Planning

Decide on front cover images

• Solo female artist sitting on a chair backwards
• Low angle full body shot (tilted frame?)
• Background is red curtain behind
• Lighting is dimmed with white light coming in from above right side or up lights
• Wearing a dress and heels with smokey eyes. Hair will be up with a quiff

Write the coverlines for the front cover

• Main coverline to go with picture – Who died and made R’n’B queen?
• Young soul rebels
• Guns and gangsters
• Cheryl (Cole)
• Mr and Mrs
• West Coast VS East Coast
• Plus: Rhianna, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, T-Pain

Write the text for the contents page

Regular Content

• Your R’n’B - Fans Letters
• Gig guides
• N-dubz monthly column
• Celebrity for a day – Coverage of a day in the life of a celebrity ( celebrity will change each issue)
• Final Beat – inside back page question and answer with a R’n’B celebrity fan (the celebrity each month will change)
• For the record – With an artist in a recording studio (artist will change with each issue

Features

• Person of the month - Celebrity interview
• West Coast VS East Coast – who won?
• Stars on the rise - new artists to look out for in 2010
• Beyonce and Jay Z- the most powerful couple in R’n’B today
• Can Cheryl (Cole) go it alone?
• Pimp my ride – Celebrity cars
• Guns and gangsters – Does rap influence violence?
• Just beat it – Best dancers in R’n’B
• 10 years on - best music from this decade
• Bootylicous – the most powerful women in R’n’B to date
• P Diddy - The story behind his fame
• Tupac and Biggie
• Young soul rebels – Can music solve all?
• Whitney Houston – The true price of fame, is it really worth it?
• Tagged – The best art around
• Icons of their time - A life in pictures and music Michael Jackson ( regular feature celebrity will change each issue)
• Icons - The icons of the generations
• Hip Hop or R’n’B? – You decide

List the images for the contents page

• More pictures of the main cover image – one full body shot standing up holding chair leaning forward, another medium close up sitting sideways on chair legs swinging and wearing same clothes, shoes and make up
• Image of a boy in a hat and hoodie facing away from the camera
• Girl in heels and normal day clothes on stairs

Decide the article you are going to write for your double page spread and photograph you will

need

N-Dubz: Rise to Fame

Double Page Spread sketch

Front cover sketch

Contents page sketch