Evaluation

Double Page Spread

Contents Page of Music Magazine

Front Cover of Music Magazine

Front Cover Experimentation 1

I have been experimenting with colour combinations on the front cover of my magazine. I have changed the background/ image and font colours to try and gain a desirable effect.

In my experiment I have made a magazine cover look similar  to this issue of NME as it was my inspiration by using a yellow background and a black and white image. This gives the magazine and band a more dated, early-British-punk feel. I quite like this effect however the title still needs work and strap-lines need to be added.

I also used a combination of a grey background with pink text to mimic the effect of this version of the magazine. My image is a long shot which has been used on the front cover of this magazine, to make the background look more natural I shaded the colour manually. I am some what happy with the effect but will continue to experiment further.

Flat Plan Draft

Photographs for Music Magazine: Camera Angles

After I had a rough idea of how I wanted my magazine to look and once I had devised a plan I needed photographs. However, before I could begin taking photographs, I first had to plan where I would take them (Location) and in what way (the camera angles). Below is that process of decision making through rough sketches;
                                                                                                                            
 

Camera shots include:

Mid shot: Of main band for the front cover
Long shot: Of main band for double page spread
Close-up: Of individual or two band members for double page spread
Low-angle shot: Of main band for contents page or double page spread
High-angle shot: Of main band for contents page or double page spread
Wide shot: Of main band for double page spread

High-angle shot: Of individual musician, accompanied by instrument for contents page, possibly black and white
Mid shot: Of individual artist for contents page
Aerial shot: Of main band for contents page (maybe)
Low angle shot: Of three people to look like managers for contents page
Long shot angular perspective: Of two piece band for contents page