Research and Planning: Location Recces

Research and Planning: Location Recces Advanced

This is a part of Hyde Park, This is not the area that I will be taking all of my images, but the band stand is a place that I could possible take a few pictures for my magazine.  Just by looking at the surrounding area, you can see that the place is filled with trees and down to the right there is a forest with a stream, that could be a possible area to take some images.

Research and Planning: Plan for the week

This is what I need to do this week.
-Find a potential area to take my front cover picture for my magazine.  Due to me wanting no background on the background of the front cover of the magazine.
-Identify the model or models who are going to be on the cover of my magazine.  

Research and Planning: Model Head Shots

This person will not be suited for my magazine because he doesn't suit the style of the magazine that I am making, he doesn't look anything like someone who would enjoy rock music.

Carl will be someone I use with my magazine due to him being able to look like he will suit different types of magazines, so I will be using him on my magazine.

Wes doesn't look like the style that I will making, he looks like he enjoys more RnB instead of rock.

Luke is the main model for my magazine. He has the rock look to him with the hair and the facial expression.  He will be the main person on my magazine. 

I will be using Joe for one of the images on my magazine.  He has the laid back look that you see in a lot of different rock magazines, so he will look good in my magazine. 

These are some more tests shots that I did as research for my music magazines.  By doing this I am looking at different people and style who would look the right genre for use in my magazine.

Research and Planning: Location Recces Ideas

Hyde Park
Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside SK14 4
This would be a good location for a rock magazine, the area is wide open space with a lot of trees in the background, the SLR cameras in my opinion take the best pictures when they are out doors so I want to take advantage of this.  Also there is some unique scenery around there so I can take some good pictures.  
Manor Park
Manor Park Road, Glossop, Derbyshire SK13

Manor Park is a good location to take some pictures again, because just like Hyde park, there is a lot of open space to take some long shots of people.  With the SLR cameras, I will be able to blur at the background and have a good quality image for my magazine.

Research and Planning: Plan For The Week

During this week, my target will be to;
-Find some locations to take the pictures for my magazine
-Post a location recce and risk assessment onto blogger
-Take pictures of potential models and post them on to blogger
-Start writing double page spread story
-Begin the production of my magazine

Research and Planning: Prezi

Publication Plan on Prezi

Research and Planning: SLR Test shots

These are some of the test shots that I have took with the SLR. 
This was the first time that I have used that the SLR so I was still getting used to the different effects and the way that the camera works.
I tried to get different shots like medium close ups and some long shots.
Also I went outside to test the different lighting and the way that it would work from going from indoor lighting to going out doors. 
I have noticed the different quality of the pictures from my college magazine to these ones, they are a lot clearer than the college ones.
I will be using the SLR for my music magazine due to the quality of the images that it produces.
Due to me still getting used to the camera, some of the images are a little bit burly, this will be something that I will have to remember when I am doing my Music magazine pictures.
I like the outside shots that I have done more, the SLR has burled the background so all the focus is on the person that you are taking the picture of.  The Inside photos don't look as good as the outside ones.

Research and Planning: Draft with Audience Feedback

After getting the feedback of the potential customers, I have re done my draft taking in the information that I have being given from the interviews. 
At the top of the page, I have a banner to try and attract people by offering them something for free like a CD or posters, this is something Kerrang do on every issue. 
The mast head is centered to catch peoples attention, cause when people look at a magazine cover, the main point they will look at first is the masthead to see what magazine it is.  So by putting in the centre, people will be able to look and see what it is called.
A lot people when I did my interviews said that when I asked what colour scam they thought of when they Heard the word Rock?  A lot of people said the colours they thought of were black, red and yellow, so I took that into consideration and have got all 3 of them colours on my page. 
In the centre of the page I have got the outline of a possible shot that I can do for my front cover, but this isn't a definite shot that I am going to be using.  I still am deciding on if I am going to one person on the front or a group photo.
I have done my contents page and double page spread like that because when I did my interviews a lot people said to have colours like yellow, red and black.   I have kept to the colours that they have said would look the best for my magazines. 

Research and Planning: Genre : Artists

In the list below, there will be some artists that I will be looking at for some inspiration of what to put in my magazine including colours, shot types, clothing and Mise-en-Scene.

-You me at six
-Paramore

-Foo Fighters
-Black Vail Brides
-Enter Shikari
They have used a lot of props on this image to give the effect that the image has being took while they were playing in the middle of a concert, you can tell this by the use of there props.

-Metallica
-30 Seconds to mars
-Avenged Sevenfold
They have used a plain background on this. Its simple and gets all the concentration of the members of the band and not the background.

-Shinedown
They have changed the colour contrast to black and white. This goes well with the notion of dark colours being used for rock/metal music.

-Alter Bridge
-Black Stone Cherry
-Stone Sour
-Slipknot

-Nickelback

All the members are wearing dark clothing that looks similar.

-My Chemical Romance
-HIM
-Green Day
-Bring me the horizon
-A day to remember
This picture was took to create the feeling that they were in the middle of a moment, so this is just showing that there is a lot of different things going on.

-Good Charlotte
-Nirvana
-Led Zeppelin
-Airborne

-Bullet for my valentine

-Skindread
-Lost Profits
-Papa Roach
-Disturbed
-Killswitch Engage

Research and Planning: Plan for the week

This week I will be trying to complete:
-Make sure all post before this one are up to date and completed.
-Try and find a place that sells the clothing that the models will need to be wearing.
-Also I will need to find some models that have the right look for the style of the magazine that I am doing.

Research and Planning: Production Schedule

This is my production schedule that I will try and keep up with tho keep on top of all the work that I have, this schedule will help me stay on target and what what I need to do and when it needs to be finished by.