During AS I made sure to have mood boards and plans that helped me stick to the basic conventions of a pop magazine, for example, in pop magazines the role of a female artist is to look like the typical girl next door, so that girls aspire to be like her and men want to be with her. This may look simple, however when shooting I had to make sure I had my mood-board or photos with me, so that my artist could try conveying the same kind of poses and body language. This was hard as some of the actions did not look as well as it did when my model tried to pose, so I had to work with it and try a variety and range of poses.
So for example I had a photo of Taylor swift in top of the pops magazine, she was posing in a playful cute and cute manner, I had to get my model to look similar.
So for example I had a photo of Taylor swift in top of the pops magazine, she was posing in a playful cute and cute manner, I had to get my model to look similar.
Whilst editing I had to look at many magazine for help on the positioning, for example with the masthead, I had to see where most pop magazines positioned it, I found that most pop magazines position it at the top left hand corner or centre of the top. I also realised that the masthead could not interlock with the photo, so if my picture blocked out the masthead it would cause confusion as we would not know what the magazine was called.
The buzzwords in my magazine had to look jampacked but not too busy, it had to look like it was fun and bursting with information, however i had to make sure it still looked classy and poppy at the same time. So when i was doing my buzzwords, i had to postion them carefully, by having too many it would take away the attention of the masthead and image. I also had to make sure i colour co-ordinated correctly as most magazines stick to the three colour scheme, mine was pink white and black. I had also placed a banner and price tag, as they are the typical conventions of ALL magazines not just pop magazines.
Prior to shooting the actual pictures and editing, I had to make sure that i knew what i was doing, and that i was planning and reflecting my work well, so when i was in the planning stages of the actual project, i needed to have moodboards to lay out my thoughts, i made sure i had plenty of moodboards. I had a moodboard for colour scheme, the reason being because i wanted to see what each colour connoted and symbolized, and which three colours meshed well together. I also had a moodboard for typography/masthead, i went on the site dafont.com to gain a variety of fonts, i realised the masthead said a lot about the magazine, so i couldn't just settle for photoshop, i used one that outlines my magazine well and looked cute and pop-related.
My photoshoot was all studio shots, so instead of taking photos outside, I stuck to more professional looking photographs, when i waas analysing top of the pops magazine, about more than half of the pictures were seventy percent studio shot, as outdoor shots looked cheesy and not as real as it should look, this proved to be true with my target audience, as i handed out surveys, and this was proven true.
The buzzwords in my magazine had to look jampacked but not too busy, it had to look like it was fun and bursting with information, however i had to make sure it still looked classy and poppy at the same time. So when i was doing my buzzwords, i had to postion them carefully, by having too many it would take away the attention of the masthead and image. I also had to make sure i colour co-ordinated correctly as most magazines stick to the three colour scheme, mine was pink white and black. I had also placed a banner and price tag, as they are the typical conventions of ALL magazines not just pop magazines.
Prior to shooting the actual pictures and editing, I had to make sure that i knew what i was doing, and that i was planning and reflecting my work well, so when i was in the planning stages of the actual project, i needed to have moodboards to lay out my thoughts, i made sure i had plenty of moodboards. I had a moodboard for colour scheme, the reason being because i wanted to see what each colour connoted and symbolized, and which three colours meshed well together. I also had a moodboard for typography/masthead, i went on the site dafont.com to gain a variety of fonts, i realised the masthead said a lot about the magazine, so i couldn't just settle for photoshop, i used one that outlines my magazine well and looked cute and pop-related.
My photoshoot was all studio shots, so instead of taking photos outside, I stuck to more professional looking photographs, when i waas analysing top of the pops magazine, about more than half of the pictures were seventy percent studio shot, as outdoor shots looked cheesy and not as real as it should look, this proved to be true with my target audience, as i handed out surveys, and this was proven true.
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