Model’s Costume Plan

Skin Eyes Lips Costume/Clothing

Very clear with a substantial highlight so that when the photos are taken, the model’s cheek bones shimmer and are enhanced making her look young and healthy which will appeal to my young demographic.

Gold eyes with a darker colour in my model’s socket such as a dark brown to give her eyes depth. A lighter shade of eyeshadow will be in the inner corner of her eye to give the illusion of bigger eyes which will look captivating in my final images. I will also use a cat eye flick as is the fashion for pop musicians at the moment.

I will use a dark plum colour which is easily noticeable so that I have a colour to coordinate with my fonts and banners. This way, the image will tie together well with the fonts/colour scheme.

My model will wear blue jeans and a purple/maroon top to make her look casual yet stylish which is the overall look I want my magazine to have and one which my demographic will find appealing (Teen girls aged 15-18)

Photoshoot Plan Cover

Model/Object Shot type/angle Lighting Editing Details Mise-en-scene Connotation

Poppy Casson Medium Shot Light box, side on High Contrast-perhaps all black and white except makeup/ top

Poppy looking over her shoulder just off camera sat on a bed with dark background of some sort.

Poppy is glamourous pop star who is also very friendly/likeable (like Taylor Swift

Photo Selection

I discarded this photograph because although I like that you can see her eyeshadow, I don’t feel like her expression was very ‘pop’ and also I didn’t like how you could see her hand at the bottom of the photo.

I don’t like this photo because you can’t see her highlight and therefore she looks quite dull and also the lighting isn’t very good so she doesn’t look captivating at all

I chose not to use this image for my front cover as she is facing forward and so she isn’t engaging with the camera therefore people wont be inclined to pick it up.

I chose this photograph for my cover because I like how happy my model looks and feel that she looks like a pop artist. I also love how the lighting picked up on her highlighter which makes her look healthy and glowing which is what my demographic aspires to.

I have chosen to use red, white and black as they are edgy colours but also quite elegant. I will use white got the most important elements of my page such as my masthead as it is the brightest colour and when its put over a black and white image, it will be really eye catching and will draw the reader to the magazine. I chose the red because it will match my model’s lipstick and therefore will help to create unity between the text and the image. I have chosen to use AR Bonnie as it is bold but has curves which is typical of the Pop genre. I also want to use Calibri as its a sans serif font so its contemporary looking but its also easy to read and therefore will work well for smaller writing in my magazine.

I used the spot heal tool to get rid of any blemishes on my model’s skin. This helps to give the image a more professional look.

I then used the burn tool to define my model’s eyebrows because I wanted them to remain dark when its black and white.

I used the convert to black and white tool on a duplicated layer and played with the contrast until I was happy with how the photo looked.

I then used the eraser to rub the black and white layer out on her lips and eyes so that they stand out from the image.

I used the text box tool to write out my masthead above my model’s head

I then used the quick select tool to select the part of my model’s head which overlaps the masthead, copied it, created a new layer and pasted it to bring the part forward.

I used the brush tool to put a barcode on the left hand side of my page

Feedback

Having been given my feedback, I have changed my colour scheme. I chose to use a bright blue and pink as they are both bright and contrast each other and this is a technique often employed by Pop magazines such as ‘Top of the Pops’ to catch the eye of readers and those colours work well next to my photos which are mostly purple toned. I then went about looking for a new font to replace AR Bonnie and Orator Std. I looked through all of the fonts already on my school and home computers but decided I’d be better off finding a new one online. I went onto Dafont.com and looked through all of the possible fonts I could use before settling on GoBold. I downloaded and installed it to my home computer and used Gobold itallic as well on my contents page to create some variation.

Font and Colour Scheme Changes

Having received feedback from my teachers and peers, I decided to change my magazine to make it look more like a pop magazine. I began this by changing my font. I used Gobold Italic for my Masthead, article titles and date/issue number but later changed it to Gobold Regular as the convention for Pop magazines such as ‘Top of the Pops’ and ‘We Heart Pop’ is to have bold sans serif fonts to make it look more modern. I also changed my colour scheme to be brighter pink and blue as Pop magazines often use bold contrasting colours.

In order to make my image compliment my colour scheme I changed the colour of my model’s lips to pink and made her eyes blue using the brush tool on a low opacity. I also gave my masthead a shadow to make it stand out more than the article titles. I added a barcode using the brush tool to make my cover look more professional and used the text box tool to add the price and website to the barcode banner.

I then used the shapes tool to insert a plus sign, a competition banner and a star to draw attention to certain areas of my page. I also gave my plus sign a shadow to make it pop out of the page. I moved my masthead to the left as was suggested by my teacher and left it in front of my model’s head.

I used the cookie cutter tool to create my top banner for my additional coverline. This makes my cover look more professional.

Teacher Feedback:

I removed my additional cover line in favour of a larger masthead to make it stand out further and moved the cover line to the bottom of the page.

I made the barcode smaller and put it at the bottom of my page to make it less invasive on the image.

I also made the addition sign smaller to make sure that it doesn’t distract from the photograph, likewise with the button.

I used the blur tool to make the cut out line from where the photo overlaps my masthead less harsh and more natural looking

I used the pipette tool to get the colour similar to my chosen font colour and the brush tool to paint it on in the correct shape. This way I could gradually increase the opacity of the colour until I got the desired effect.

I had a final meeting with my teachers who asked me to make some small adjustments in order to reach my full potential.