Features

•UPTOWN: I used the masthead on the contents page to link the front cover and the contents page together. I made it smaller so that it would not over power the contents page.

•CONTENTS: I made the contents big and bold so that it would stand out I didn't fill in the O’s as I thought that it would be too overpowering and that it looked better simpler especially because it is the biggest piece of text on the page.

•FEBRUARY   2014: I put the issue date directly underneath the ‘contents’ to again link it to the cover as I had also done this on the front cover.

•FEATURES: I put the features in a different font to make it stand out also because I wanted all my text to be in black I thought that this way it still had a chance to I also used this font on my front cover. Most of the features on the contents page is on the front cover. I chose not to have a lot of features on my contents page so that it would be very minimal and only the main features would be on the contents page.

•PAGE NUMBERS: the page numbers are the same font as the ‘features’ to link both of them together and so that the ‘features font’ wouldn't look out of place. I made the page numbers big and bold so they would stand out but, also for the headings and subheadings to be in line with it and so that the sizing wouldn't be too different. The starting page is Pg7 and, the last page is Pg76.

•JACI MONE: I used my artist interview as my first feature as I felt that she is the main story and that the readers may just want to find her article first.  The subheading is supposed to mimic a ‘plug’ so that some detail is given about the interview but not to too much so they would have to read the article.

•DEF RECORDS TOP 10: Def jam is a parent to DEF Soul records, one of the biggest R&B companies in contemporary times; this is why I chose to make a playlist by them.

•DRAKE FT.AALIYAH: I chose to have this feature to mix music genres in this case R&B and hip hop and to keep up with contemporary music as we see a lot of different collaborations.

•Uptown’s playlist: I took this idea from billboard who have a music chart in every issue of their magazine. The subheading below shows a few old skool artists.

•26 TRENDS FOR SUMMER: most magazines have small fashion features so I took that idea and incorporated in my magazine.

•MONEY HONEY: this feature is to show more into artist’s personal lives and controversial issues that arise in the music industry.

•KAYNE WEST: Kanye is a very dominant character in the music industry and has made a lot of hits with past songs, I included this feature because of his massive statement in the music industry and him leaving such a big music label and making his own as, some people may find this inspiring.

•UPTOWN.COM:I used to make a clear statement that this section was only for online information. I used the same the same colour filled masthead instead of leaving it plain because it linked back to the front cover.

•TALK TO US: I enforced the use of social media (twitter, Facebook) in this section because it would make positive publicity for the magazine and keep people talking about it, this way the magazine would make profit. The email address is there is there are any complaints and most likely to enter competitions as stated.

•EDITOR’S NOTE: I used the term ‘note’ instead of letter as most Editor’s letters are fairly long and I only wanted to give a brief introduction on what the issue was about and the events that took place during the month.

•T.HILL: I chose to put the heading and subheading new to the artist to show the link. If the heading was with the rest of the features I would feel like the image would have no meaning.