Camera angles for my Music Magazine

When taking my photographs, I will use a variety of camera angles. These will be a medium close up shots and long shots. I will also take high angle and low angle shots. I will then review these photos to decide which is more suitable. I will need to ask Mr Liddell for permission to use the camera.

Props for my Music Magazine

I will not use any props in my photoshoot due to the fact that I prefer to convey that the photographs are music related though other ways (such as the style of which the photos will be). Some of my style model magazines have issues where their artist does not have a prop such as VIBE and Billboard:

Location for my Music Magazine

I will take the photographs for my magazine in the school hall. This is due to the fact that I can take these pictures against the white wall and therefore, I will be able to take out the background easily. I will need permission from the school caretaker to be able to use the hall for the location of my shots.

Costume for my Music Magazine

In the photos I am going to take, my actor will wear a costume that suits the pop genre. This costume will consist of a white shirt, black jeans, and braces. This costume is similar to the clothing of artists who feature in music magazines that I have researched. The costume of my actor will look like this:

Actor for my Music Magazine

I have arranged for Jordan Lloyd to be the actor who features in my magazine. This is due to the fact that Jordan's dress sense suits the style of my magazine. I will have these pictures taken by next Wednesday. Here is a picture of Jordan:

Conclusions based on research

Conclusions based on research

From my research analysing current music magazines, I now know the layout of which my magazine will need to be in. From this, I will be able to create a suitable music magazine cover. Therefore, my music magazine will be aimed at men aged 17-24 and the genre of this magazine will be pop as pop is the genre of music I listen to and also because I really like the style. Their social status will be young professionals and the price will be £5 which is the same price as the magazine "Q" which focuses on a similar genre of music. My work will now concentrate on preparing a photo shoot for appropriate original photos for my artist to feature on the front cover and contents page. My next posts will look into the Mise en Scene for this photo shoot, particularly; my actor, costume, props, camera angles and a record of my time management. 

Research-NME

NME-Research

'NME' is another one of my possible style models due to the fact that I like layout of this magazine. It used to cost £2.50, however, according to this article http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/article/1354692/nme-become-free-magazine-63-years 'NME' magazine is now free because they can make money though advertisement. New issues are published weekly and has distribution figures of about 300,000. 'NME' is made by 'Time Inc.UK'. Its audience are men aged 17-30 and includes bands such as Oasis, Blur and Arctic Monkeys.

Research-Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone 

This magazine is a potential style model of mine because I like the layout of it. 'Rolling Stone' frequently costs about £3 and issues are published every two weeks. 'Rolling Stone' is made by 'Wenner Media' and it has distribution figures of 1.5 million. Its audience is 15-24 year olds with its content being largely pop culture. Artists who have appeared on this magazine include; Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Jay-Z.

Research-Billboard

"Billboard"

This magazine interests me as I like the style. Due to this, 'Billboard' is one of my possible style models. This magazine usually costs around £5 and issues are published monthly. It has printed 172 volumes. 'Billboard' is made by 'Prometheus Golbal Media' which is a New York City based business-to-businesses company. This magazine has distribution figures of about 48,000. Billboard's audience is from teenagers to young adults as it provides music from a vast array of genres. The artist who feature in Billboard include; Bruno Mars, Beyoncé and Eminem.

Research-Q

"Q"

This magazine interests me due to the fact that I enjoy some music from the genre included in it. Therefore, "Q" is one of my possible style models. "Q" magazine usually costs £5, with magazines being released monthly. To date, it has printed 353 issues. "Q", like "Kerrang!" is made by the Bauer Media Group and has distribution figures of around 100,000. Q's target audience is people in their 30's and 40's. Also, "Q" has readers that are 65% male. An example of artists who feature in Q are people like Ed Sheeran, Cheryl Cole and Lady Gaga.

Research-Kerrang

"Kerrang!"

