preparation on taking photos (music magazine cover)

before taking pictures we had to sort costumes , props and locations for our shots.

costumes and make up:

i decided on this costume because it a bit of a rock chick and black is a more gothic metal look

as you can see Sophie (my model) is wearing a dress with cut out shoulders giving a more rock and roll look and feel to the look, as well as boots and jeans which work well together as its not something that wouldn't be worn together normally.

doc martins are a popular brand with alternative music artists such as metal heads and goths wear them as they are ideal and look awesome.

skinny jeans are another poplar item of clothing with gothic and emo fashion as they are tight and go with most things.

the make up i used look worn and used as more of a 'i don't care' look and feel to it showing that this magazine isn't for not perfect plastic , this shows a more of a realistic representation of an artist as Sophie (my model) isn't covered in makeup and wearing false eyelashes this shows the more human side to artist showing that they are just normal people like us.

the hair like the make also has a attitude and 'i don't care' feel to it . as to make it look more rock chick and alternative . making the artist look more real and human.

music magazine (process)

before i took my photos for my music magazine i took a few shots before i decided what exactly i wanted my cover image to be here of some of my tester shots:

Music Magazine Cover

My Magazine cover

the reason i have used red as a primary colour on my magazine cover is that the colour red is s metaphor for seduction, danger and excitement.

          

for the image colour and style i have used a sin city sort of theme to show a rebellious side to the magazine, this show that my magazine is more of a 'niche' magazine appealing to a more alternative music audience.

i have also used red in the eyes and lips to show danger and this shows more of a unique side to this magazine cover catching the audiences attention.

this is this image i used , i used this angle and shot type as i looks alternative compared to the average pop music. whereas metal / rock music magazines show more attitude in the photos as to show more of a realistic side to the artists and bands , making them more like your friend instead of someone who's too famous to even know you. this appeals to more down to earth people. this is why i decided to use this shot as i think it shows attitude aswell as a rock chick look and feel about it.
even though she isn't facing the audience they feel a connection as they can relate to her in the way she dresses or even the way she looks.

my music magazine contents page (Plan)

i have looked at a number of Mojo magazine music magzine contents pages and iv decided to use this contents page as my inspiration and starmodel magazine because it looks like what you would expect to see in a metal/rock music magazine the use of colours gives this magazine contents page an alternative look and feel. which is exactly what i want for my magazine as its targeted for a simmar audience.

Music Magzine Cover Plan (Text and headings)

My Music Magzine Cover Plan

 

My music magzine 'Metal Manic's' layout and title is based partly on the 'metal hammer magzine' and text used for 'the physchomoks'

Metal Hammer magzine Cover title:




my magzine cover band is based on 'Slipknot's' band logo. Which is also of the same genere (heavy metal/death metal) as my band to my ideal cover band ' The Pyschomoks'
 

 
         

My cover Plan

 

my music magzine cover image plan (photo)

My Music magazine cover image

As my cover Image i found this image on pintrest which i want to base my image on , my image will be in black and white but with the eyes and make up in colour like a sin city style image. this style will give of a danger and old fashioned feel to for those who know the well known film will instantly known that the image aswell as representing the band as being abit rebelsious, like the women in sin city will also know that its a black and white film with alot of action and explosions

(my cover idea)

(sin city style)

plan of my photo shoot for music magazine

Cover image
i plan to take my photos for my cover on next friday in our media room because i want to use a plain background so that my text and heading are easily seen on the photograph.
i have sorted with my model (sophie) times and clothes that she Should wear for the shoot.

Contents Page
for my contents page i want to take my shots in liverpool so i will have to plan when i can go to liverpool and take my photos after i have taken my cover photo.