Photoshoot planning

Setting and Location 

For my photoshoot I will take the photos in the drama studio in my school. I will use a white backdrop as I need a plain background, for my front cover and double page spread. 

Risk Assessment

Ideas

Costume Ideas

For the costumes I will put my artist in the colour black as during my research I noticed that the artist is typically in either a black or white costume and is simple. Therefore I wanted to follow this. Below are some image examples of magazine cover artist costumes. And drawings of costume ideas. For the double page spread my artist will be wearing a more casual outfit as this will represent her personality whereas the front cover's costume will represent the magazine. My artist will wear rip jeans and a plain top for the double page spread as this will represent her personality.

     

I will not be using any props for my magazine cover and it will take away attention from the artist.

Font style research

Font Style 

From looking at pop music magazines they all have a very simple font and are typically in either black, white or pink. Fonts in pink target audience would be 13-16 years old and the white and black font, that target audience would be 16- 19 years old. The pink font have younger artists on their covers, whereas the black and white font have older artists on the front cover. This means that for my magazine I will use a simple font, in a dark and simple font as this is a typical convention of a pop magazine for the target audience of 16-19.

 I chose to look at different simple fonts, too see which one would fit my genre and target audience best. I decided that no. 5 would be the best font as it is simple and a thicker and would look best. 

Flat Plan of my magazine

Flat Plan

Existing Flat Plan

Q Magazine Flatplan

This is a flatplan for Q magazine. A flatplan is a rough layout of where everything is going to go and what page it will be on. It shows clearly what will be on what page and therefore makes it easier when creating the magazine. 

Representation

Representation of Men and Women in the Music Industry.

Men and women are represented very differently within the music industry. Women are often represented as a sexual object and this is shown clearly, by how they are dressed within the music industry. Women are often dressed in small tight outfits, and often have a lot of skin showing. Whereas men are represented as powerful and smart, as they are often dressed in suits or casual smart outfits. Another example is that the women's body language is more provocative way, however the men's body language is a lot more relaxed and they stand casually. This gives women a bad image and reputation, just based on the outfits they wear and their body language. Below are some image examples of music magazines which show the difference of how men and women are represented.                                                              

Mood Board

Mood Board of Magazines

This is a mood board of pop magazines. This shows the clear style of a pop magazine and the general theme and costume ideas through pop magazines. I have noticed that they generally always use a close up of the model on the front cover or a mid shot if they are showing costume and the body of the artist. All images are generally quite sexualised too.