Photography Planning

Cover PageMy main image is going to be of a female character. She will be wearing the

costume of a somewhat gothic character, this will be done using jewellery, black clothing etc. She will be facing the camera and using direct address,

this is as I found that most magazines use direct address on their cover, and I want to invite the audience. The character will not be smiling and

instead will be pulling a straight face. This is as I want there to be a mystery edge about this character. The character will be shot on a medium shot so we can see more than just her face, this is as I don’t want her too far away

as I still want the audience to see her face. This photograph will be a studio shot, this is as most cover page magazines use this and it will allow me to change the background colour of the page if I want to. I feel using this will

really intrigue the audience especially in the clothing choice, it will give I the rock element fitting towards my magazine genre. I am going to have three

other images of the cover these are my ‘sub-images’ these will include merchandise of a band t-shirt and two CD’s I have decided to display this as

it shows more than just characters and somewhat are props as my main character doesn’t have any musical prop attached to them. Using these will be interesting and I will be able to cut them out and make it so the audience are intrigued as they will fee that they can purchase and win these things. I will photograph these quite close up so they can be seen easily and so that

the audience know what they are.

Contents PageFor my main image I will be using another studio photograph of a male

character. He will be young (a teenaged age) and will be dressed in a costume which isn’t too vibrant and bold. He will be wearing jeans, and an

open checked shirt. This is as researching what male musicians wear is more grunge type clothing and I wanted to make it realistic. The character

will be looking at the floor in a certain direction, this will intrigue the audience as they don't know what he is thinking. Furthermore, using a

studio shot will interest the audience and show the central of the contents page like Mojo does. I will be using two sub images as props again. This

is as I want to reinforce that this magazine is about rock music an not just the characters. One of the images will be of a music concert. This will be my own image taken at a concert I have been to. This will give a realistic

effect as most magazines have mentions of concerts, festivals etc. The other image will be a CD again however will be the album artwork and the CD this is as this is common for music magazines to review certain

albums. By placing a CD in front of the album artwork (which will be done via Photoshop and manipulating the two images together) I feel it will give it a professional look and show that the page contents have been thought

out accordingly. Using more than one image on my contents allows it to show to the audience that this magazine has lot’s of contents rather than

just characters.

Double Page SpreadFor my double page spread I will only use one image this will be

my main image. This will consist of a male character, a close up of him. This means you won’t be able to see much of the characters clothing apart from his blue collar – this will look

like work clothing as an idea that the character is working towards something. The character will be facing the text and not the audience this is as I feel this will be more effective for the page as it will be about the article rather than the image.

Using a close-up means that this page is all about this character of some sort. Using this will provide detail and

somewhat confusion to who it is. He won’t seem very ‘rockfish’ on this page however this was done like so

because I want the audience to read about him, plus some rock musicians go against the stereotype and that’s what I

referred the character to. This close up will be a studio shot this as it will allow the character to blend into the background

as if he is submerged in the text.