contents page development

My teacher pointed out that having the text on the right slanted although I may have liked it did not fit the conventions of a UK music magazine.

I also found the background colour too overwhelming and I realised the background did not have to be consistent with the covers's to follow the colour scheme.

cover page development

This was my original colour scheme, I changed it when my teacher made me notice the colours were very dull in comparison to that of my genre. Because of this I looked at more K-pop, J-pop and Mandopop magazine colour schemes and decided to use brighter more bold shades of the colours I had. Another factor contributing to the new boldness of my text would be a range of drop shadows which made the title stand out.   

It is evident that this background did not suit the cover page and I had difficulty deciding on a bright background that would not create a clash.During the first stages of my cover i focused on the main image, I found its placement crucial to the conventions of a music magazine. In order for the image not to look like a student magazine I needed to let the guitar dominate the image but I made the artist the focus by having my text here also just beneath her face. 

looking at my final cover compared to my previous it is clear how I used Photoshop to clean cut and trim down my artists hair and neaten the image

text fonts and colours

I decided on this font for my text as it is bold like most POP magazines use, yet the stripes make my magazines text stand out from the rest.

This is the range of fonts which I will use throughout my magazine, most are bold in a POP fashion yet the thinner style for the Chinese font emphasises the oriental aspect of the magazine. 

These are the colours which will make up my magazine's colour scheme, the lightness and amount of them is consistent with the conventions of POP magazines and oriental POP music.

The text for my title I wish to be arranged in a fun way such as I have shown above the contrasting colours make the different sections of the title stand out instead of meshing together making it boring to read.

Photoshop editing

This is an example of some of the editing I have done to one of my images. On some pictures such as this one I have been experimenting with the tone of the image in order to make the image stand out or take a more back ground effect. I have made this image black and white so not to distract from  the writing of the contents page yet I have added a drop shadow so it does not become insignificant and still emphasises the artist featured. drop shadow I have used on text is usually to make titles stand out to readers or to allow me to use varying colours which oriental pop commonly use and not have the colours conflict. 

contents image ideas

I had decided to use the shots I would not use, for my contents page, whilst also including images specifically for the other stories featured on the magazines contents.



further costume

When doing the photoshoot despite preparation there were still factors I had not accounted for and this is how i worked with them.

My model wore her hairband on her wrist during some of the shots I allowed this as it's design was relevant to the cute and almost childlike aspects of oriental POP

For my other models I expected them to dress casualy as shown above through her shirt and hoodie this is because they on my contents would be featured readers so everyday people my audience can relate to.

hair for photoshoot

Although in my flat plans I sketched my models hair up for the photoshoot i felt this only worked with certain shots and changed the image of my artist.

For the last shots I took I asked my model to tie her hair up again to suit the headphones.

costume for photoshoot

I gave my model a lot of freedom to choose what she wore but I encouraged her to wear something she had purchased in china; this would be her top. I simply said to dress as 'normal' this is why jeans fit this casual look as this is the impression i wanted my artist to make.

What I did change on my model was her shoes which did not suit my magazines look; she wore black school shoes so instead I gave her bright trainers to be more suitable for my POP magazine and the 'converses style' of the shoes is popular amongst my teenage audience.

cover page shot #3

I followed my flat plan sketches when taking my photos and then expanded on them;

 I used the surroundings enabling a casual leaning pose

and here I experimented with lighting and used a prop; headphones which are relevant to my music magazine.



cover page shot #2

I followed my flat plan sketches less taking these photos although simple the images were awkward so it was easier for my model to sit and also adjusting the angles but I didn't develop these shots further.



cover page shot #1

This shot was easiest to devise from what I had imagined only changing facial expressions, but it was because of the simplicity of the image which made me reconsider if it was a suitable cover photo and if it connoted a music magazine.



double page spread shot #4

I had intended this shot to come over playful but whist preparing the shot I noticed how awkward and childish the position was and found the new pose much more natural and  professional whilst being fun keeping my initial idea.



double page spread shot #3

The idea I had for this shot portraying deep emotion worked well but I now see this does not fit the conventions of an upbeat POP magazine.



double page spread shot #2

I really wanted to stick to my flat plan images for this shot so I only adjusted the positioning of my models hands and head.

double page spread shot #1

I found this shot extremely difficult to portray in real life making me unsure if I still wanted to use it.