Photoshoot Plan, Loction and Equitment

My photo shot for my music pop magazine will be taking place soon before this I have to plan out what will take place at the photo shot. I will need to take six different images four with the same model and then two with different models. My first photo which I will be taking is a photo for my main image on my front cover I will be doing a medium close up from the whist up. My model will be making shapes with her hands round her face to make the image more interesting, the model which I will be using will be smiling with her mouth open. Her clothing will be a light grey or a light pink but you will only be able to see the top half of it. My second image will also be with the same model but this time she will be wearing pink converse, black trousers and a t-shirt. The model will have an accessory in her hand modelling the prop. The model will be model so she modelling on the random pink shapes that are in the back ground of the magazine.

My final two images of the model will be closes ups of the model that will be used on the content page and the double page spread. They will be a close up of the models face just smiling with the same clothes on which she is wearing on the main image on the front cover. My other two images will be with different models, the first image I will be of two teenage boys one with ginger hair and one with brown hair. They will be wearing causal clothes model around each other one sat on the floor and one stood up behind. The one sat on the floor will be holding a guitar in his hand. My final image will be taken of a brown haired girl will a black top on this will be a medium shot of her walking down the street with shopping bags. I will use the effect of her walking down a high street shopping.

The equipment that I will need when creating my photo shoot will be 4 models, a camera, tripod, the outfits which the models will be wearing, make up, bright lighting, green screen and shopping bags. These are items which will be in my photo shoot and will need to remember. I will be using two different locations for my photo shoot the first place will be a street the street will be a long street with a road in the centre and houses at one side. I will take the image on a cold day but not so it’s raining I want the image to just look cold. The health and safety for this location will be very strict I will have to make sure that the road traffic is not to busy and do it at a reasonable time of the day so that its not to busy so me and my models do not get hurt. I will need to make sure that my models have easy access to a toilet and that we have someone on hand that are trained in first aid. I need to make sure that the weather is a dry day so there is no rain or snow or storms so my model is in a safe environment. I will also have to get permission from my teacher to make sure I will be able of sight to take the images.

My final location on where I will be taking the images will be the performing arts block at my school. Here I will use a green screen or a white back ground that is there. Here is a safe environment for a photo shoot as there is no equipment around where the models can get hurt and also is a bright and airy place. The area is very large and will be enough space of the photo shoot which I want to proceed, there is a good access for the toilets for the models to go and get ready in and also very good access. They can access this building very easily.

Double Page Spread Mock

Finally here is my double page spread mock once again I have stuck to the same house style which I have used through the rest of my magazine using the hot pink random shapes around the page giving it the girly effect. I have also added my mast head into this I will not be using this font as I will be using the font that I will be choosing to use throughout my magazine I have decided to put my mast head for this page in the center I thought that this would add a bit of difference into the page and also because the tile will be in quotations therefore will be different from the precious pages. On the left hand page I am going to take a extreme long shot of the model which I have used on the front I will use a extreme long shot to show the effect of the model standing on the shapes on the magazine and also to vary out my shots that I have used. On the first page of my double page spread I have created the mast head to be a third of the way down using a large font. In the text I will introduce the model with the text going straight along the page but as it goes into the interview the page will become into two columns to match the house style of how the content page is set out. Through out the columns there will be two quotes that I have taken out of the interview in the same font but in speech marks but larger and in hot pink to stand out and also to break the text up. Finally, at the bottom of the last column I will be doing a little bit of advertising placing a small picture of the single image that will be took with a bit of publishing information about when the single will be coming out. 

Content Page Mock

Here is my mock layout of content page. As you can see I have carried out the same house style which I used on my main cover with the same hot pink. I am also going to use random shapes throughout of my magazine with the white background as it fits with my target audience and I want to make sure my house style is the same all the way through my pop magazine. I have decided to use three different images along the bottom of the page one will be a close up one will be a long shot and one will be a medium shot. I have decided to use three completely different camera angles to show the verity that I can produce. The images that will be in these three photos will content with the text that will be on the page showing a picture of what will be on that page. I will use two columns on my content page and will also use this on my double page spread. The mast head for the content page will be black but in the same font as the text that I have used on the front cover I have decided that it will be in a different colour to show the reader that the mast head on the front cover is the most important page so this will be different from the rest of the pages throughout the magazine. The columns will contain ten rows on each row it will show a page number and a short title on what that page will be called for explain my double page spread will be on page 10 and is about Ella Field so it will say "Page 10 - Ella Fields Tell Us More". This will continue for the other pages the numbers will also be in order by the way the magazine will be set out.

Front Cover Mock

Here is my mock of what my front cover is going to look like as you can see I have chosen my large main image to fill the whole of the page using it as the back ground as well as the main image. The image will have a white back ground making the image, mast head and the plugs and puffs stand out more. On my main image I will be using a medium close up of my model doing something with her hands. She will also start in my double page spread showing that the magazine mostly focuses on her. My mast head will be in a large fount around 90 - 100 in a hot pink colour at the top left hand side of the page.I have chosen to call my magazine "Simply Pop" because its short and snappy easy to remember and also there is no previous magazines which have used this mast head name. I have also used my research by knowing to put the mast head to the left so it can be viewed well in stores where it will be sold. The font that i will be using will be a sans serif font I have chosen this fount because it’s a very girly font and would fit with my target audience i have been looking through the styles of font that i think will best suit my front page and will decide when creating my cover which best fits in with my image.  My puffs and plugs which will be scatted across the cover will be in the same style font as the mast head. The colours in which I will be using for these will be in the hot pink the same as the mast head or black to stand out from the back ground. Finally, my main strap line will be in a larger font from the puffs and plugs on average about 75 and will be across the center on the image more towards the right on the main cover. 

