Second Photo Shoot

These photo's have been used to reflect the more lighthearted side to the magazine, and to reflect my teenage audience. They have been taken in a "selfie" style to humanise the band and so the audience can relate to them.

First Photo Shoot

 I think this photo is very eye catching because of the interesting contrast between the two models. Will 

is taller than free and wearing brighter colours whereas Free is wearing dark clothes and is smaller than Will.

Trying Out New Ideas

I have decided to use this dark background in my magazine images. I will take the photo's with a white background, crop it out and replace it with the darker one below. I have experimented with this technique in photoshop using the Image of Fallout Boy.

Here is my finished experimental photograph. This picture only took me a few minutes and still looks very effective. When I have taken my own photo's I will take great care to completely remove the white outlines. 

Costume

My models will be wearing typical pop punk/Rock clothes.

This Shirt is bright with contrasting colours. Wearing a shirt similar to this will catch the audiences eyes. The shirt is branded with Blink-182, a Popular band my audience would like.

This branded Shirt is from Blink 182's Drummer's clothing line. This brand is well known in the music industry.

This look is similar to the green day photo shoot and I would like to emulate it. Skinny jeans and Vans compliment the look and are easily attainable by my model. 

My Models will be wearing:

1. Skinny Jeans
2. T-shirt
3. Vans pumps
4. Leather Jacket
5. Loose Belt
6. Messy Hair.

All of these things combined will create the Rock/pop punk look I desire. This will be greatly effective in advertising my magazine to my audience. 

Background

In my research of Pop-punk bands, I have noticed a trend in their photo shoot locations. All of the bands have used a blank white or black background. This is because the attention is drawn to the band and band members.

There are no distractions in the background that would take away focus from the band, and the plain background means that it can be edited out if needs be.

These would be a good background to edit my models into after I have taken my photos. I will use the darker background because this fits my genre better than the lighter Image.

Photo Inspirations 2

This photo shoot of All Time Low utilises bright colours instead of neutral and drab colours like the others. This connotes the band as more light hearted and serious. Like all the others, the band are using direct address, but this time they are making less serious faces. 

You me at Six are posed in the same way as the other bands. The members are spread out facing the audience with neutral faces. The band are wearing denim jackets, tying the band together for a uniform look. The frontman is in the foreground and the middle, drawing attention to him and catching the readers eyes.

This Green Day photo shoot makes use of leather jackets as a defining feature. Each member is wearing a jacket and it gives the band a uniform look. The front man is posed in the foreground as with other photos. This gives him the impression of being taller and more important. There is a green tinge to the photo, which connotes the band's name, Green Day. Two members of the band are wearing striped shirts which tie them together as a band.

Photoshoot Inspirations

Before I take my photoshoot pictures, I have ensured they will match my target audiences tastes and also be similar to other magazines with the same genre.

I researched Pop-punk and Alternative band's and their photoshoot conventions. This is what I have discovered.

In this photo the Band Sum-41 is posing behind a wall of abstract shapes. The band members are pulling funny faces, painting them out as light hearted and immature. This reflects the bands nature and style of music. I want my magazine to be received as a more mature magazine, so I will have my models using more serious facial expressions. There is no style or look for the band, they look messy and not uniform.

In this Image, the band blink 182 are posing using a direct mode of address. They are all wearing black clothes with white motifs and logos. They have similar poses, and use the same drab facial expression. This portrays and connotes the fact they are a band. There is no background to draw the readers attention to the band members. This contrasts Sum-41's photo which is more light hearted. T-shirts are a dominant feature in all of these images, so my models will wear T-shirts. 

This Image is similar to Blink 182's.  Fallout Boy's members are all wearing black and white clothes, and using neutral facial expressions. The second member is stood infront of the other members. This shows he is the frontman of the band. The band are wearing T shirts apart from the singer. This connotes he is different or more popular than the other band members.

This image of My Chemical Romance has a black and white filter applied to it. This portrays the band's genre of emo/punk. All of the band members are using direct address, looking straight at the reader. Again, the front man of the band is in the foreground as they are a more important feature of the band.

I will take this into account when posing my models.