficult case at the house. Impressed by Cher's consideration, Josh begins to form a new opinion of her.

Another new student, suave and handsome Christian, transfers in. Cher is taken with him immediately, and considers breaking her own rule of never dating a high school boy. The two become friends, and attend a party along with Tai. After Christian picks Cher up, Josh is clearly envious and tells Mel that he will trail them to the party for Cher's protection. Cher and Christian bond on the dance floor, while Tai is self-consciously standing alone in a corner (watching Elton dancing with his new girlfriend, Cher's social rival Amber). Josh arrives and dances with Tai to cheer her up, which Cher notices and is surprised at his thoughtfulness.

Cher decides to move things forward with Christian, and invites him over one evening when her father is out. To her disappointment, he ignores her advances in favor of watching Tony Curtis movies. When driving with Dionne and her boyfriend Murray the next day, Cher laments her situation, causing Murray to burst out laughing and point out that Christian is obviously gay. Cher is embarrassed at her misconception, but remains good friends with Christian.

While at the mall, Tai experiences a brush with death as some male acquaintances nearly drop her over the rail from the upper level. Though she escapes unscathed, Tai becomes something of a celebrity at school, surpassing Cher in popularity and rebuffing her love interest, Travis, troubling Cher.

Cher fails her long-anticipated driving test, and returns home dejected. Tai confides in her that she has a crush on Josh after he had danced with her at the party. Cher is confused at the feelings that arise in her at Tai's confession, and tries to convince Tai that she and Josh do not mesh well together. Tai is affronted and insults Cher ("You're a virgin who can't drive!"). A miserable Cher goes shopping to clear her head, and realizes that she herself is in love with Josh.

In an effort to impress Josh, Cher collects donated items for victims of the Pismo Beach disaster, surprising him with her dedication and selflessness. When Josh and Cher help a stressed Mel out with his case by doing paperwork at the house, Cher makes an error and is insulted by an angry associate of Mel who leaves in a huff. Josh defends her, and they admit their feelings for each other.

Soon afterward, Miss Geist and Mr. Hall are married. Cher, Josh, Dionne, Murray, Tai, and Travis attend the wedding, with Cher skillfully catching the bouquet.

Favourite Song Of The Week

Lana Del Rey - Shades Of Cool

Lyrics:

My baby lives in shades of blue

Blue eyes and jazz and attitude
He lives in California too
He drives a Chevy Malibu

And when he calls, he calls for me, and not for you
He lives for love, he loves his drugs, he loves his baby too

But I can't fix him, can't make him better

And I can't do nothing about this strange weather

But you're invinsible
I can't break through your world
'Cause you live in shades of cool
Your heart is unbreakable

My baby lives in shades of cool
Cool heart and hands and aptitude
He lives for love, for women too
I'm one of many, one is blue

And when he calls, he calls for me, and not for you
He prays for love, he prays for peace, and maybe someone new

But I can't help him, can't make him better
And I can't do nothing about his strange weather

Cause you are invincible
I can't break through your world
Cause you live in shades of cool
Your heart is unbreakable

Cause you are invincible
I can't break through your world
Cause you live in shades of cool
Your heart is unbreakable