2. Front cover
• The photograph for my front cover is
possibly the most important as it has to
attract the audience and make them
want to purchase the magazine.
• I did not use the second photograph
here as the camera angle is positioned
slightly behind the model whereas
most magazine main images are taken
from the front to focus on the model.
• Also there are blue marks on the
model’s left arm, although these could
have been edited out it may have
effected the photographs quality.
• On the first photograph which I did use
the models face is more clear although
a convention of a music magazine is to
have the model looking straight at the
camera, in this photograph I have
changed this and the model is looking
downwards.
• Changing this convention did not have
a dramatic affect as the model’s face is
still clear and the subject is meant to
be Katy Perry who is extremely well
known and would be recognised.
3. Contents page
• The photograph for my contents
page represents one of the featured
artists.
• I did not use the second photograph
here because the model’s whole
body did not fit into the shot and part
of her arms were cut off, unless I
overlapped other photographs or
text to cover the missing areas this
photograph is unsuitable.
• Also in this photo the model has
student identification on, this would
not be seen on an artist in a music
magazine and I could not remove
this using Photoshop as it would be
obvious and reduce the quality.
• I decided to use the top photograph
as you can see the whole of the
model and it is using an usual angle
– bird’s eye view. Most contents
page photographs are straight on
shots like the front cover.
4. Double page spread
• In my magazine the on the double page
spread one side of the spread is a
photograph, therefore for this I need a
good quality profile photograph.
• The second photograph here I did not
use this is because it has been taken
landscape which would not fit the A4
profile page which it needs to fill.
• Although I took the photographs at a live
show when I saw Katy Perry the quality
on the second photograph was too poor
to be used on a full page.
• The first photograph is more suitable as
the quality is much better, the subject of
the photograph is visible and the crowd
is shown which gives depth to the
photograph.
• The photograph I used also has
representation of Katy Perry in the way
which she is on a platform much higher
than the crowd where all her fans are
stood. The connotation of this is that her
fans look up to her and it shows how
popular she is in the music industry.
5. Double page spread
• I took 5 photographs of different people
to use as fans on my double page
spread.
• The photographs here were taken
straight on so the models faces could be
seen clearly and identified.
• I took these photographs using a green
screen and bright lighting.
• Using Photoshop I then edited the
photographs so each person is in a
different location, I could do this by
removing the green screen background
and replacing it with another photograph
of a location.
• By using the bright lighting it ensured
that the model could be seen clearly and
when put onto the new background I
could increase of decrease the
brightness to match their new
backgrounds, therefore making it less
noticeable that the background is
superimposed.
• Also having bright photographs is easer
to edit and make darker rather than
trying to lighten an originally dark
photograph.
