Audience profile

Representations of males and females in rock

Drafting my magazine

Typical conventions of rock magazines

Interview draft

Researching contents page and DPS

Thinking of a concept

Start of magazine development

This is my magazine so far. I have created my front cover with a grey background as my model is dressed in quite dark colours I wanted to make sure my model stands out that my background doesn't clash with her clothes and she stands out even though she isn't dressed in such a way that appears prominent and obvious as grabbing the attention. 
The dark makeup on her highlights the colour scheme throughout my cover and although black and grey is my main colour scheme by dressing her in a red and black shirt and giving her black lips she contrast yet not too harshly as all of the colours match the rock genres palette and theme which I have incorporated into my magazine and its colour scheme and general view. 

Photo shoot planning

Photo shoot planning document

Date of shoot 1 - 29th December 2014
Date of shoot 2 - 10th January 2015

Images taken - Photos for my front cover, contents page and double page spread.

Shots - Close ups, full body shots, top half shots, photos including props (sofa, spotlight), shot of back of artist and medium shots.

Shoot location:  models residence (36 Northcroft Road KT19 9TA)

Model - Abigail Mcmaster 
Contact information - 07446900987

Costume 1:

- black jeans
- chequered red and black shirt

Costume 2:

- black skinny jeans 
- black turtle neck top (long sleeve) 

Makeup looks:

- dark smokey eye colours
- black lipstick (shoot 1) 
- nude lips (shoot 2) 
- black mascara on top and bottom lashes 

Hair:

- red coloured 
- messy style 
- straight hair but not neat 

Costume and image research

 

The image here makeup looks that I have researched into for my model. The makeup above is stereotypically intended to create a strong and powerful appearance on the woman and I wish to incorporate this on my model for my shoot. Females in rock or bands usually have an edgy and dark look to connote with their musical genre.

 

 

 

 The female in this photo is sporting a stereotypical 'rock girl' or 'punky' hair style. The messy style of hair links well to 'rockers' as rock fans are usually seen as easy going and fun people who dont take much consideration into how they are viwed by others, they are stereotyypically seen as rebellious and this is equally shown in the womans choice of hair colour. The red highlights an edgy and uniqe look which many female rock artists sport.

In order to make my model believeable as a rock artist I will take into consideration all of the research I have done and all of the stereotypes and typical conventions of women in rock music today. I will have my model dressed in dark colours with one colour to highlight power or lust such as red and her hair will be messy and ruffled to emphasise the 'rocker' in her and believeably portray an easy going teen who attends gigs and enjoys the image and sound of the rock genre.

Magazine set up

 

 

By looking at a local shop and viewed their magazine section, I noticed that the music genre magazines are within main eye line to all customers. Other magazines such as for a more mature age group are placed higher up at the top of the shelf in order to not offend or discomfort any customers who do not wish to see it.

Children's magazines are placed also within eye line yet below the music magazines as we could argue that children are more likely to see them from that angle or that as they do not contain explicit content that customers do not mind seeing them displayed. The music magazines are placed within their genres such as 'KERRANG' being a rock magazine is placed next to other magazines of its kind eg: 'MOJO'. All of the music magazines are put on the same shelf and split into the different genres.

Research - Mood boards

I have researched into brands, clothing and items that link to my music genre of rock and I have created a mood board of which I have selected images of clothing in order to brainstorm ideas for clothing my model for our photo shoot. The images I found show a dark and mysterious dress sense which links to the colours of my magazine and my model will be dressed in dark reds and blacks to emphasise her uniqueness and passion for the music genre she is tied to.

I have researched bands and bands merchandise of which fans of the rock genre would be interested in, and the items again show a dark and punky nature which i will incorporate into my magazines theme and also my model and her image. An example of this would be dressing my model in dark colours with a red or intense colour to stand out from my magazines tones and create an alternative look for her makeup and hair to link with other rock female artists.

Typography - Font selection

These are my ideas for texts for my magazine titles and fonts. I used a website called 'Dafont' which allows you to type any words you want into it and then select the different choices of font. I experimented with different fonts and sizing and decided that the most affective font which went with my magazines genre and style is the following font:

I decided that my magazine title will benefit from being in this font, I believe it is edgy and sends a powerful message which links to my music genre (rock) and will look appropriately selected on my front cover and other pages within my magazine. I have also decided to call my magazine as 'PULSE' as it connotes with the loud and upbeat music genre to which my music magazine is based on and the energy which runs through the fans and their passion for their music genre.