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.