Feedback video

Now I have a first draft for my magazine I have printed them and asked for feedback. In order for me to make sure my magazine is the best it can be, I have taken some feedback from my a girl who is 16 which is the age of my target audience. I have asked her to discuss what went well and what I could improve on. 

Photo editing

Final photo shoot

Today I conducted my final photo shoot with my model Will. I decided that I wanted my shoot to be somewhere dark and urban. Will suggested a tunnel which I wasn't sure about at first but once we got there I thought it was perfect. It had graffiti on the brick walls which was lucky as that's the look I wanted for my magazine. I asked Will to do some different poses to ensure that I got a variety of images for my magazine. I took about 20 different images in my shoot which was just right. So I have taken a few images that I like most and think could well within my magazine and edited them. I have used an online photo editor called www.befunky.com, to edit my images.

Front cover- I may remove the background on this image and just have the model but I am unsure yet. I need to try them both with the rest of the components on my front cover.

Original image 

Edit 1 - I used a Vintage effect on this image. I think it removes the sharpness from the original image and makes the model look better. 

Edit 2 - I adjusted the colour, light and saturation on this image which makes its look more blue than the original. 

Double page spread -  I really like this image I think it suits the identity in my magazine. The lighting in this image is perfect, it is dark yet a burst of light surrounds the model. 

Original image 

Edit 1 - I have decreased the light and saturation in this image. This makes the model stands out from the dark tunnel and draws attention to him. 

Edit 2 - I have used the same vintage effect I used on the image for my front cover. I did this  I want my images to fit together and not be completely different all the way through my magazine. 

Photo shoot images

These are the images I took from my real photo shoot. I took more images than I need so I would have a variety of images to choose from.

Questions for my interview

Interview with Trey


For my double page spread I have decided to use the format of an interview with my main model in the magazine 'Trey'. I have thought up some questions that I can use in my interview with the help of my model Will. 

• You're single 'Light' hit the top of he charts last week, how do you feel about that?

• There's been rumours going round about you're new album. Can you tell us anything about it, name? when its released? 

• Will we be expecting more from you Trey after this album?

• Can you tell who you want to collaborate with?

• Why has Kanye been your inspiration over the years?

• Do you think your fans look up to you the same way you look up to Kanye?

Draft Front Cover

With my photo's from my mock up photo shoot I have decided to create a draft version of my front cover. This has given me an idea of what my final front cover will look like but only an idea because the picture I have used is not very good and not what I want to use. I have used the three dominant colours: red, black and grey. I also have added in white because I think it definitely needed another colour to make it slightly brighter. I think the overall look of the draft is ok, I have made it just to give me an idea of how to make my magazine. The background is very plain and I think I want to add in a texture to add another layer to my front cover. I think the coverlines I have used  are suitable for the genre of my magazine as as they focus on the music side and fashion side of R&B culture. I have got some audience feedback which will help me when I create my final magazine. The feedback I have received is from the demographic of my magazine, 16-19 years of age.

 

 

Tanesha "It is eye catching , but it is a bit blank you need to fill the spaces more. The colour scheme may need adjusting maybe incorporating a brighter colour"

Mock-up photo shoot

 Before I actually conducted my real photo shoot for my music magaizne I had a practice with my model Will Hales. I have not taken as many photo's as I would in the real shoot but It has given me an idea about what type of shots to use. I have only used my phone for the pictures so the quality is not as good as it would be for the real shoot. But it has definitely helped me to work out different angles and shots to use, I can now focus on planning for the real shoot.

Model Choice

For the model of my R&B music magazine I have decided to use my friend Will Hales. Will is very fashionable and has a particular look about him that I think is suitbale for my magazine. I am looking forward to working with Will as I think he really understands the concept of my magazine and I think this will really help. I also think using a male will help because I do not have to do make-up and hair is not neccessarily hard to do. The clothing he wears just normally is very urban so I dont think ill have much trouble with clothing.