2. Considerations:
I have considered my images and article content when thinking about
how I want to represent my target audience in terms of social groups.
When taking my images I have thought about their age, gender, facial
expressions, positioning and clothing and how I feel this represents
them. For my article content I have considered themes, issues and
general formality.
3. Front Cover Image:
The artist I chose for my front cover was a young girl as I
wanted my target audience of 14-17 year old girls to be able to
identify with her in order to make the magazine appear more
personal towards them. Her facial expression gives her a 'cute'
look which portrays the POP element of the magazine and
attracts the younger, 14 year old, girls. The outfit which I chose
for her to wear is a sparkly dress which again allows the
audience to identify this magazine as POP. However, due to the
use of dark colours for the font (along with the dress) it also
shows them that it isn't your classical cheesy POP magazine as
it has hints of the Indie music genre. This would suit my target
audience as the magazine appears more mature when
compared to ones such as Top Of The POPS.
4. Contents Page Images:
I chose this image to be in black and white to
further represent the Indie style of the
magazine meaning that it maintained the
slightly more mature target audience.
The happy facial expressions of the models in
this photograph makes them appear more
friendly which is further represented in the
feature article about them. By avoiding eye
contact with the camera it appears less
serious.
The use of the guitars allow the readers to see
that the artists are passionate about writing
their own music.
The direct eye contact suggest to them that the
article isn’t necessarily about their music but
more about them personally as the eye contact
gives a more person feel to the reader.
The serious facial expressions of the artists help
to anchor the serious cover line that goes with
this picture.
Cover line: “I think rehab was the best thing for
me”.
The collection of images that I used here
represent a collage of photographs. I chose
this type of design/layout as it suits my
target audience of 14-17 year old girls as
stereotypically they take a lot of pictures.
By only having direct contact with the
camera on some of the pictures it gives the
artist a bit of an edge. This suits the Indie
side of my magazine.
For the mise en scene (props, clothing, facial expressions etc…) of a
majority of my images I used my own imagination rather than styling
my artists in similar ways to real life artists as I wanted my magazine to
stand out as an individual style rather that it be compared to other real
life magazines that already exist.
5. Feature Article Images:
For this image I decided to avoid direct eye contact with the
camera as I wanted the artists to appear less serious and
threatening. The friendly ethos of the band is reinforced
throughout the rest of the magazine and the main article. I did
this as I want the readers to identify with them as normal people
rather than musical artists.
The casual clothing of the two males shows that they are just
the same as everybody else. The checkered shirt especially is a
very popular style within Indie social groups.
The dress on the female artist is used to show more of the POP
element of the magazine and to appeal more towards the
younger, 14/15 years old, girls that are reading the magazine.
6. The direct eye contact in this picture creates more of a serious
vibe to this page in the article. I did this as the content of the
page is about their tour and music rather than them
personally. With this image I wanted the audience to be able
to see that the artists are serious about their musical career.
The meaning behind the different poses for these three images is
that I wanted them to be seen individually to allow the readers to
interpret them differently.
The first image the artist is pulling a serious facial expression
whilst holding a guitar. This shows the readers that he is the
serious musician in the band.
The second image shows a different personality as he is smiling and has direct eye contact with the camera making it
appear more personal.
The final image shows that the female is the joker of the group.
I chose for all of the artists to act differently as my target audience is 14-17 year old girls who are easily influenced by
the media and celebrities and I wanted to create the idea that every one is different and there is no “ideal
personality”.
