Photo Planning

I'm going to have my friends Elise Jones, Georgia Waldron posing for my media magazine.I have asked and chosen these people as they all have an individual look about them, and look good on photos, They all mainly girls as they are the dominate gender in pop. The shots i want the most are Close-ups and Medium long shots with eye contact, this is so the reader/audience can capture there personalities through the image. I want Low angles so they appear powerful. For some images, i might have they facing away from the camera, for a different style of image, but if i do that i will use them for contents and double page spread. I have looked at the latest fashion trends/magazines, and also what the celebrities are wearing now in music videos.
Some examples of there apperance ect...
Elise:  Her hair will be extremely curly, (Her hair is brown too blonde ombre) I want her make-up to be more out there. E.g. Dark lipstick, lots of eye make-up. I want her appearance to be influenced by Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Rita Ora. I want her to have the cool, pretty, edgy look. All her tops will be black, and all her bottoms will be high waisted. ( Shorts/Tartan Trousers) 
Georgia Waldron: Her hair will be long and straight (also a light brown too ombre blonde.) I want her make-up to be bright and pretty, red lipstick. Her appearance will be influenced by people like Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, Pixie Lott. I want her too look sweet,popular,quirky and edgy. She will have different tops on, that are different colours on, that have strange/unique patterns on, showing how different she is.

I think by the way I will style there hair, make-up and costume l really fit with the genre on POP. Also no pop artists are a-like, so I want them to look slightly different to each other, and other  artists. So they are original and cool looking. 

Everyone in my magazine will be young adults/teenagers, and representing people from that age to be a little naughty and edgy, but they have fun, and showing its the best age to be. They will be mainly females, as i they are the most dominant gender in the Pop world, but i will include male as i want it too appeal to both men and woman. I want them to go through a range of different facial expressions. E.g. Shocked, Serious, Pouted, Cross eyes, Sticking there tongue out. Showing them as silly and fun, repeating the representation of young people that i want to get across.

The shots will be taken mainly inside my house, I am setting up a photo studio type thing in my room, so i can get a white background, and good quality images, also im using different lighting to see which effects work best.
I will also get different shots from outside, by brick walls, in the dark and with a bright flash making the image look white and different. 

Here are some examples of previous magazines front cover images, and Photoshoots celebrities have done. I am hoping i can get images like these.

Ive set out my plan in a table, so its a clear way for me to know what to do, and when. 

COLOUR SCHEME

I want my magazine to appeal to mainly females, i have thought up a colour scheme that would work best with the genre, what would look nice on a magazine, what colours work well, and what my target audience would like, this is what i came up with....

These are the main colours I want to use for my magazine. This image shows which background would go best with certain colours, and what backdrop colour I would use.  

The colours I've put are either black, white or pastel colours, this is because they look nice, and most girls prefer pastel colours to bold ones, as they are most elegant and look nicer against a black background/Dark image, however if i want something to be eye catching I will use neon or a bold colour(or a red background with black or white writing over the top seen above) instead.

Layouts for my Front Cover

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Here are my layouts for my front cover. I want them to be quite simple, as I want the image to be the main focus, so I have only put a little text around the page.

These layouts have been influenced by Dazed and Confused and ID magazine's front covers. This is because I like there layout, and in my questionnaire almost everyone I asked did too, and even though they use  high quality images, The images I am going/want to take will live up to that standard.

Results from my Questionnaire

AGE-
15 - 23 : IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII
24 - 35 :
36 - 44: 

GENDER-
Male : IIIII
Female : IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII

OCCUPATION-
Student : IIIII IIIII IIIII III
Waitress/Bar: IIIII II

SOCO-ECO-
A :
B :
C :
D : III
E: IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII II

MUSIC-
RnB : IIIII II
POP : IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII
HIP HOP : IIIII I
CLASSICAL :
ROCK: I
HEAVY METAL :
INDIE : II
DANCE : IIIII III
DRUM AND BASS : IIIII IIII
OTHER :


HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY?
£0.99 - £1.99 : IIIII IIIII IIIII I
£2 - £2.99 : IIIII IIII
£3 - £4 : 

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?
More Text : IIIII
Less Text :
More Images : IIIII IIIII IIIII
Less Images : I
Bit of Both : II II 

DO YOU GO ON MUSIC WEBSITES?

Yes : IIIII IIIII IIIII III

No : II IIIII

HOW OFTEN DO YOU BY MUSIC MAGAZINES?

Weekly : I

Monthly : IIIII

Fortnightly : IIIII IIII

Yearly : IIIII IIIII

WHICH LAYOUT DO YOU LIKE THE MOST?



BILLBOARD : I
ROLLING STONE : IIII
ID : IIIII IIIII
DAZED :  IIIII IIIII

BETTER NAME FOR A MUSIC MAGAZINE?
Influence : IIIII
Uncut : IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII

BEST FONT/MASTHEAD

1 : IIIII IIIII II

2 : III


3 : IIIII

4 : III


5 : II

6 :  IIIII
7 : IIIII
8 : IIII

9 : IIIII IIII

10: II

PIE CHARTS  (Click to enlarge)

Masthead Idea's

I have asked many people that are in my target audience which masthead would be the best name to call my magazine, The two that where chosen are UNCUT and Influence, so from that I've decided to create the masthead for my magazine using both UNCUT and influence, seeing which look the best.

