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The photo in my previous entry was taken of my model, by me.
There were a few minor faults in the photo taken, and things that I felt needed to be blended into the picture and changed.
For example, on his face, next to his nose, there was a visible spot, and on the wall right at the top there was a big orange mark, these are defects that do not need to be in the picture.
Original photo:
Edited photo:
Although the changes are minor, they would be significant defects that would be noticed in a magazine. Celebrities are presented to all audiences as having no defects visible on them, and their surroundings are key to being perfect. By editing these out it means my magazine is more realistic in terms of being the same as real music magazines portray the celebrities.
On the 11th of March I met with my model. We went to the Water Gardens, Harlow, as originally planned, and went to Esquires. In Esquires we sat down, and then an idea came that it would also be a good idea, for him to have a cup of coffee, so we could use that in the photos as a prop, to make the atmosphere as a whole, laid back. The first couple of shots I felt did not go as well as I had hoped, because I found where we were sat did not have a good enough background. We moved to a sofa in the corner of the coffee house, where the background was the wall, that clearly indicated it was a coffee house, and gave a more official feel to the photos.
The rest of the photos in the coffee house I felt went very well, especially the few where my model sat back with his arms across the sofa, smiling at the camera, as if he is just laughing or about to laugh:
Some imagines I found were successful but in certain ones there are unecessary elements such as other people in the background.
I also took a picture of another male model that I spoke to, which I will put on the front cover to act as a poster, this image went successful too.
On the 6th of March I spoke to my model. Orginally, I thought that it would be a good idea to use a female model, so that the main audience my magazine is aimed at, being young girls, could relate to her and look upon her as a new role model. After looking at the ideas I had originally thought of, and comparing them with a new idea, I realised, in my opinion, that trying to introduce a new female artist as a role model would be hard, because young girls are less likely to pay attention to a new female artist, than they are to a new male artist. I decided that it would be best to use a male model, and introduce him as a new recording artist.
My model will feature on the front cover and double page spread of the magazine. The double page spread will contain photos of him, and also a personal interview with him, typically finding out what type of girl he is interested in, so that it captures my audience in the desired way.
On the 6th March I spoke to my model and told him what photographs I was looking at taking, where they would take place and the expected duration of the photoshoot. I thought and explained to him that spending a couple of hours with him would allow me to take a variety of shots, and allow me to have a greater choice in what shots I felt worked, and what I wanted to use in my magazine.
The setting I felt appropriate, was the Water Gardens, Harlow. In the Water Gardens, there are well known coffee shops, one with a particular setting inside that I thought I could base my 'interview' in, which was Esquires. I would mainly use these photos for the double page spread, there are several sofas in the coffee house, which would give the look that the interview was very relaxed, therefore leading the audience to believe that it was, and making them feel more relaxed reading it, and it would make it seem more personal too.
I hope to and will achieve a numerous amount of shots, including close-ups, medium close-ups, and specifically long shots. I feel that these would work as the setting of the Water Gardens is a peaceful place, and I could have my model stand in different positions, and changing the way he is dressed to fit the picture well, i.e. I have the idea of him, in a few shots having his collar up, to give that 'cool' feeling, so my audience will see it too.
My second model
I spoke to my second model, whom I want to take a picture of and put it as a special edition in the magazine as a poster. I spoke to him and said that the setting in which I wanted to take it would be somewhere with a white background so that the image of him as a poster stood out. I said the photoshoot would take around an hour just to get the lighting and positioning right.
For my final magazine I have decided to go with the genre, Pop.
The typical audience for my magazine is a young girl. I imagine her to be 13 years old, going through the 'trauma' of falling in and out of love, having so many unanswered questions about boys, being able to identify with other girls on how hard things can be at their time of life. Typically 'fancying' male pop stars, and looking up to girl pop stars, as their role models.