This magazine interests me. I don't listen to the genre of music this magazine is of however, I do really like the style and font as I believe it is very eye catching. Due to this, the magazine "Kerrang!" is one of my possible style models. The price of "Kerrang!" is usually around £2 and the magazines are published weekly. To date 1594 issues have been printed. The company which creates "Kerrang!" is called "Bauer Media Group". This is a very big institution which has a revenue of over €2 billion. The magazine has distribution figures of 30,300. "Kerrang!"'s audience are middle class, aged between 19 and 24 with 60% being male and 40 % being female. The bands/artists who feature in "Kerrang!" are usually global stars such as "My Chemical Romance", "Slipknot" and "Paramore". 

Research-Music Magazine Cover Examples

"Rolling Stone"
Target Audience-Young readers
Genre-Multi Genre

"Top of the Pops"
Target Audience-Young girls
Genre-Pop

"Billboard"
Target Audience-Everyone
Genre-Multi genre

"Vibe"
Target Audience-Young urban followers of Hip-Hop culture
Genre-R&B and Hip-Hop

"NME"
Target Audience- Men aged 17-30
Genre- Rock

"Q"
Target Audience- People aged 30-40
Genre- Pop & Rock

"KERRANG!"
Target Audience- people aged17-24
Genre- Rock

Completed Cover Page and Contents Page

Contents Page 7

Now I have added a fourth yellow box using the rectangle tool to ensure that the layout of my contents page is tidy. I have also assed text in the top left corner using the same issue number and season and that on my cover page. This is to keep constantly throughout my magazine. Also, I realised that the cover page of a magazine is page one and therefore edited the text in the "Contents" box to read "2-3.Best ever GCSE results" rather than "1-2.Best ever GCSE results".

Contents Page 6

I have now added a 3rd yellow box to my contents page using the rectangle tool. In this box, I have placed text with the title "A word from the head". I did this to decrease the amount of empty space on my page. However, due to this not being an essential aspect, the text in the box just says "blah....." repeatedly.

Contents Page 5

I have now used the rectangle tool to create another yellow box. I then used the text tool to add information as to what is in the magazine. I also preferred the name of the school being on the right hand side and therefore, I changed it.

Contents Page 4

I have now added the name of the school in text onto my contents page. This uses the same font, text and colour as the title on my cover page however, it is smaller due to the fact that it does not have to be as predominant.

Contents Page 3

I have now used the paint bucked tool on my contents page. The background is now exactly the same orange colour as my title page to keep a consistent house style.

Contents Page 2

I then added a box around the picture by using the rectangle tool to ensure that my contents page is organised. This box is the same yellow colour as the one on my cover page to keep the house style.

Contents Page 1

I opened photoshop for my contents page. I created a new page and made the size of the page have a width of 42cm and a height of 59.8cm. This is due to the fact that this is the size of a portrait A4 piece of paper.

I then created a new layer from background and after that, added the three pictures that I wanted to use for my contents page.

Trainspotting assessment

The scene begins with a shot of a man lying on the floor. This shot uses non-diegetic sound in the form of a voice over to set the scene and to give an insight into the mind of this character. He then stands up and his digetic loud footsteps are heard as he runs to increase the pace of the scene. There is also parallel digetic music being played which makes the set seem more horrible due to it being a rough noise. The man then uses digetic dialogue when having a conversation with another character about quitting drugs, stating "I'm finished with that shite". His Scottish accent and vulgar language creates an audience's opinion on the character to be an angry and violent person. The dialogue between the two characters is used to create comedy due to them talking about irrelevant things such as "Sean Connery". The titles of "Trainspotting" then roll in the next shot with a loud non-digetic train noise being heard to make the audience more analytical, questioning what connection the film has with trainspotting. The train noise then softens into silence while the titles are still in shot. During this, a door being opened is heard and this is used to create a sound bridge between the titles and the next shot where a door is being opened (meaning that the sound is digetic). Non-digetic music is used during this scene. This music is happy and upbeat, meaning that it is contrapuntal because the non-digetic voice over that is also being heard is talking of disgusting things (starting the effects of quitting drugs). The scene ends with a shot of the main character being given pills by another character and him abruptly saying "what the fuck are these?" to create a comedic effect.