These a font's I've used from Fireworks and online font websites, Some of them are quiet boring, however some may work for a music magazine.Some of the mastheads where created in fireworks, i used fonts such as 'Poplar STD' and 'Arial Black,' I added an image into these, making them abit different to the average masthead. I think some of the look really good, and professional and will work with my type of genre, also because i am looking at Dazed and confused (The music magazine) , they have used this style of masthead in previous issues, and i feel my masthead idea's have been influenced by them.

Representations in my music magazine

I am constructing a magazine that will represent and be based around the genre of Pop, I want my magazine to look and feature people who are meant to be in a Pop magazine, so because of this I want my magazine to represent both males and females, but focusing more at girls. This is because a lot of big well known artist are females, and more men and woman like them, These people are expected to be friendly,bubbly,edgy, positive and also approachable, they will be dressed in different/original clothes that go with the current fashion trend, Shopping at places like TopShop, American Apparel, Riverisland,Selfridges and other mainstream shops. The types of artists who look/dress and are well know in the pop industry are:

I also want them to be aged around 15-24, and shown in a positive way, making the audience want to be like them. I will represent all races, as i want my magazine to be mainstream and not for one group of people, However i don't want to look at religions, this is due to the fact that no pop artists sing about there religion, or have one so i don't think its necessary, Also because all pop stars have different backgrounds and life styles and i want that to come across in my magazine, giving the message that everyone is different and pushes boundaries and everyone still likes them, so people should be afraid to be different. I do not want to represent people who are rebel,devil worshipers (E.g Rockers/Heavy metal artists and bands) This is because i want my magazine to show bands and artists in a positive and nice youthful way, and representing people like Metallica and Bring me the horizon.

Ive chosen to do a Pop magazine, as its the genre I and a lot of other young adults listen too, making it a mainstream magazine. My magazine will focus on artists who are known worldwide, and up-coming artists. My audience will be people who spend there time going out to nightclubs/bars, enjoy spending time with friends, talking about new music/artist and enjoy going to big concerts such as the EMA's, Teen Choice, MTV and also big concerts held in places such as the O2 Arena.

Content Idea’s for my Music Magazine.

Interviews with musicians;

-Life stories

-New Albums

-Upcoming gigs/tours

-Images of them.

Advertisement;

-Gigs/Festivals/Concerts

-Fan Gear

-Websites

-Clothing for festivals

Audience Involvement;

-Competitions

-Questionnaires

-Audience suggest what articles/interviews they want

-Letters people send in.

Reviews;

-New albums

-New bands/artists

-Concerts and festivals

-New songs

Fashion Section;

-What they wore

-Where you can buy it.

-What not to wear/What too wear.

-Festival gear


MoodBoard:
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This moodboard shows  the contents of my magazine, the genre it focus's on (pop) and some sub-genre's I will also include (RnB) Also the types of artists i will look at, and the things the audience will want to read about in my magazine.

LIIAR Analysis

I've done a LIIAR analysis on Billboard, This is because its such a popular and successful magazine and it looks at the same genre i am. I want mine to be just as good as it, so if i analysis it i will know exactly what my magazine should be like and I also found out general information on Billboard.

LANGUAGE-

The layout is always based on the image and colours used on the front cover, this is used to target a certain audience, the magazine uses this to attract people who like the certain music shown in this magazine (Pop, RnB etc...) The Masthead is always located at the top of the magazine starting from the Top left to the top right, its either based behind or in front of the image this shows importance of the people featured in the magazine, the position this here so it’s the first thing the audience looks at and as it’s the first thing they look at its recognisable to them as well, then yours eyes are lead to the image then to the cover line which is the 2nd largest text on the front cover and also related to the image, the you're eye is led to any other text or images on the page, The layout is always full of text/information and images but never to cluttered, this communicates the bold, exciting and colourful style of the magazine

IDEOLOGY-

Billboard uses text, colour, layout to mirror what the magazine is about, showing the genre of the music and creating this using visual language, e.g. the masthead has been designed with big bold black writing in sans serif font and also apart from the capital B at the start in lower case letters, and have 3 blocked colours (red, yellow and blue) inside certain letters, this shows the audience that its not a serious magazine, that’s its fun and it also shows the music that is features in the magazine (such as pop, as when you thing of pop music you think of bold colours) The image also usually connects with the layout of the magazine and the colour scheme’s they use in that certain addition.

INSTITUTION-

Billboard was founded in Cincinnation November 1, 1894, by William h. Donaldson and James Hennegan.

AUDIENCE-

I researched and found that its read by more than 2.5 million people each month in 100 different countries around the world, but you can tell its more of a younger generation magazine, this is because of the different colours used and also the style of fonts, and how the magazine layout is shown, its in a eye catching and modern style which makes people who are teenagers want to look/buy it, I also found that its an mainstream magazine in America more than in the UK and it’s a magazine full of different genres of music, and because it uses the 3 main primary colours in the title and keeps it in the housing style, everyone, male and female will like it, and its an appealing magazine to all ages.

REPRESENTATION- 

This magazine shows a wide range of different artist/bands but its mostly Pop/Hip Hop/RnB music genres, the magazine gets the message across that Pop/Hip Hop/RnB music is the best music ever, and people should dress, and look like how the artists look and live like them, it portrays a certain lifestyle and its sending a message across to the audience that this is the best lifestyle to live, and this is how to look the coolest ect…