Costume

Style Inspirations

Style Inspirations

There are specific ideas of style inspirations that I believe would compliment my magazine well, as my target audience is teenage girls the 'look' that would suit well is a feminine look. Also as I want follow Lana del rey's make up and hair stye which is specific to the 1960's. As my magazine is pop music magazine I want the outfit to be bright and colourful to appeal to my target audience, additionally I want the make up and hair to be the main focus of the picture to appeal to older teenagers of my audience. 

This image is a good image for the way I want to portray my magazine, as it is fun, young and fresh that will appeal to my target audience. The model in this photo is Sky Ferria who is a pop icon and model. The make up for this shot is delicate but noticeable as her face face make up is neutral but her eyes are smoky and dark. Her hair is free flowing and down, however not covering any aspects of her face. The shot is a close up portraying the models expression and focusing on the models face make up and hair which is an initial idea that I want on the front cover of my magazine. Adding to this she uses a lightbulb as a prop which creates fun and youth to the shot which is ideal for the genre of my magazine. 

  This shot of lana del rey to the right, is more of a conventional shot to be used on a magazine front cover, a medium shot shows the models expression but also the top part of the outfit she is wearing. I specifically like this style for my front cover main image because the flowers used as a prop within her hair is lively and associated with females and would link with my genre of magazine. For my model I will have them dressed in a 1960's style outfit similar to Lana del rey's style but it will be bright and colourful so it is eye catching and grabs my audiences attention. I also want the make to neutral with heavy, smoky eyes. 
Similar to the image above I am going to use a prop incorparated within my main image.

Box Plan Drafts



Box Plan Drafts

 

Front cover
This is a basic box draft for the potential front cover design for my magazine. The draft includes basic key conventions that most magazines include however I prefer my design to ones that I have seen because it is simple and easy to navigate for the reader.

Contens Page

This is box plan for a contents page, my contents page includes key conventions that you would normally find on a professional contents page such as thumbnails, advertisments, page numbers and feature stories.

 

 

Double page spread

Above is a box plan draft of a double page spread, conventionally double page spreads include a main image on the left with the onterview on the right hand side. other various convetnoions that are added are pull quotes, byline and a headline.

 

 

 

 

Brief initial ideas

Brief Ideas 

Included in this presentation are a few basic ideas of what I would like my magazine to look like, my magazine will follow a basic 'house style' so the reader can easily follow the manner of the presentation and layout of written material. As my main target audience is teenage girls but also available to males i will have the background colour a neutral colour but the colour of the font pink that is associated with females. Also I have decided on the name of my magazine that will represent the genre that my magazine is portraying, the name I have chosen is 'Aura'. The definition of 'aura' is the distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround and be generated by a person, thing, or place. For the main cover I want my model to portray a typical pop artist, the model will be female and as I have a theme of sweets and candy, linking to 'Katy Perry's California Gurls' she will have a prop of giant lollipop. Also my other style inspiration is lana del rey, as she has a distinct style of always having flowers in her hair and typical 60's style I will incorporate that into my front cover and style of my model. My other idea for a prop is to use a lightbulb. For the location to take the photos and have as the background, I am going to use the college's green room as I want a plain background so that I can add  my own colour background that fades from a dark colour down to a lighter shade of that colour. Another reason to use the green room is that the studios lights can be used as a highlighter. The font of my masthead will be a bold plain font that is simple to read and stands out, however my cover lines will be used in a different font style but will follow a simple concept.  

Test shots

Working as a group we took 10 test shots including:

• One 2 shot 
• One long shot 
• One group shot 
• Medium close up 
• Close up (bad framing as an example) 

This image is of a long shot, from analysing this photo it would not be a good example because the space above the head is unnecessary. A long shot is not  a conventional shot to be used on a magazine front cover. 

Medium close up, the definition for a MCU is a shot of a human figure from the ches up. A medium close up is the conventional shot used for a magazine front cover, however this example could be improved as the shot should be shot from above the torso where as in this shot the torso is included. 

Close up (bad framing), this image is a good example of a bad close up shot as the camera is to far away from the focus of the close up which is the face and the composition is incorrect as there is to much space behind the person which is  needless. 

This is an example of a posed shot, the idea of a posed shot is to assume or hold a particular postion or posture to represent an idea or attitude.

This shot is an example of a one two shot, the basic idea is to have a comfortable shot of two people, this shot could be improved with the light as the top have of the shot is highlighted and lighter than bottom half of the shot. 

Similarly to a one two shot a group shot has the basic idea of having a comfortable shot of a group of people, this test shot doesn't show the dynamics of the group and makes the composition of the shot look awkward an uncomfortable, to improve the dynamics of the shot the tallest or smallest person should be placed in the middle. Adding to this the is unnecessary space above the heads of the people and the person of the left part if his arm is cut of and on the right there is space of the background which is also unnecessary and could be cut off and allow the part of the person on the lefts arm to be included within the shot.  

The typical mistake to make when taking a medium close up is getting the balance right of the shot and not getting the camera close enough to the focus point and including irrelevant background above the object.  

A posed medium close up is the conventional shot used on magazine front covers, however this shot is a bad example used as mentioned above there is to much space included above the heads. 

This shot is a clear bad example as it catches the motion of the two people in the shot and does not have a clear focus and the lighting is all wrong for the composition of the shot.