Analysis Of Images

As part of my planning i decided it was important to look at the main images i would use for the front cover, contents page and the double page spread. I felt this was an important area to plan as i feel the images will make the magazine eye-catching and standout from other leading brands, therefore it is important to get them correct. When thinking about the images i thought about the person i would use, how they would stand, their clothing, the pose they would do and the background. I chose to use a male model as this was the most popular choice of gender from my second questionnaire. I also chose this male as i feel he conveys the style/ genre of music. I decided to take some images against a plain background and other images against a brick wall to show the gene of music as its quite and edgy look, and will also make the picture eye-catching and standout. I styled him in a basic top and jeans to convey him as a new and upcoming artist, with styled messy hair, to show his edgy look.

I took a Verity of different images as this would allow me to pick out the best ones. For the front cover i made sure that each shot was a mid-shot so that it would show the artists clearly to promote them and to make the front cover eye-catching. I also looked at closer up images for the contents page as it needs to promote the artist for the article. Whereas for the double page spread i took images that were slightly less close up to fully show of the artist and will go best with the page layout.

Once i was happy with all of my images i had taken i uploaded them at looked through and picked out a selected few that were appropriate for the front cover, contents page and double page spread. For the front cover i picked out my favourite one and edited them on photoshop. I changed some into black and white and others i changed the exsposure to create different effects, to make the images eye-catching and standout. I did the same for the contents page, and the double page spread, however with the double page spread i could decide on a specific image so i edited two styles and wll later on decide when i being the construction of the magazine.

For the front page i considered making the background transparent instead of having the bricks as i felt that the front cover may be more eye-catching with a coloured background rather than just a whole image. Therefore i created two drafts of the front cover to see what i preferred.

When looking at both of the images with the different backgrounds, i like both, and have decided that when i begin to construct the from cover of my magazine i will create one with each and see which one looks best with all the other additions for example the name, the cover lines, ect.