Resarch & Planning-Location choice

For my music magazine I have to have images that are appropriate to put on my music magazine. I have decided to take pictures in a naturally dark environment or just a place but at night time. The location cant really be dull and I would think that a more lively place would be suitable. When I take my photos, the people that willl feature in them will be wearing casually clothing and have a bit of swagger about them.

Research & Planning-magazine interview double page spread

This is an double page spread interview from mix mag. This is a suitable interview for the type of interview I want to inherit as the colours that are featured on this magazine are the three colours which I want to produce on my own music magazine. The three colours are black, white and red, and they clearly stand out here as the black writing stands out well in the white background. The image also represents the genre of my magazine well as the artist wearing casual clothes and is being shown in a dark background. The title is a main feature of this double page spread as again it stands out in the white background and the name of the artist, Joris Voorn, is highlighted in red. The white background is extremely significant because that means that darker colours like black and red really stand out and instantly catches the eyes of  reader and that is why I want to use the three colours that I want to. I may do it differently to this as I may have a black background with white writing as then the reader will be drawn to the background as I feel this will be the key to draw the audience. I'm going to include red when I want something to stand out, for example; key dates, names of artists, and to highlight questions in red and white to make the questions draw the eyes of the reader.

Research & Planning-Plan for the week

This week I intend to:

Complete all the documents in the AS production documents file
Production Log
Head shots
Risk Assessment
Extra genre posts

Research & Planning-The Name of my music magazine

When I came to naming my music magazine I originally chose to name it "Flawless." Although it didn't take me long to name my magazine, I wasn't too sure about calling it this so I decided to ask people if they thought that this was a suitable name for my genre. The majority of people said that this probably not a good idea to call it Flawless, as they thought that this was more suitable to a magazine which consisted of bands and not house music artists. I then asked for suggestions on what to call my magazine. One of my class mates said 'Pulse" which I thought was a great name to call my house music magazine. I also thought that this was a symbol for house music as it is of a high tempo and it gets your pulse going. I asked others if they thought that this was a good name for my magazine and they all said that it was a great idea.

Research & Planning-Photoshoot Location

The genre of my music magazine is house. I researched photo shoots of some of the artists that come under this genre. This would give me an idea of what location I am going to take my photos in of my my magazine. I particularly focused on the lighting and the colours used in the images.

These are the photo shoots that i thought were appropriate to upload as they outline the genre of my magazine well. As i said i concentrated on looking at the lighting. I found that the background was dark and that the people in these photo shoots stood out in the dark background. This means that the images are high key lighting. They represent house music very well as the colour black is one of the main colours that represents house music. The two other main colours that represent house music well are red and white and both of these colours are. I also took a strong interest in the clothing. I noticed that the artists clothing were very casual. Judging from these photo shoots, I have a very good idea what type of people I am going to take head shot's of and I know the three colours I am going to use on my double page spread of my music magazine. I think it would be best if i take my head shot's at night, when i get round to take them.

 

Research and Planning-Why I chose to do a House Music

The reason why I chose to do a music magazine on house music (also known as dance) is because:



I like house music a lot, particularly the artists such as Example & Calvin Harris.

I like all music really in general but i thought i would choose house music because it was different to what everybody else was doing.

I think that there is a wide range of colours that could be used on a magazine of this genre. This is vital as it gives me a wide range of options when i am choosing my three colour scheme.

Research and Planning-Plan for the week

 I'm am hoping that this week will be the week where I get my music magazine started. There are other bits and pieces which I need to finish off from previous lessons. This week I aim to fill out the production documents e.g. location recce & risk assessment, and I also need to do a post of head shots of potential models. My main priority this week is to work on extra genre posts and start coming to a conclusion of what I am going to include on my music magazine such as why I came to the decision of calling my magazine "Pulse," and why I have decided to use the three colours that I am going to use.

Research and Planning - Photos (high key lighting & low key lighting)

 This a photo taken outside. This is normal lighting but is more high key lighting. This is a medium close up.

 This is one of the photos taken inside. This is also a medium close up and is high key lighting.

 This is different to the previous two photos as this has low key lighting and is also a high angle long shot.

This is an extreme close up and is high key lighting. This was taken indoors.

We used the SLR cameras to take photos as practice for our music magazine. We took photos inside and outside and i have uploaded four. I have uploaded two inside and two outside. These are practice for my music magazine as i will take photos outside with an SLR camera. The photos from these cameras are of better quality as the difference has been proven as my college magazine photos aren't as clear as I took them with a normal camera.

Research & Planning-Features of my Genre

The genre that i will be doing is house music. The artists that i associate with this genre are people like Example, Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia and there are many more. The clothing that the people that come under this genre wear are more like party clothing and some outfits are very unique.

Research & Planning-What I am hoping to achieve this week

This week in AS Media Studies, i am going to carry on with my coursework. This week I am hoping to complete my second draft for my music magazine. The reason for my second draft is because on this I want to include more of the features that the audience would like, for instance the colours that they prefer to be on a house music magazine. I will take a picture of this as soon as I've completed this and i will upload it to my blogger. After i have completed this, I am going to complete my costume/prop list. This is a list that will relate to house music and I need to think about what kind of clothing my audience would wear.

Research & Planning-Audience Interviews

Research & Planning-Production Schedule

This is my schedule for when i am going to do certain parts of my music magazine coursework.