Photo Planning

This is the plan for the photos I will take for my magazine. 

Improvements of magazine design

Analysis of one of my designs and what I would do different for when I create the real design.

Research on Costumes

Research into lighting

Tips on what sort of lighting to use:
. Fill flash will prevent shadow occurring 
(Fill flash is a technique that brighten deep shadows)

. Soft light is better than hard light because hard light can cause heavy shadows across the subjects face

.Bounce light when lighting is too harsh 

. Position portrait subject near window so it doesn't receive direct sunlight 

. When photographing people indoors move light closer to the object to create more flattering light

  

Character Profile

I have created a character profile of the model I am using for the main image for my magazine. 

Conventions of the main image

Shot Types
. The most popular shot type for the main image is a medium close up or a mid shot.

Angles
. The angle of the main images tend to be eye level.

Lighting 
. High key lighting is used a lot for main images as they seem to stand out more and are happy so therefore more appealing to reader.

Pose/Posture
. The models use mode of address (make eye contact)
. They don't tend to to smile on the front covers
. Shoulders and above or above the waist

Costumes 
. Boys tend to wear smarter looking clothes that fit well
. Woman wear clothes that are stylish so that female viewer will want to buy the clothes
. Women tend to wear less clothing that show off their body more than male models

Colours
. Costumes and background don't clash
. Harsh & obnoxious colours aren't used

Bands
. When bands are the main image the postures, shot types and angles change a bit
- Shot types:
. Medium long shot as there is more than one person in the shot
. High angles
. Hand gestures, stand to form a triangle - the camera at the tip

Treatment Plan

Magazine Designs

After creating different templates for the front cover and contents I decided to design hand drawn sketches of what my front cover and contents page may look like to help me realize what works and what doesn't.

Front Cover #1 

This is my first magazine design, when I create the really thing my background more than likely won't be white but a cool blue tone or a grey colour. With this design I have followed the main conventions of a front cover by including a masthead and the headline in larger size font compared to the rest of the text. In this design it has a pull quote from the splash story as a running head. I have followed my chosen house style as I have kept with my chosen colour scheme. I think it looks good how my 'pop' colour ties a lot of the feature on this front cover together such as the headline, puff text and pull quote but it also makes the colour part of the colour scheme not just an extra colour. 

Front Cover #2

My second front cover is more simple and has less text and has more negative space. In this design the masthead is in the top left hand corner which means I have more space to fill because the masthead is smaller. The model will use mode of address to engage the audience more which can help increase the sales.

Contents page #1 

Contents page #2 

What have I learnt from creating that hand drawn designs? 
I have learnt that when I create my magazine I need to mess around with the size of the text to help fill up the negative/white space. It looks better without the running head but this may because I didn't draw it that neat but just looking at my design the pull quote look better in front of my model. The masthead looks better larger and when its spread across the whole of the top of the page.

Magazine Analysis

Magazine layouts

This presentation was created on zoho to present my layout designs of my front cover, contents page and my two page spread. Please open it on full screen so my designs can be seen clearly.

This google slides holds all the information I have collected from my research.

Colour Scheme

I have created different colour schemes for the front cover of my magazine.