Planning my photoshoot

For my magazine I need to do my own photo-shoot. To make sure I am prepared and my photo-shoot will be successful, I am going to make a check list so I don't miss anything out.
Photo-shoot checklist:

• 2 female models
• white sheet to use as a background
• camera
• headphones
• battery's
• smoke machine (if we can get hold of one)
• lighting from 2 directions

I'm using 2 female models as I want a variety in my images, not just the same people in every image. For the photo-shoot I decided to have just a plain white background. I'm doing this because I thought it looked good in my mock-up magazine. another reason is if you have a plain background in a magazine, you cant get distracted from the main image which will be the cover model.
when I do my shoot I am going to think about what time of day it is and look out for how light/dark it is outside. The reason for this is I would like natural light to be seeping through on my photo-shoot as I believe it gives the model a glow and is more natural looking. I'm also going to use a professional camera which catches the skin tones and little details around, which is better than a phone camera.
My models are going to be young and beautiful as I want my target audience to idolise them. The models I plan to put on the front cover are going to stereotypically be my target audience, which is young women who like music.

As I am going to use the images I take for different purposes (cover image, contents page, double page spread) I need to make it clear that they all relate to each other and are linked in some way. I plan to use the same model for the cover image and double page spread as I feel the cover model is then relevant in the magazine. I am then going to use a different person for the contents page.

Music Magazine Mock up

 

The reason I chose to do a big chunky masthead is because the masthead means everything for the customers to purchase the magazine. This is so when customers walk into a shop and see all the varieties of magazines, mine will stand out because of its big, thick chunky masthead. I decided to do rather squared letters for my masthead font so I could place a part of DJ decks in replacement of the O. I feel like this gives away the genre of my music magazine, which is house, as there is a lot of house DJs and song remixes done on the decks.
I used a faint light pink background for my magazine and put certain bits of writing around the magazine a brighter pink, The reason I did this was because my target audience for this magazine is girls, so to make it more obvious to the audience who this magazine is targeted at I decided to add pink.
My cover line for this magazine is the name of this famous DJ 'Hannah wants'. I made her name bigger and anchored onto the image so it is clear who the name is related to on the front cover. I decided to do two different fonts for this in different colours so add to my pink theme and also attract the readers to the fact who the star of the magazine is. I decided to flip on the the 'Ns' in 'Hannah' round to
In this magazine I also added some green coloured font in certain areas. I did this because green is the sign of youth and as my target audience is younger women I thought this would go nicely.
To promote a competition that's taking place in my magazine, I used a puff. I did this because its noticeable for the readers to see and it attracts your attention to it. As its in a bubble shape, its clear this isn't to do with the other information on the front cover.

Questionarre Results

Advert analysis

Target Audience

My target audience for my magazine is 16-24 year olds. I have set this as my target audience because the type of music which my magazine will be based on (house) is usually listened to by a younger audience. The type of people I expect to buy my magazine is people who go to lots of festivals and night clubs, who are young, lively, and like listening to upbeat music and DJ remixes of songs.

Imaginary Entity

Saskia is a young girl who is 18 years old doing her A levels at collage. She enjoys listening to music and her friends and social life mean a lot to her. She goes clubbing most weekends and has a part time job in Topshop which she used to save up all her money. She is the typical trendy teenager who likes everything the same as her friends.,Music is a big part of her life and she loves DJ remixes of songs and house is her favourite genre of music. She goes to music festivals and as many concerts as she can as that's what she enjoys most. Her favourite DJs are DJ Fresh and Hannah Wants.