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Photoshoot planning

My main photoshoot is the most imporant as it is the one that I would need most images for and the one that will be used throughout the magazine. So to make sure that everything was perfect I did a lot of planning for it, not only in the artists and how I want my shoot to be like these ones, as you will see in another post, but everything from costumes, locations and models too.

COSTUMES

I wanted a couple of different outfit ideas, some a little more darker and some more floral and indie style, and these were the ideas I came up with. Luckily my model had a lot of the clothing needed.

SHOOT / LOCATIONS

My original plans for locations and poses that I wanted for my main feature were along the lines of what you can see above. I liked the bohemian, indie style for the artist, along with a little dark twist which I thought suited the style of my magazine. Unfortuinatly, due to the typical British weather things were not as simple as that and therefore things did not go to plan so my sunny, floral shots were a little different to planned but after a few tweaks ended up looking quite good!

Photo shoot 2#

Photos

Here are some of the pictures I took of a local band called Take Two. When attending one of their gigs I decided to take these to make them look realistic but also like they were professional and to show off the band. In the end I decided to use both pictures in the magazine

Drafts and logo

PHOTOSHOOT 1#

I really liked this picture and would have liked to have used it as my front cover image. My model is smiling and is positioned perfectly for the text and images to go around her, with a clear and neutral background. But after taking a closer inspection of this image you can see that part of her elbow is cut off. Though not a huge problem, you would not usually find this on a front cover shot. Next time I do a photoshoot of any kind I will definatly double check to make sure that all the shots I have, I have the choice of using, and make sure that they are decent before moving on.

This show is taken from a high angle, as my model sits in the church yard. It really makes for a good shot as she is looking straight at the camera with a clear view of her face which means that readers can instantly recoginse her without having to think so much about who is on the page.

I really like these two shots! My model seems happy and playful and is really attracting in the audience. The top photo is edited using a iPad app called ColorEffects, and I love the vintage, unique spin that it puts of quite a simple image; inhancing her dark eyes and adding a shine to her skin, while letting the location look mystical and appealing.

FONTS !!!

The font for a magazine is one of the most important things, especially for the magazine name. It is one of the first things that someone will look at so it has to be appealing, eye catching and rememberable! As my magazine is named Out It! I decided to test a few different fonts I found and see which one I liked and thought suited my magazine the best.







After doing this, I did the same for the two main feature artists in my magazine... until I decided on the ones that I liked the best.

Photo Shoot Ideas, Sucesses and Failures...!

When starting to plan this music magazine I had some basic ideas of what exactly I wanted to the photos to be like. To get a clearer understanding of what I wanted my photos to look like and of further ideas, I decided to do some research into it...

After trying to arrange a boy band for the front cover and main feature for my magazine, I realised that it was going to be a lot harder to arrange than I first thought. This was everything from finder boys to play the part that actually looked the part and find a time that we could get them all together at the same time to do the shoot. After some serious replanning, I decided to go with a single girl for my front cover and main feature, instead of a folk boy band. I already have a model ready to do the shoot and the ideas planned for her. A rock solo girl called Remi. Her personality would be based around peoplpe like Taylor Momsen, Avril Lavigne and Eyes Set to Kill.
Before I went any further with planning the shoot or actually doing the shoot, I looked into the sort of photos these examples did for press releases, magazine shoots, merchandise and advertising.

TAYLOR MOMSEN

Taylor Momsen's look is very in at the moment with the leather jackets, shorts, boorts and heels. Her signature dark eyes and blonde curls that make her look feminin aside from her intense look. She does a mixture of shots, but though they are posed, they end up looking very natural yet intense and serious... When looking through Momsen's photos a common factor they all have is she nearly always will be looking at the camera. Not only does this suit her personality and the intense feel of the photoshoots, but it also helps her audience to feel contected to her. This is carried through into her magazine and CD covers.

 Here you can see that she continues to use her trademark dark eyes. This makes Momsen instantly recognisable. Her rocky, yet girly, clothing is carriedon. She does not change and that is what makes her so successful. She changes her style to trends, but not to change her character.

The things that I am going to take from these ideas are Taylor Momsen's intense look. There are not that many female rockier singers so Momsen is a well known name, along with her band The Pretty Reckless. Another thing I am going to include when doing my photo shoot is the trademark look of her makeup.

 

 

 

 

 

Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne is a name that, I amguessing, everyone will know who reads my magazine, even if they do not particularly like her music. She has been going for more that 10 years now, so I guess she must be doing something right.
Her type of music is a little different from Momsen's but she has the same sort of look. She is character of rock-pop. With these two different audiences, she has a fun side as well as an intense one and this is shown through the photoshoots and such that she takes part in...

 What I am going to tke from Avril Lavigne is the diversity of her shots. She can do everything from serious and sexy to fun and playfully. As Remi will be my main feature article on my double page spread, I want the reader to be able to see a few different sides to her in the magazine.