Due to my own mistake I have been unable to work on my front cover during the Christmas holidays as I forgot to transfer the work onto my memory stick. Although I have been working on images that I could use for other parts of my magazine and making drafts for the article.

Front Cover Before Editing

This picture shows the first stages of my front cover, before all the editing took place. Below is how the front cover now looks.

Front Cover Draft

This is a draft of my front cover, I have edited the background to a dim grey/brown and made the head of one of the band members overlap a letter in the title. This adds to the realism of the magazine as many magazines also do this.

Photoshoot

My photoshoot went really well and I believe I got some really good pictures that will work well with my magazine. I researched some "Rock Chick" pictures to see what kind of props, positions, costumes, make up, settings and camera angle were used. I then saved these images and used them as inspiration throughout my shoot. Above is an example of what I did and how I used the pictures as inspiration.

Deadline

I now know that the deadline for my front cover is the 7th of January. I think this is a fair deadline, but I will need to pick up the pace and get on with my front cover.

Arrangements for Shoot

As I previously blogged I have organised a photo shoot to take place this Wednesday. I have made some more specific arrangements for the shoot, below is a list of specifications I have sent to the actresses I am using;

Location- Beechwood Views
Time- 4:30pm
Costume- A dark outfit blacks, greys, deep purples etc and a second outfit which would suit a party location but also to suit the genre of the band, (Rock). So not too short with lots of flesh showing.

I have also made note of what I will need to do to ensure the shoot goes well and I get good, useable shots.
Props- I will use many props that I have handy at home, for example; a microphone and a microphone stand, drum sticks, electric guitar and an amplifier. These props will help make my shoot look more realistic and also reflect the genre and style of the band.
Equipment- I will need a camera that takes high mega pixel shots, it will need to be fully charged with a large capacity for many shots. I will also need a suitable background and appropriate lighting. These two factors may be difficult as I am using my own home for the shoot and I do not have professional lighting and backdrops, so I have come up with a solution to help my shoot look more professional. One is to use a plain white painted wall with a white bed sheet on the floor to mask the beige carpet that may be seen otherwise. The other to have helpers stood holding large torches and pulling blinds up or down to create the desired lighting.
The organisation of the shoot will hopefully pay off and I will have some good quality pictures to use in my magazine.

Drafts

These are images of my drafts, although these styles of magazines may not be a true reflection of what my finished product may look like they helped me experiment with styles, fonts and headlines. The first draft is a front cover similar to NME with anchorage aimed at 18-30 year olds. Whereas the second draft is based on magazines like Smash Hits and Top of The Pops aimed at a much younger generation of girls ages 9-13.