Music Magazine Photo Shoot

Photography Inspiration (main inspiration)

This was the picture that inspired my whole photo shoot. This image inspired me because I liked the lighting and the use of shadows. I also liked the way they had her hair in the shot and the clothing they had picked for the photo shoot. I Picked this photo for my main inspiration, because I liked how they used Black and White instead of colour, because you don't normally see anything in black and white anymore. I would like to use a shot like this in my magazine somewhere. However, I wouldn't choose to use it as my main image for my front cover, because I think there are too many shadows for a magazine front cover and I want the reader to be able to see my model clearly instead of her being in the shadows. I like how relaxed and calm her body language is in this shot. Since I am creating a music magazine for the Pop Genre, I want my model to look as comfortable as possible during the shoot, because I don't want to pose her like she should be on a Heavy Metal magazine, because that isn't the genre I am aiming for, for my end result.

This is the moodboard I am going to refer back to when I come to designing my own magazine front cover and when I am planning my outfits, including hair and make up, for my magazine photoshoot.

The 'Recce' Photo Shoot Planning

The recce magazine from rhiannonjadedavies

Media Production - Photo Shoot Planning

Media production photoshoot planning from rhiannonjadedavies

Font Inspiration

I have researched different types of fonts that I could use for my magazine. To do this I searched for font generators into Google and I used the website www.dafont.com to create these mastheads. These mastheads will fit in with my intended target audience and with the genre I have chose. My target audience is mainly females so they will appeal to this.  The fonts I have chose are large and bold, this would grab the readers attention. This would also fit with my target audience because I used the fonts that would be suitable for the older girls in the age group. 

Photography Inspiration (2)

I decided to create another mood board looking specifically at photos from different photoshoots. Most of the images I chose are either in black and white or use the Sepia filter. However, I have included images that do use colour, like the image I have used from Clash magazine. I chose the image from Clash Magazine, because the low camera angle that has been used isn't normally seen on a front cover of a magazine. I was also inspired by the lighting in this shot, because the lighting that's used is a studio lighting, but it's a soft key lighting. The other colour images have quite dark lighting and have use of more shadows.

Photography Inspiration

I have created a mood board for my Photography inspiration, this includes any image that has came to my attention, because of the lighting, the camera angle, or the final editing that has been used. Most of the shots I have included are from the waist up and are mid shots. The images I chose either have natural lighting or a bright studio light. All shots I chose are in colour, because my genre of magazine is a pop magazine, and all of the pop magazines I have researched use colour in their images. The image of Jessie J would be a good image to use on on the Front Cover of a magazine, because she is in the center of the frame. The images of The Vamps at the bottom of the page would be good to use on a Double Page Spread, because the photo has been taken from the chest up, and they are in the center of the frame.