SECOND SESSION ON MUSIC MAGAZINE COVER.



After my second session on Adobe Indesign you can see that I have changed and added many things to my cover now and it is starting to look a lot more bold and colourul and also a lot more like a front cover of a pop music magazine.

I am now really liking how the look is coming along to my magazine cover even though I still have more changes to make to it which I will do in my next session of using Adobe Indesign.

I have also now added a bit more detail to my poster at the top of my front cover which I will add to my cover on my next session using Adobe Indesign. I think now, you can make out that it is supposed to be a poster more than the one that is on my cover atm and by adding more detail to it, it now looks a lot more bold and effective.

FIRST SESSION ON MY FRONT COVER



This is after my first session on creating my front cover using Adobe Indesign. I have been removing the background to my main image for the previous session which took longer than I thought it would.

At the moment, I am not happy with how it looks but I will be rearranging and adding more things on my next session.

MY CHOSEN MAIN IMAGE.

This image above is my chosen main image for my music magazine front cover.

I have chosen this image out of the many that I took on my photo shoot as I think it represents them best as a girl band and also you can clearly see their costumes, their expressions are the similar but it looks like they have different personalities due to the way they use their expressions, they all have the same pose which creates the togetherness that a girl band have and also the tights make the image stand out so it would be an effective bold front cover by using this image which is what I am aiming to achieve. I will need to remove and edit the background a bit though to make it an overall successful image for my main image for my front cover of my magazine.

MY PHOTO SHOOT PHOTOS.

On My Photo Shoot, I tried to get the best pictures I could and the type of pictures i was aiming for. I found it a bit difficult because there wasn't much space and the lighting wasn't the best. I got a variety of pictures and I got quite a few of each. I tried thinking of different camera angles and different poses for the models to give it variety.



This photo to the right is a subsidiary picture that is going to represent a cover story inside the magazine of a new 'celebrity pop music' couple as 'Meg from the Sundays' is now with a former member of 'The Found; Jordan'.

I think it does look like a couple even though it was hard to try and make them look like band members but it will be a subsidiary image so it will be quite small anyways.

These pictures to the left are pictures of my models that I chose that could either be a main image or an image inside the magazine on the doubt page spread. I tried to get them all looking the same and legs crossed the same way to give them a scence togetherness  and I also chose to dress them simialr, just in different colours to try and show that they are a girl band by having similarty between them all.

                                                                                   



The one out of these two photos that I think is the best, is the one to the left here. I think this because all of the girls are smiling which creates a positvie attitude to the photos which I think makes it look more effective.

Again these images could be used as either my main image or an image on the double page spread inside.




These two photos to the right are copies of a photo that i have previously shown on my blog by the Saturdays. I thought that if i tried to copy one that has already been done by a proffesional then it would look more effective. I am quite happy with these photos as you can tell they are meant to be like the one below and I think their costumes represent them to be similar too.

I think either one of these two could be used as my main image but I think I like the top one more as they all have better expressions and it looks more organised than the one to the right here.

Again these images on the left could be used either for my main image or double page spread.

I really like these images. I like the fact that they all have a sence of similarity and the tights really stand out from the black which makes it look really effective along with the different heels.Their expressions are also similar and like many girl bands they are all represented as similar in clothes and expressions etc on pictures.

I think i prefer the one above as the girls are smiling which represents the girl band in a positive way which is what i want. I am happy with the colours and costumes as they are bold which would make the image stand out.

These 3 images on the right are the most successful out of all of my images I think. I think that one of these images would be the most effective as my main image as you have all of the girls together, all looking simialr like most girl bands do on photo shoots, the costumes look really good, expressions look effective and they are overall bold images.


I tried to take the images at different angles to create variation to see if it may look better at certain angles.


I am happiest with these photos and I think the girls look their best on these.

     











Overall, I am really pleased with the pictures I have gained from my photo shoot. I think i got many successful images. I found a few problems whilst trying to get successful images; Lighting, space, getting people together but overall I think i have had a postive outcome. I do need to sort out my background on most of the images but other wise I think I have got the all of the images and the type of images that I need.

PHOTO PLANNING.

Date and time	5th December 2O1O
Image Description	Pop Girl Band
Shot location	Front Room With A White Background
Props	Sofa, Costumes, Jewellery, Table
Plan of shots	Main Image. 1) the 5 girls stood in a line together in their costumes of a black dress, coloured tights and high heels, with hand on their hips facing me. 2) all girls positioned on and around a table; 3 sat on the table and 2 girls sat in front of the table. All looking at me and smiling. 3) the 5 girls all in their costumes lying down on the floor with hands on their chins, looking to the right and legs crossed behind them. 4) 5 girls sat on a sofa in their costumes. 3 on the actual sofa and 2 on the arms of the sofa. looking at the camera with their legs crossed to the right and hands on their knees. Subsidiary Images. 1) introduce a male model as well as one from the girl band to have as an inside story of a new 'music couple together' as one of the girls from the girl band gets with a boy from a boy band. picture of the girl and the boy hugging (looking like they are a couple) 2) for a poster;  for the girls, have a topless guy from a boy band.

FRONT COVER IDEA.


This cover above includes the masthead and slogan that I have chosen with help from my questionnaire results; POPSTARZ being the masthead and 'check it out!' being the slogan. I have also included an example of a main image of my chosen girl band image. it also included different sell lines and will have different colours too with 2 subsidiary images. I think this is an effective music magazine front cover.