Final double spread

Again I am very pleased with the final version of my double page spread. I have spent a lot of time perfecting little details so it looks almost identical to Heat's house style. This included making sure the first letter of the story was a white 'P' in a red textbox, getting the size of the footer right, and using the right fonts and colours for different elements. In comparison to a copy of Heat magazine, the fonts I have used are very convincing.

Final front cover

Here you can see I successfully followed my layout diagrams of how to organise my front cover, as well as my double page spread. I am very pleased with my linked production pieces because I have spent a lot of time and attention critically comparing mine to an authentic copy of Heat to ensure every little detail is as true to the real thing as I can possibly make it. Such adjustments that arose from this process included changing the size and spacing of the headlines, adding highlights to a few of the different story's' headlines, and adding shading to the main story's headline.   

Final images and captions

Front cover:

That escalated quickly- Kim K turns her platnium locks into a perm- all within 3 days!





"Our favourite Geordie girls give us their secrets behind their recent weight loss successes".



"Retail therapy- Made in Chelsea girls hit the shops as Mille and Pro Green say they are finished for good".



 

Main story:

 

"The Only Way is Honesty"
"The TOWIE girls reveal what actually happens behind the scenes from break-ups and make-ups, to scripts and borrowed clothes".

Double page spread:

Caption- "Follow the official TOWIE account @TOWIEofficial on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for all the latest action and gossip from Essex".

Caption- "Pamper night at Gemma’s".

Caption- "Billie and Lydia sitting down to sign their books, calendars and tweet fans".

Caption- "Briefing with directors before filming".

Caption- "Jess and Ferne arguing in front of the camera".

Caption- "Jess and Ferne reassuring each other that they are still friends off screen".

Caption- "These ladies drink red wine… Classy!"

Further codes and conventions

• Heat sometimes uses print screens of tweets to support their story. This is an example of cross-media platform usage. 
• This will be successful to use in my article because it's base on behind-the-scenes of Reality TV. In my critical investigation I mentioned how celebrity endorsement, especially on social media, is largely responsible for encouraging consumerism. Therefore if I have a tweet from a TOWIE star saying 'My dress is from @Celebboutique' for example, or 'Get your extensions from @HairRehabLondon now', this will reinforce the message in my article in that Reality TV is constructed to maximise consumerism. 

• Finally, at the end of every article the writer's name is written in capitals. This is also in red, in keeping with the cover story's colour scheme. To be conventional to Heat, I will write my name at the end of my article. 

Sample images

I ensured I took lots of shots of each scene. However this was to ensure the right poses, posture, expressions and lighting because I had already specified in my image planning what camera angle each scene needed.  

 

Image and model planning

  Heat's main focus throught its magazine is celebrity and showbiz- therefore all of my pictures will be people shots instead of scenery, settings etc.
As I have already discovered during my research, for images to be effective in a magazine they need to give readers an idea of what the article is about before they actually read it. Because my article is giving a behind the scene insight into how TOWIE is constructed, my images will focus on all the preperation the cast and producers are involved in behind the cameras. The images will be fun, girly, and capture the materialistic and artificial nature of the reality TV show to capture the readers attention. This also links to my critical investigation because it focused on how reality TV encourages consumerism- therefore if my images show all their material belongings (for example see shot 7 below in table), readers are likely to copy this and go and buy simular things because they see the stars as role models. My images will show how producers construct this representation of the stars purposely to encourage a consumer culture.
Below I have created a table of all 15 scenes I plan to take pictures of to use in my magazine. This ensures I get all the pictures required when it comes to the photoshoot, I have all the right props and cast in the right place at the right time, and for effective time mamagement so I am able to stick to my gantt chart and have enough time to edit the photos.

Order of shots	What	Who	Camera angle	Props
1	Argument in the road	Fluff and Ellie	Long shot Side view	n/a
2	Making up, hugging in the car	Fluff and Ellie	Mid-shot Front on	n/a
3	Taylor Swift walking down the road	Emily	Long shot Side angle	School bag
4	MIC girls go shopping	2 people	Long shot, side angle	Shopping bags Heels Phones
5	Meeting with directors around dining table	Everyone; 5 TOWIE stars, 1 director	Mid-shot Over the shoulder?	Cups of tea Scripts Biscuits on a plate Decorated table Cake stand
6	Georgia confiding in friend about relationship 1) hugging friend 2) on the phone	2 people	Over the shoulder, close up	Tissue Phone
7	1 person looking at clothes on the rail, other sitting down to fasten their shoe	2 people	Long shot Front view	Clothes rail and hung clothes Heels lined up under rail Bags  Pink chair Pink rug Big mirror
8	Getting ready in bathroom at the dressing table	1 person	Over the shoulder	Make-up Straighteners Fake tan Fake eyelashes Watches
9	Girls dressed up standing in a line	Everyone	Long shot	Dresses Heels
10	Standing in a circle with wine glasses	Everyone	High, bird’s eye view	Wine glasses, Blackcurrant squash Heels and dresses
11	Kim K perm	1 person- Mackie or fluff	Close-up	Blonde wig
12	Signing books and calendars Responding to tweets	2 people	Over the shoulder	Phone Marker pen Calendar Pile of books
13	Geordie shore girls’ ‘weight-loss’ sitting on exercise mat and ball	2/3 people- Mackie and Ellie?	Long-shot, front view	Dumbbells Gym mat Exercise ball Water bottles
14	Holding up a cake straight from the oven	1 person- Janie?	Front- mid shot	Cake in tin Oven gloves Hair rollers
15	Sitting on sofa	3/ 4 people	Front, mid-shot	Dressing gown Face masks Cucumber Hair rollers

 

Extra shots:

• Girls talking and laughing

• Lunch break (eating)

• Dressing room

• Dressing room door sign