Main artist shoot

Yesterday I did my photoshoot for the front cover, these are the photos I liked best before editing. These photos could be used for my for my front cover, contents page or my article page. I have picked out the ones I felt worked best and which pages I could use them on.

I really liked the windswept hair in this photo and also the facial expression helps portray the attitude and personality I want my artist to have.

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I also want to create a sense of fun with my artist.

 

Potential photos for contents page

I have also taken photos of another artist I could use within my magazine on the contents page, and these are the photos I have got. My artist is called Tweetz and the genre of his music will  also fit the genre in my magazine. I decided to shoot the artist in a house with ripped wallpaper as this artist will also be quite edgy, quirky and from a similar background to my main artist. I thought I would use a male artist, as male artists can also appeal to my audience and I didn;t want my magazine to have too much femininity.

 This is the photo I want to use in my contents page, I like the pose of the artist and the whole composition of the photo. However this photo does break some of the music magazine conventions, as there is no direct address and no engagement with the reader, but I may use another photo that does use direct address.

I also really like the pose in this photo.

As my other photo didn't use direct address I may also use this photo in my contents page.

I then edited my chosen photos to how I would possibly like them to look in my magazine. This is one example of possible editing.

Potential Locations

In my magazine I will have a studio shoot for my front cover and then location shoots for the inside pages. I have thought about how I want my artist to be represented and also the image I want the artist to portray and researched into some locations were my artist could be. I have also considered any other artists that may be inside my magazine for instance in the contents page and thougth about the locations for their photos too.

My main artist, who will be featured in the article is indie, cool, controversial and quite rebellious. My artist will be known to have come from quite a less fortunate background, probably in London - not glamorous. Here are some shoots with locations that I feel could work really well with my artist.

 For the location shoot of my main artist I am thinking about shooting her in quite an urban, derelict setting and I think this will add to the rawness and edge of my artist. However I still want there to be focus on the style of my artist and what they are wearing. I also like the black and white look, but I don't want my pages to be dark so might use selective colouring and only show colours on certain parts of the photo.

I especially like the setting on this music video and is similar to the location I would like to have in my own location shoot.

Feedback 6/12/10

During production work - don't forget to post your progress ( with pictures of you working if you can) on here weekly.

Layout your pages and book your studio time for the week and the cameras for the weekend for your location shoots.

Miss McNulty

Fonts

I really like the handwritten/hand-drawn fonts on this magazine. I think this type of font could be a possibility for my own magazine.

 I also like the hand drawn fonts on this magazine and how it looks quite childish, but also trendy at the same time. I also like how the word Topshop has been drawn over the top.

With this magazine I like how the font is really plain and simple and the page isn't busy at all so the title stands out really well. This inspiring to the design of my own magazine, as I want it to look prefessional and sophisticated but also quite quirky.

I like the font here as I feel it matches the music genre of my magazine, I think it also compliments the style of my artist as she will be quite hardcore and rebellious.

Here are some possible fonts that I may consider  for the title of my magazine:

Hair and make-up ideas

Make-up
As I am aware that Topshop have launched a make-up range and Topshop is an extremely popular store for current trends, I researched some of the make-up trends at the moment. I really liked the way the smoky eyes looked on this model and I think it looks quite indie and also quite rock'n'roll, I think this would work well for my artist as I want her to come across as quite rebellious and cool at the same time. Here is a link to the video.
http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaticPageDisplay?catalogId=33057&storeId=12556&brdcrmb_trail=&identifier=dp2-the-ultimate-smokey

1) I would like my artist to have heavy make-up as it will make her look edgier .

2) I also really like the pink lips on Marina Diamandis, it looks really trendy and stylish.

Hair

3) On the cover I would like my artist's hair to be in a scruffy bun

Technologies I will use

Here are the technologies that I will need to use to do my project(hardware and software)

I will use InDesign to create the layout and pages of my magazine

I will use Photoshop to edit photos to mput in my magazine and maybe add interesting effects onto my magazine.

I will  and have been using Youtube to embed videos that I found for inspiration and research onto my blog.

I am using blogger to blog my progress and to show any planning or research that helps me with the development of my music magazine.