The document describes a magazine photoshoot where the author experimented with various poses and effects to create a cover photo. The final image was chosen based on feedback and includes careful consideration of lighting, which reflects the character's personality and suggests her role as an antagonist. The author emphasizes the importance of eye contact in engaging the audience and highlights the efficiency gained by minimizing post-editing needs.

1. Magazine Photoshoot
These are some of the photos that I
took on my magazine photoshoot in
preparation for creating my own
magazine font cover.

2. Unlike on my poster
photoshoot, I didn’t
have set idea on what I
wanted to do for my
magazine cover photo.
Because of this, I took a
range of different
photos in different
poses and with different
effects. This gave me a
variety of different style
photos to choose from.
During my photoshoot, I had to
take the lighting into
consideration. The lighting would
effect the audience’s view on the
characters featured- the brighter
the light, the more likely the
audience are to see the character
in a positive light. As I didn’t have
any special lighting equipment, I
had to made do with what I had
at home and do the rest in
photoshop/fireworks.
I used various different types of camera angles and shots
to give myself a wide choice when picking which photo
would be on my magazine cover. They would also
contribute to building the character profiles.

3. Photographs I didn’t use/like

4. 4 Favourite Photos

5. Photo I have used on my magazine cover
After looking at all the
photographs I had taken,
I picked my favourite
four (as shown on the
previous slide) and then
asked people in my
media class for feedback.
I took this consideration
and chose this image as
the one that would
feature on my magazine
front cover. I decided to
have a picture only
showing one of my
characters because this is
what you would see on
existing professional film
magazine. I also felt that
it made the photo (and
in turn the magazine)
more effective because it
gives the audience one
thing to focus on.
I liked the lighting in this
photo because it reflected the
character personality. The
shadow that the lighting
created on the wall behind
Maisie also gives the audience
the idea that she is the
antagonist in the film. As well
as this, because I thought
about lighting and the colour
effect during my photoshoot,
it meant that I wouldn’t have
to do as much editing in
photoshop/fireworks which
saves a lot of time. Another
feature of this photograph
that persuaded me to choose
it as my final image was the
eye contact that Maisie is
making with the audience. Eye
contact in a photo like this is
important because it makes
the audience feel as though
the actor/character is looking
right at them. It makes them
feel more connected to the
magazine.