Photoshoot photos decided

The photos I have chosen for my...

This is the photo I am using for my magazine front cover. It is a good composition as the lighting bounces off the face well without having an over exposure. The lipstick matches the disco pants  and the title and other texts. This is effective as it appears as if the artist is handwritting to text herself.

This is the photo I chose for the contents page. I think it makes an impact on the page because one of the main factors is the wind effects on the hair. The lipstick being put on also tells a story drawing the ready in.

This is the photo I have chosen for the double page spead. It is similar to the Florence and the machine contents page image I have previously studied. I am planning on curving the text around her figure to draw the attention to the image and to make the page look a little more interesting. 

Photoshoot slideshow

Here is a couple of short slideshows that I put together to represent the main photos taken from the photoshoot I did with 'Scarlett Hudson' a teen pop sensation that wears red lipstick which match with the red disco pants and plain white top. The gleaming smile reflects on the positive image the magazine my magazine is trying to portray. The hair is very loose and bright blond to contrast against the bold red. 

In this video above it shows which photos were considered for my double paged spread. The whole idea came about as inspiration from the Florence and the Machine contents page as she her body is positioned slightly tilted in an odd posture. The text is then forced to flow around the image in order to create a bentlike effect which in my opinion makes a big impact. 

In this next video shown above it clearly shows the images considered for my rough cut front cover. I will in time photoshop the top of the hair on the ones with the lipstick placed in hand which will cover part of the title which is a common feature of my style model magazine NME.

Front cover development

I have recently decided to add use other bands and artists and ifs around the outside of the picture. These artists are: Coldplay, Lana Del Ray and Plan B which are all linking between the NME and Q genre. This emphasises that my magazine is trying to target young adults ages 15-24 who are interested in listening to indie/pop music. My target audience when being filmed where interested in backstage gossip and new information about the artists. I have therefore used subheading underneath the artists names saying text such as 'exclusive interview' and COLDPLAY 'on working with jay-z and rihanna. This font is different to the headings to show clearly it is saying something different and therefore standing out. It is also in different colours which makes the font stand out and easier to read. 

Today's work (Deciding on fonts and Colours)

Whilst starting my magazine front cover I have decided to firstly use the plan I have made for front cover. I used the title 'Anthem' as it spans the top of the page nicely and I have increased the height of the font. The Font is 'Elephant' which is quite old school classic cinema style. I have decided to continue using this font throughout some of my texts lower on the page for example in the text 'Plan B', 'Lana Del Ray' and 'Coldplay'. I have used a different font for other features which works well together with Elephant. This font is Berlin MT condensed. 

I have decided to continue using the idea of the font written in the same colour as the lipstick to appear as if the artist has written the text herself across the front page. For this handwriting styled text I have used 'Christopherhand' which was downloaded from dafont.com in order to create this handwritten effect. I used a red colour to adapt to the lipstick and I am also going to use this red colour during my whole magazine. I chose the red colour to reflect on the fact that her name is 'Scarlett' and I am interpretting NME magazine which uses the main title as a primary red colour. I have used inspiration from Q magazine as the bold red is used throughout for example in the magazine to the left they have featured Red for the quote above the headline, the classic Q title and the Free exclusive posters plug. 

I have used the typical Black and white contrasting colours as well as an unusual navy which works well with the contrasting red and therefore highlights the name used for the artist. 

I chose the last name of Hudson as it works well with Scarlett and is not too crazy to be over the top. 

Photoshopping

I have decided to impose the photo over the main title 'Anthem' which means I will have to cut around the hair at the top of the artists head in the image.

Here are some images I have princt screened of the process of photoshop by using main images. I had to use the tools blur, clone stamp, crop, cut and magnetic lasso to achieve the highest quality photos and to make the cutting out look effective enough.

Contents page photos

Today I took photos for my contents page in a variety of different places with all kinds of people. These adds diversity to my magazine but keeping the young teenage feel inspried by music magazines such as Q and NME. My target audience looks for bright colours and interesting compositions so I decided to include a saxaphone with a teenage girl in an interesting posisition to grasp the attitude and edgy feel. I alos took a close up of a boy in my class to post on the contents page and caption it 'all access artist Reece' to give something extra to the contents page. These are the photos:

Photoshoot

In my photo shoot I used my model in the studio to capture the correct lighting. Here is a photo from the photoshoot. I decided to use a tripod to achieve the right focus for the subject.