Double Page Spread - Interview

Here we have the hottest star that is just about to release her new single into the UK. Ella Field came to light in 2010 when winning the talent show "Fame" in the city Chicago, then went on to selling over 20,000 singles in the US. After her single made such a massive hit she went onto create an album and to promote it in the US only and because this was also a massive hit. She has come all the way from the United States Ella. Hey Ella thank you for coming to our studio today.

Ella: Its okay, thanks for having me here in the UK, I love It here.

Interviewer: So Ella you’re first ever single is going to be released into the UK how do you do feel about that?

Ella: Omg! I’m so excited I can’t wait I am performing it live in the UK for the first time why I am over here. I am very nervous but excited to see all the fans and to show them my new single.

  

“New Single”

Interviewer: What’s the next step after releasing your new single in the UK?

Ella: Well we are not meant to be telling anyone but I am setting up my first tour which hopefully will be in the beginning of 2014. It will be my first ever tour and hopefully my first of many.

Interviewer: oooh! We look forward in hearing more about that in the future. So your new single is called “Free” is there any reason for the lyrics and song name about this single?

Ella: Well as you may know it’s been in the news release I did just split up with my boyfriend and this song is just about how there’s no one holding me back now. I can make my own decisions without worrying about anyone else.

Interviewer: Yes we all heard about you breaking up. But we have heard rumours about you being a new wag can you tell us anything about this?

Ella: oh god! NOOO! Me and Tom are just really good friends and have been since we were young and the papers have just got the wrong end of the stick. He’s like a brother to me.

“He’s like a brother to me”

Interviewer: We will believe that when we see it haha, so how you loving the new fame being in all the magazines and papers you loving it?

Ella: It’s better than you can ever imagine everyone sees it on television but it’s nothing that anyone can imagine it’s absolutely amazing. I have loved every moment of it. I’m living the child hood dream I wanted.

Interviewer: Awh! That’s great! Well that’s all we have time for today unfortunately. Thanks again Ella we look forward to seeing you on the X Factor and seeing you soon. Look out for Ella Fields new single out soon in stores. 

Models

When thinking about my celebrity's I also have to think about what they where called, when doing research I had to think about names that have already been used and had to look at the styles of names which are out already. I noticed that the names for pop celebrity's are short and two syllable names I have came to the decision that my main star will be called "Ella Field" I chose this name because when I think of this name no celebrity's that are out have that name so no one pops into my head. Also, its easy to remember that's why I think that this would fit the genre of my magazine best. 

Front Cover-

I  decided to use one of my friends as my main model for my magazine front cover. I have decided to use her as the model because she has and older looking face and is pretty with long blonde hair. Meaning that the style of model that she is will fit with what my target audience will be attracted to, they will look at the main image model as a role model or someone they are attracted depending on what they think. I wanted my main image to be a close up of just my models face, but I they did some research about Pop magazines main images and they were mostly close up or medium close ups therefore I decided to do my main image as that style to. I also noticed that they were all doing a movement with their hands and that’s what I will proceed to do on my front image. Making the model where bright colours that do not class with my house style “Hot pink” and also sit the model on a white background making the model stand out. 

Content Page- 

On my content page I will stick with my models being at the age range as my model on my main image therefore it sticks in with my house style and also keeping my target audience fixed with the magazine and audience. In my content page I will use a different image showing what is on every page. My models will be shot in different styles like extreme close ups, close ups and medium shots ect.. I will use these to make them look effective making my content page look more interesting i will also use the similar outfit colours that i used on my main image because i want my image to fit with all my house style throughout the magazine.

Double Page Spread- 

My double page spread model will be the same model which I will be using on the front cover; I will be using the same model because this will be my main story in my magazine. On this page my model will be wearing the same outfit which she is wearing on my main image. But I have decided that I will do a long shot of my model because it will show more of her body langue also she will be in a pose that makes the target audience want to look at it other than just stood there. 

Here are some images which I have found which I am going to take some ideas from and use on my model:

Proposal - Music Magazine

For my media project I have been given the task to create a front cover, content page and double page spread of a music magazine. My target audience that I have chosen to aim my magazine at is older teenagers (16-18 year olds). I have decided to use this as my target audience because I think there is a gap in the industry which doesn’t focus on the less “Hot new artists” therefore by doing this I can fit my magazine into this gap. I have chosen the genre of pop because with television program “X Factor” and “The Voice”  artists such as “Jessie J” and “Little Mix” there is not a magazine in that industry which fit with this genre.

In my research I have looked at how different pop magazines are produced such as the way the main image has been taken and what shots have been used. I also reached the types of plugs and puffs which a pop magazine advertises. I also analyse magazine front covers, content pages and a double page spread. I compared different styles of pop magazines for example top of the pops and smash hits. I will use cameras, computers and editing program called photo shop on the Macs which will be hired out in a suite with all the technology which I will need to produce it. We will produce my magazine I will use photo shop on the pcs. We will have a budget of £5,000.