This is my work so far, with the picture added.

At the moment, this is the picture I'm going to be using for my front cover.

research and planning: pictures.

I tried different people at the front of the picture, In the end I have decided to use Connor at the front (the one in the red checked shirt) because he is smallest and I can bring him more forward to make him look about the same size.

planning and research: makeup

I have been looking into makeup because I have female models in my work. I need to use dark makeup and make it stand out.

The top two double page spreads have pictures on the left hand side, this is how I am going to do mine, I think it looks better than the bottom two with pictures on the right hand side.

planning and research: contents

This is my contents page so far, I still need to add more text and pictures. My text may need to be smaller but I will do more to it first and then work on the sizes when its nearly finished.

research and planning: double page spread

I've been looking at a few double page spreads from different magazines, to see if I can decide how I would like mine to look. This is a double page spread from NME magazine.

On this double page spread, the picture is on the right hand side of the page, In my magazine I want the picture to be on the left side.

I've been thinking about the double page spread and I need to come up with a story to match the picture on the spread like the one abouve of Biffy Clyro. My picture, hopefully, will be stood on a fishing peer, so I've been thinking of different stories to go with it. At the moment I've got "we've been thrown in at the deep end" I really like this one, but I'm going to carry on thinking of different ones.

research and planning: makeup

My main picture that will be on my magazine will be a boy band but I'm also going to have girl models for different pictures on the bottom of my front cover and contents page. I've done an example on myself on how I would like the makeup to look on these models.

research and planning: Kerrang research

I found out that 'Kerrang!' is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper. Named after the onomatopoeic word that derives from the sound made when playing a power chord on an electric guitar, Kerrang! was initially devoted to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the rise of hard rock acts. In the early 2000s it became the best-selling British music newspaper.




Ive been looking at different front covers, contents page's and double page spreads to help me with my work.

planning and research: weekend plan

This weekend I was going to take my photo's for my magazine, unfortunatly, it rained which rewind my plans. I don't want it to be a rainy picture so I'm going to have to take the photo's one night this week. Instead I have done some research into different rock magazines online. http://www.kerrang.com/  this is the link to the website of my insperational magazine. This is the magazine that has influenced my decisions. Here is a picture of Kerrang magazine.

planning and research: Magazine

Here is an update on how my magazine is looking, I still need to take my photo's.

planning and research: Magazine

This is the start of my magazine.
For the rest of the week I plan to add more features to the magazine,.
This weekend I'm going to take my pictures, so I can add them to my magazine next week.

planning and research: location

I took the camera home this week and went to take some test shots of where I could take my pictures. I found some good places for my photo shoot.

Research and Planning: colour scheme

Red, black and white are my colours I've chosen for my magazine, they are iconic colours for the rock genre.

Research and Planning: model head shots

  In this shot, my model looks too happy. On the front cover of my magazine, this would look really strange as he does not have the typical 'rock band' look. Maybe with the appropriate clothing and pose, he would look good in my magazine.

 The girl in this picture would suit more of a alternative magazine rather than my rock magazine.

 I think the girl in this picture is a great example of the type of girl I'm looking for, for my contents page. The silly pose looks good and makes the magazine more interesting rather than all serious pictures.

 The guy on this picture is the perfect person for my magazine, I'm going to use him for part of my magazine I think. I like his pose on this picture too.

 On this picture, my model looks too happy for my magazine. He doesn't look like my target audience and I don't think my target audience would buy the magazine if he was on the front cover.

 My model in this picture looks like my target audience and would look good on my magazine, maybe because of the stubble and darker hair

 The girls on the right of this photo don't match my genre, but the girl on the left would look good with the appropriate clothing, hairstyle, makeup and pose.

 The girl on this photo is the perfect look for my magazine, and I definitely want her in some part of it. I love her pose, makeup and hair. I think she will appeal to my audience.

 This photo is me, therefor wouldn't work in my magazine. I don't think I have the 'right look' for a rock magazine anyway.

 

This picture is another picture of a girl from before, she is now doing a serious pose, I think both poses look good and I will have to do more head shots of her to see which she suits more.

Research and Planning: model poses.

for this post, I'm going to focus on one rock band. I'm going to look at all the different poses they do during different photo shoots.

 this picture is one of the only pictures in colour, they have used a mid shot in this picture, and the pose is quite serious.

 In this picture, there has been a blue int added to it and a masthead, I'm not looking to use a picture like this, with these effects but I like the light-hearted pose in the picture, making the reader warm to the band instantly

 This picture is in black and white which I like, but I think the black and white puts a serious edge to the picture. They have used a long shot which I like and the pose is more serious. In context, I think the prop looks good, in my photo shoot, I could replace the baseball bat with a guitar.

 This is a medium close up of the lead singer. I want my lead singer to stand out in my pose, I could maybe have my lead singer doing a more eye catching pose than the other band members.

 I love the use of props in this photograph. It gives the serious pose a light hearted feel and is interesting to look at.

This less serious pose makes readers instantly warm to the band, making it a great front cover.


- In my photo shoot, I'm going to take a few pictures of different poses and in the end choose the best one. At the moment I want to use a less serious pose with a few funny faces to make my magazine stand out.

Research and Planning: Plan For The Week

This week I need to do the following things.

-print out my model release forms and look for definite models.
-take head shots of possible people.
-look into different poses that my models could do.
-view different locations for my photoshoot

planning and research: makeup

All my models are going to be male for my magazine, so I think I'm going to ask a few of them to wear makeup. I'll take some makeup with me and do it for them before the photo shoot.

research and planning: SLR Camera shots

Inside Shots

In this shot, Bethan did a serious pose, I told her to do this because I wanted to do a close up, I think the picture looks really good because its quite clear. Her face is really clear in comparison to the background, I think this looks good. To make it better, i would make sure the background looked better.

In this picture, Danny is doing more of a fun pose. I made this a medium-long shot because he was sat on the stairs, so I wanted some of the background to be involved. I think this is quite clear yet again and would be a good picture for my magazine.

Outside Shots

In this picture, Bethan is again doing a serious pose, but this time I used a mid shot to make it look more realistic. I don't think this picture of Bethan is quite as good as the one of her inside as the colours aren't as sharp.

I really like this photo as I think the colour is bright and its a really clear picture. It's a medium long shot and Karishma is in the background.