Magazine Cover 7

I have now added more text under the masthead which says "Issue 1". This is to show that this is a magazine.

Magazine Cover 6

I have now added an image into the yellow box. This is the logo for 'The Wedding Singer' which is the show being referenced in the text in the box.

Magazine Cover 5

I have now added a yellow box to my magazine cover using the rectangle tool and put text inside that box which gives an insight into what is in the magazine (the text being the same colour and font as my masthead and subtitle).

Rectangle Tool

Magazine Cover 4

I have now added a subtitle to my cover page. This subtitle is the same colour and font as the text in the masthead I added, it is just at a smaller size (70 pt) and below the masthead. This is to ensure that a consistent style is kept.

Magazine Cover 3

Then, I added a masthead to my magazine cover "Youngershaw News". This masthead is in the font style of Times New Roman, the masthead is above the image of my actor, the size of the font is 200pt and the colour of the text is blue.

Text icon

Magazine Cover 2

The next step I took when creating my magazine cover was adding an orange background. I achieved this by creating a new layer behind my original layer and then using the paint bucket tool. This is what my magazine cover currently looks like.

Paint Bucket Tool

Magazine Cover 1

With the picture I chose, I began creating my magazine cover page. I opened the picture with photoshop, created a new background from layer and then used the eraser tool to remove the background. This is what my cover page currently looks like.

Eraser Tool

30/09/15

Today I took some pictures from around the school that I believe are suitable for my contents page.

Important Links

OCR:
http://ocrmediastudies.weebly.com/

Mike Liddell:
http:/oaadvancedmedia.blogspot.com/

Mr Natton:

http://oamediaexam.blogspot.com/

Quiz-Cinematography

1. This is a two-shot and it uses high key lighting.
2. This shot is a medium close up shot which uses low key lighting which makes the scene more eerie, creates tension and makes the character seem suspicious.
3. The shot is a low angle shot and it uses high key lighting to make the actress seem confident.
4. This shot is a high angle shot using low key lighting to make the woman seem scared and weak.
5. The shot is a long shot which uses filters as lighting. It makes the audience focus on the killer and the victim. It creates mystery as the killer is due to him being distant and shadowed while the body is lit up.
6. Light filters are used from the open door so focus is put upon the woman (who is lit up and in the middle of the shot) rather than the shadowed out men at the side.
7. This shot is a close up using low key lighting. It makes the audience focus on the facial expression of the actor.
8. The shot is a two shot of an actor and actress. Its uses low key lighting and puts focus on the couple due to the background being blurred.
9. This shot is an over the shoulder shot which uses filters and low key lighting to create a bleak mood. Focus is put upon the mirror.

29/09/15

Today I took a few pictures (at different angles) of what I want my magazine cover to be, to decide which one is the most suitable. Tomorrow, I will take some pictures for my contents page.

I think that this is a good picture, however the gaze of my actor is into the camera lens and therefore shows that the rule of thirds is not being used effectively. I will not be using this picture for my magazine cover.

In this picture, the hands of my actor are blurred and due to this, I will not be using this picture for my magazine cover.

This picture only shows half of my actors face and I don't believe his gesture is suitable for a magazine cover, meaning, I will not be using this picture for the magazine cover.

I believe that this image is excellent, the rule of thirds is being used effectively. I will be using this image for my magazine cover. 

Mise en Scene

Location
The background of my school magazine cover will be the school library bookshelves to show the large selection of books the school has to enhance the education of its students.
Actors
My actor will be Daniel Probbing due to the fact that he dresses smart. I have his permission
Camera shot
My camera shot will be a straight medium close up. It is not any variation of a MCU as I want my magazine to look formal.
Costume
The costume my actor will be wearing will be the sixth form dress code. It represents the school to be smart giving the school a good impression.
Props
The actor in the image will be holding a book close to their chest to convey that the students in the school enjoy learning.
Narrative

The picture will show that the school cares about the education of their students due to the books in the background. It will also show that the students enjoy their education as my actor will clutch a book close to his chest.

Research of School Magazine Covers