Chris Briant WGSB AS Media Studies
First Photo Shoot
I am happy with a lot of the pictures that I have taken, as I believe these images can be suitable for my contents page and double page spread. However, I realised that the pictures taken in my first photo shoot didn't really reflect pop music, and these are shown below.
So I decided to do another photo shoot, so that I could take pictures that actually reflect my genre of music. This is because the original photos look more like lifestyle magazine pictures which doesn't suit the type of magazine I am creating, so I decided to research in more depth what type of photos are taken for magazines such as "Q" which I am aspiring to make my magazine look like. I discovered that for my genre of music, the emphasis on beauty rather than expression is more important as image is a key part of pop music. This differs from male models on magazine covers. I also learned that a medium close up to close up is more suitable for a pop magazine if my model is alone. An error I made when taking pictures the first time, was that in two of the photos my model had her hand on her hand which, from research I gathered, isn't suitable for a magazine front cover, especially a pop magazine. Also, I took a picture where my model was looking away from the camera which is rare in magainze front covers, so I stayed away from the idea as it would make my magazine look more like a lifestyle magazine.
The pictures I decided to use for my front cover was DSC_0325, and for my contents page, one of the pictures I decided to use was DSC_0322.
Below is the picture that I chose to use to display on the front cover of my music magazine. The picture connotes the pop genre of music as the model has heavy make-up on, and is wearing clothing that reflects the pop genre. As well as this, the background is plain and doesn't distract the audience from the model who is the centre of attention in this picture.
Below is the picture I chose to use for my contents page of my music magazine. The picture is focused on the main model of the magazine who also appears on the front cover of my magazine, and demonstrates pop genre features with the heavy make-up, like the front cover picture, and the clothing that reflects the pop genre appropriately. As well as this, a guitar is in the foreground of the picture, and this effectively displays to the audience looking at the picture that the model plays an instrument, and connotes the pop genre of music successfully.