Draft Evaluation plan- Q2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Comparing Naomi Edmonds (Left) to Hannah Reid from London Grammar

 My cover artist is shown through a close up on my magazine cover, Her hands are over her ears as this links into music and hearing. This pose was taken from an edition of Q magazine with Robbie on the front. The pose shows a silly , friendly side to my artist. These two characteristics are what i wanted to achieve from my artist. The indie genre are very conscious of their fashion sense, so by taking an outfit already worn by an indie artist this would be safe. I looked at pictures of Hannah Reid on Google and found the picture (Right) and liked the style of the leather jacket. I found out that my model/ artist had a similar one so i styled her in that. By using Hannah Reid as inspiration this meant i aimed the magazine at a younger teenage audience (16-20 year old) and could be both male and female as she is in a band with two males. 

 The artist I am comparing my artist too is also female, and in a band with two other males as opposed to being an individual artist. Both artists are lead singers in their bands. Even though I have used a female this does not mean i am aiming my magazine at just a female audience. By using a female artist this could also use the technique of a male gaze, and also as the artist is in a band with two other males creates an audience of both female and male. 

 Through my research of the artist, i have styled my costume around what they would wear. I have then combined this with my chosen photographer, Terry Richardson, and felt this has worked well into creating a professional shot. I selected a range of close ups, mid shots and long shots on a plain background similar to Terry Richardson. This helps the reader focus just on the artist and not the background of the magazine cover. 

Draft Evaluation- Q1

1. In what way does you media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?(I.e music magazines)

 For the title of my magazine I wanted to create something unique and linked to music, after doing research I came across Octave which is a musical term meaning a series of eight notes occupying the interval between two notes, one having twice of half the frequency of vibration of the other. I believe this matches the genre of my magazine because of the uniqueness, which is the main idea of being Indie.
 Conducting an audience research on UK tribes it gave me ideas for the clothing in which i needed my model to wear on the shoot and cover of the magazine. As the genre was indie and this is quite simplistic I felt that i didn't need to use any props, however i chose for my model to wear a leather jacket, this is in my genres everyday clothes.
 As part of my research i looked at different photographers that I could mimic their work. After the research I looked at which one would be more suited, Terry Richardson's work used an over exposure and silly, fun poses. I wanted to convey this idea in my final product, Terry used mid shots of the people he is using, most magazines use the mid shot to get a clear image of the artist. I took this into consideration and did the same as I felt this would be best.
 After looking at magazines that i liked, i came across Q magazine that used quite a simple layout and colour scheme. The red square with the 'Q' was eye catching, however i didn't want to copy another magazine out there, so instead i chose to use the whole of my title name in red. I feel like this was the best option as its simple but the red would catch peoples eyes on the shelf. The font i used for the title was penelope anne. This was different to the research i had conducted, this was because i found a internet site called dafont and realised you could download fonts from there.

 My model used a similar pose to Robbie's edition on 'Q' magazine. The pose was silly and unique and this is what i wanted my magazine to be like. I chose to use the bar at the top of my magazine as many magazines done do this. Other elements i used from this addition are the red, grey and black colour scheme. However, i chose to do only one side of the contents of the edition as this is where most people would look first when the magazine is picked up. 

My double page spread also uses the same context as Q magazine with the letter behind the text. I chose to use this as i already knew it worked this would create a successful magazine. 

My final Magazine

Possible Pictures for my Cover

I feel that my second photo shoot went more successful, this is because i have got feedback on my other photographs and know what i needed to improve on. This made it easier for me to produce something that people liked. 

 I have chose this as potential photos for my front cover as they are exposing the artist to the camera, this was due to my feedback asking for the artist to be facing forward. After putting the feedback into action i now prefer a forward pose, because the artist is new so you will want to show the audience of the magazine what they look like.