Front Cover: First Draft

This is the first draft of the front cover of my magazine. I tried to stick to the flat plan that I created for my front cover when making this draft.

When making my first draft I had an idea of what I wanted my front cover to look like. For my front cover I took inspiration from NME magazine, I like the setup of their front covers and the style of their masthead.

I was given feedback on my first draft of my front cover from my teacher. My teacher said that I had too much spare white space, so in order to make this better I will have to re-arrange the page to make it look more full and have less 'spare' space. My teacher also told me that they couldn't really see the main sell line and the sell lines on top of the pictures, so I will either move these things to a different location when I make my second draft or I will add in a box behind the writing so you can read the text better.

Unused Photos

Photo Shoot Consent Form

I asked my model to sign a consent form to confirm that I could take photos of there and use them in my magazine.

Photoshoot Planning

What personnel do you need? Who are you going to photograph?

I won't need a lot of people for my photoshoot, I will realistically only need the model and myself to take the photos. I will also be using a friend as a model as I think that they will fit the look that I am trying to create for my magazine.

What props will you need?

I don't think that I will need any props for my photo shoot as I want my photos to be quite simple. I just want my main focus of the shots to be the model.

How are you going to emphasise color?
I am going to be using a plain white backdrop so I will have the model dressed in quite dark colors, e.g. black and grey, to contrast against the background. I don't want too much color in my photos as I want my masthead to stand out on my front cover and I think if I have too much color in my images it will take away from my masthead.

Have you briefed your personnel/models?

I have told my model how I want them to dress and how I want their hair and make-up to be so we don't have to waste shoot time getting them ready and looking the way that I want them to for the pictures.

What lighting will you need? Any other equipment?
I want to have high key lighting on my photos, so I will either need to have big lights, a lot of lights in order to create this affect.

Where will you shoot? Will you need a backdrop?

Where I am planning to shoot my pictures there is a plain white backdrop, this is what I wanted for my pictures so I won't need to take anything with me or use a green screen in order to make a backdrop. 

Make-up? Costume?
I want my mode to wear simple clothes, e.g. a leather jacket and plain top, as I don't want there to be too many colours on my front cover as I am sticking to a three colour, colour scene. As for the makeup I again want my model to have a simple style, as I want them to look quite natural, however I do want them to have a bright coloured lipstick as I want at least some colour to stand out on her.