Original Images

Here are all of the images I took for my magazine, as you can see, some of my images are very dark. Because of this, I had to edit them to make them more visible and better for my magazine. Some images are out of focus, therefore I will not use them for my magazine. I enjoyed doing the photoshoots, I learn a lot, from adjusting lighting  to posing my models how I wanted them and making sure they were comfortable posing for me. If your model is not relaxed, they will not pose how you want them to and you won't get the images you want. I found it important that I not only got images of the girls and also a boy so, so that it balanced out the genders. If i was to do0 the hotshots again I would make the ones on the black backgrounds of the girls much brighter. I would do this by adjusting the lighting. This would have saved me time editing them in photoshop.

Masthead Creation

Here are some examples of popular music magazine mast heads. I like the idea of them all being quite plain and simple. This makes them easy to read on almost any background. I understand the reason for a large bold font for the magazine masthead, however I prefer the more subtle mastheads such as Billboard and the more artistically created mastheads such as the rolling stones example. I feel through creating a more original and unique masthead my magazine will stand out more successfully to the target audience. Thus potentially selling more copies and being more memorable.

Here is an example of fashion magazine mastheads. The fonts are all extremely similar and might even be the same font. I like the style of these mastheads and will look into doing something similar with mine creating a hybrid based on the styles of popular music magazines and feminine lifestyle magazine. This font is feminine and sophisticated which would make it appealing to women in social grades A-C1. Because mine is aimed mainly at younger women and males also, I would go for a more youthful typography style.

Experimenting with typography styles

Here are some fonts I found in examples of my masthead name I like these examples an I think I may use a similar style for my magazine front cover. This style is very similar to the fashion magazine mastheads.

Photo Planning

For my front cover, I will use a medium closeup. I would like one similar to this as it is simple, yet the makeup, and outfit is bold. The image consists of 2 main colours, Navy and red. This will set the colour palette for the rest of the magazine. I will do this with my front cover image and incorporate the clothing colours with my colour palette. I like the angle of this image also, because it is unusual.

This particular image, is more natural and less posed. I would use an image like this for my contents page. I will use more than one picture on my contents page, to break up the text. This image would go well with the one of Adele (above) as it also includes the colour red, fitting with the colour palette  The background colour could be easily changed to navy too. This image features a low angle shot. I like the way this image comes across and i feel the angle makes Taylor Swift look powerful. 

The image above is very simple and perfect for a double page spread, it is and eye-level shot showing the model as they would be seen in real life to the naked eye. For my double page spread, I will use one main image like the one above, or one like the one to the right. The image to the right shows a wide shot with a slight low angle view. Most double page spread articles which include the same artist as the one on the front cover, usually keep the same colour palette used in on the front cover image.  Double page spread images tend to take up a whole page, usually the page on the right hand side. The article to go with the image goes on the left hand side.

This image shows the music side of things, yet is more posed, I could use an image similar to this as a contents or double page spread image. This is a long shot, it shows the model's whole body, this would be a good image for a double page spread or contents page. My contents page should feature 2-3 images. However, I may challenge codes and conventions by using only one main image.

Main Artist Profile

The main artist profile for my double page spread/front cover will be a new, young, successful artist. Around a similar age, maybe older than my target audience itself. I will use class, age, gender and ethnicity to help build my character to fit my magazine style and it's audience. This will help create the perfect artist for my magazine. The artist I wish to create will be aged 17-25 and most likely female. This is the perfect age range for my target audience to be interested in, also the correct gender of interest too. My artist will be social grade C1-E class. Ethnicity will be British, this is because that is the type of artist most voted for in my survey. I would like my artist to be represented in a good way, instead of the bad stereotypical way that young adults are seen in. My artist will be just like any other young adult who has worked their way to the top and earned what they have. My artist will be mature for their age, creating a positive representation of young people and intriguing adults, making them change their opinion on teens and young adults.

An example of a young British artist is Rita Ora, I would like to base my artist on someone like her. Another artist I like is Willow Smith, however she is not British, but she is young, therefore fits the representation I want to convey.

Double Page Spread Flat Plan

Contents Page Flat Plan