Potential Models & Props

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Planning - Front cover

For my front cover I want to have some film strips cut up and laid out and then I will take my own photos and add them to the spaces. I have took a photo of some film strips and edited to make it look better for the front cover, I have edited it in 3 different ways because i'm not yet sure how i want it.

From this image you can clearly see the editing I have done on each of these photographs, I will most likely either use the sepia or black & white one because I feel these firstly look the most effective and secondly I think they relate to my target audience the best. This is because my target audience are in to retro/vintage things and black & white and sepia photographs and seen to give off a vintage feel.

Masthead

I spent some time deciding on what my magazine should be called and I came up with a few ideas but in the end I have decided its going to be called Outsider. This is because the target audience I am going with (indie) see their selves as individuals and unique, they don't consider their selves to be mainstream. So I thought that the word outsider connotes how they think of their selves.

I designed these different mastheads for my magazine and then uploaded this photo on to Facebook to see what my target audience thought of this. I used different fonts and colours to try and give off different effects. My personal favourites are b. or I. this is because I like the idea of of using black and white and I have also got an idea that i may edit all of the pictures I am going to use to be black and white but I hope to be able to seek out red and have this on the front cover to give it some colour. 

These are the results I got from Facebook. 

h. - 8 votes

a. - 2 votes

c. - 2 votes

d. - 7 votes 

From these we can clearly see that my target audience's favourite was h. I will this into consideration when finally deciding what font and colours I will use for my masthead.

Taking photos and Using the lights

Using and Heath & Safety of Lights 

This is the lighting systems we have in collage, the main risk with them is that after they have been on for a period of time they become very hot, this can result in someone getting a serious burn on there hands or other parts of there body so we have to be careful when moving or touching the lights. Another health & safety problem when using the lights is that there is wires hanging out of the back of the lights, someone could trip over these resulting in hurting themselves or damaging the lights. 

To use the lights it is pretty self explanatory, you have to firstly alter the hight and angle of the lights so they are pointing in the direction you want them to. You do this by unscrewing the leavers on the side of the lamp and stand. Then all you need to do is turn them on at the plug then turn the big red button on. On the back of lights there is the different setting you can have. Each of them controls different bulbs inside the lamp, by having only one bulb turned on the light is dimmer but having them all on make the light bright.  

Ideas and Practising using the lights

I used some one in my class to just model for me so that I could practise using the lighting systems and practise shadowing on the face. It was important that I practised this is my planning and before I did the production, because firstly it saved me time and I know now what kind of settings I want the lights on and also  because I had to learn the health and safety of using the lights. 

In this shot I have turned both of the lights up and then turned all the lights off in the room I was in. I also turned the flash off on the camera so you can just see the lights. For my magazine I will most likely use a shot like this because I think the lighting looks really good and if I add a model in between these two lights having the lights shine on them it will look really good.

 This shot didn't work out as well as we thought, we had the left lamp on full beam and the right turned off completely. This has created a clear shadow down the middle of his face, although this photo didn't turn out as well as we may of thought it would, I am still considering using a shot like this in my magazine. 

I personally think this is the best shot we took, I had the right light on only 1 bulb and the left light turned up full. Also we made our own back drop for this shot out of white paper that has made this photo look more professional. The shadowing on the right side of the face makes this shot look really real. I will defiantly use a shot like this in my magazine.

In this shot we had the light on the right side turned down to only 3 bulbs and the light on the left on full beam. This created quite a lot of shadowing on the nose area and I will certainly consider this kind of shot when taking my photos.

In this shot both of the lights are turned up on full beam, this hase created not a lot of shadowing. I will probably not use a shot like this for my magazine.

Rough Design

This is a rough design of what I want the front cover to look like, it is negatives that I have cut up and will take a photo of these. I will then take my own photos and put them in the spaces. I uploaded this to Facebook and 4 of my target audience liked it, so I think I will probably go with this idea.

Target audience

Mood Board
I have made this mood board to represent my target audience. My target audience is Indie people, these people think of there selves as individuals and unique. They don't follow the latest trends and fashions they prefer a more original look. 

Research into target audience

I carried out some research on one of my friend that I considered to be 'indie' to find out a little bit more about there tastes in music and there lifestyles. From the questions I asked i got that they spend most of there time in Starbucks. There interests in music are more low key and they like people like Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes, they spend a lot of there time going to gigs or in Starbucks. They don't like shopping on the high street because they feel the clothes are too common and everyone has them, they want to go for a more individual look, so they shop in charity or vintage shops. I also carried out some research on the internet and looked into the indie style a little bit more. From this research I found that on a whole they really enjoy photography, and show an interest in how things are layout and what they represent, I will take this into consideration when designing my magazine because I can edit the photo a lot so they appeal and interest this target market a lot more. I also found that a lot of them play in there own bands, so they have interest in how other people got to where they are.




Audience Profile

• Your between 15 – 25 years old.
• Your interests in music are always low key artists such as Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes.
• Your nearly always found with your camera
• Your interested in fashion but never follow the new trends, you prefer a more vintage look.
• You enjoy going to festivals and gigs on a regular basis
• You would choose a starbucks or cafe nero over any Nescafe coffee
• You always take pride in your appearance and sense of individuality

The audience that are going to read my magazine are affluent young men and women, who spend their time in coffee shops and at Camden Town market, wearing Doctor Martens, skinny jeans and baggy, vintage, 'grandad' jumpers. They enjoy mostly alternative, indie music but appreciate all genres, attending festivals such as V Festival and for those who are under 18, the Underage Festival in London. 

Location & Risk Assessment

In a field  

My first location is a field in Stourton, Stourbridgege (its at the back of my nans house). I chose this location because I want a shot of one of my model in a field wearing indie clothes sat on there own with a guitar. Because the model is on their own it links to the name of the magazine 'Outsider'.

 Up a tree

For my contents page I want one of my models to pose up a tree. The tree will be decorated in vinyls because this links to it being a music magazine and also because its vinyls it appeals to the target audience because vinyls are classed as old and they like vintage things. This tree is located in my garden so is easily accessibly.

In a recording studio 

This is the recording studio in the collage, so its easily accesable I want one of my model to pretend there singing in here so I can get a shot for either the front page or the double page spread.

In a car park 

This is the Tesco carpark in Kidderminster. I am going to get one of my models to pose whilst a car lights shine on them. 

In a house

I  haven't yet got a photograph  for this because im not sure who's house I am going to shoot this shot in . But I will use a house to do any shots where I don't need a background.

In an alley

I want one of my models to pose smoking sat up against this brick wall in this alley. I chose this alley in Stourbridge because it has old brick walls which is what I wanted and because its easy for me and the model to get to because she lives in Stourbridge.

These are the potential location I am considering to use. I have drawn up a rick assessment for these locations and ways to prevent these accidents occurring.