Final Choices

I have chosen these images for my magazine as there is a variation of colour, costumes, angles, depth of filed, angles, the models are in different areas of the grid and different poses.

<I like this photo because the church is the background is slightly out of focus, and where it is partially covered by bushes gives a hidden and suspicious feel. The arms crossed look give the 'tough guy' feel.>This picture has a lot of negative space which can be utilised by my cover lines. The costume of my model is an accurate representation of what my target audience would want to wear.

Both these photos use camera angles to change the view of the models.



<This picture perceives them as intimidating, where as this picture > is less intimidating, but the body language of them perceives them as aggressive.
The dark background in both these photos can be utilized for the mast head, cover lines and anchoring text.





<This picture, with the horns, the skeleton jaw, the pose of both the models and the dark background with the tree in the background, creates the perfect satanic symbolism that the controversial magazine contain
>This photo has a lighter tone and doesn't set too heavily on the eyes. The tree is out of focus it, creates a settling background for my masthead. The model on the right is also lightly out of focus, not conforming to the standard form, so will grab attention.

Photo shoot 1

Today, I got Lochrann Urquhart and Lewis Tyler to be my models for my magazine. For this I need to dress them up slightly, I also had to direct them, as in, where to look, where to stand, their body language, etc, I also had to make sure the lighting was decent, so I sometimes used the flash. I found that the flash created a lot of contrast, between my models and the background, and the mid-ground. the background is a deeper blue/grey, the mid-ground is more of a silhouette against the background, adding a scary effect. I also like the pictures where everything is lighter, it looks like there is a filter on it already, and the camera has totally unfocused on the background, giving a grungy effect. I tried different shots, such as long mid shots, mid shots, long shots and a few close ups. I used different camera angles to try and portrait my models differently. I got my models to seem as menacing as possible, to fit with my genre, so I got them to stand arms crossed or in their pockets, even thought that may seem like I wasn't bothered to tell them what to do, it gives a feel as if its all mysterious, because we don't know what they have in their hands. The grey weather in some of the pictures gives a horror feel to is, and reflects the genre to which my audience will appreciate. In a few pictures you can see I have used the rule of thirds and depth of field to help focus the reader. In the background, there are vein like tree branches, churches or just a very dark background. the trees give a demonic feel, as if evil is crawling over the page, and the church is ironic, as metal magazines tend to have satanic insinuations, and the dark background gives a dark feel, which is representative of the music and the audience.

Further info on my T.A.P

As part of a further target audience profile profile, I have asked members of my target audience sort of things they get up to in their spare time, so 'what bands listen to, what books they read and what genre of films they listen to.