1st Draft** of Magazine front cover

Photoshop Manipulation

<---Here i have changed the levels of the lighting to make it a lot more  clear so that i can use it and see her more in depth and gives her a <better complexion.--->

<---I started the editing and cropping out the background here
to get her just alone.

I had to zoom and do close up cropping of a different image as the last one had to many shadows and wasn't of a good light so i decision to change the image.--->

<---I have re-shaped the outline of the dress to get rid of creases and improve the look in order to look more naturally correct.






In this I have Cropped more of her
                                                      legs to make it look more even and
                                                      smooth and so that the dress looks
                                                      more even along the bottom. --->

Draft of Front Cover

Photo Shoot - Contents page and DPS

 

These are the shots taken from when we was getting my 'artist' charlotte ready for the front cover shoot - doing her hair and makeup. As the it looked good I decided to take some shots of her getting ready in case I decided to use them for my DPS or contents page, fitting in with the theme of the article on her which is her new transformation.

Photo shoot - Front Cover Shots

photo shoot- location and preparation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yWzfYAkFXQ

production plan

Plan to get from here to finished cover of my magazine 

production plan 

28th november - detailed draft of front page

29th November - "          "          "          "


5th December - shoot photographic images (at least 20 images)

6th December - "          "          "          "


12th December - photoshop manipulation of images

13th December - "          "          "          "


19th December - finalise front cover

20th December - complete front cover to deadline

Artist/Genre/Design nd genal influence research

I have researched magazine with the same target audience and aim. the type of artist I am to have model for my front cover and double page spread is very important to draw in the correct audience for my product. By looking at these magazine with the same intentions, what artist they have featuring and what artist have a mature feel, it will help me choose and style my model...

I have looked for current artist that have changed the pop industry and brought in an older audience by taking risks and doing more outrageous things.

Miley Cyrus went from the young teen Disney star on the front cover of all the young teen pop magazines, yet is a prime example of artist reforming themselves and maturing.









In effort to change her current image of the teen role model with the perfect good girls image she shocked the world with drastic hair style change.
After cutting of her locks Miley didn't stop their; she threw a bunch of wild videos our way and did some pretty outrageous things.







One of those was he performance at the VMA's. She came in next to nothing shocking the audience. These things that she has done express her new maturity and target an older audience, moving her away for pop magazines aimed at young children. Her new genre would be classed as pop/R&B which is a huge influence toward my chosen genre as I have based my magazine on her as an influence a lot.

My Audience

My Idea of the audience

The genre of my magazine is pop/R&B, and I am taking a more mature spin on the stereotypical 'childish pop' format. The audience that I shall be targeting through my piece are mainly female within the age bracket of 16-35 years old who are a fan of the latest pop music by the likes of Rihanna. The reason to these been my target audience is that they are most likely to be interested in the themes of this genre and fans of their music, in which I will inform them of all the latest updates the charts and on the newest releases.

There is a large audience range who enjoy this styles and genre of music as they are shown through the charts massively and publicised a lot. The audience of this type of magazine will be interested in all the lates6 low-downs of the many artists personal lives as well as public lives, which shall be given in my magazine making them want to purchase this in particular. Majority of the targeted audience will be intrigued in the fashion styles of these artists and the latest high-street fashions influence by these which shall be another key attribute to my magazine.

As well as what is featured within my magazine being a reason for my specific audience, the layout is an attribute that is the reason for the target age group. The layout will be formal giving off a professional style as their will be no scattered images or clashing colour schemes. Therefore not attracting children but instead my target audience.

props and location

I shall we using influences of mine in my own piece of work, and one of them being a more wild fashion sense/costume ideas.

A wide range of make-up products shall be used in my photo-shoot to make them look glamorous

and fit with the codes and conventions of the beauty and bold and sometimes outrageous looks they go for in these magazines.

The outfit the model for my front cover shall be wearing for the shoot. 

The foot wear for the model of the shoot to wear. 

casting

 

 

A girl group with is influential to older teens between the age group of 16-21+, who produce music targeting the target audience of the magazine.

 

 

 

 

As boy band that I could such as the like of One Direction or The Wanted.

 

photogrpahic influences

 

The cover this Billboard magazine shows a sense of maturity and its all very organised with a clean layout unlike pop aimed at young teenagers. This is the look I was to replicate in my own way when making my magazine cover.

I have been particularly influence by artists such Miley Cyrus, Rihanna and Lady Gaga and the way in which they portray themselves in the music industry. Their fashion choices stand and they are know for their crazy costume, ideas and performances. This is an aspect of their cover they have done that I shall be using in my own magazine cover and spread. They are all apart of the pop and R&B genre get are targeting themselves to a more mature audience and age categories appose to a younger and more childish group. The influential magazine cover that have inspired me also have more of a sophisticated look to them are targeting and older audience, with clean cut and organised layout using a more fixed colour scheme instead a mixture of primary colours and scattered images.

The Simple layout of this short magazine name is something that i am going to use on my design and am inspired by this particular. The idea of a simple colour scheme stands out in its own way by being so plain and fresh which is an aspect i am going to be including for my magazine to give it more of a mature look.