final photostream

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Here is the final photo shoot that I did, starring two more people. I plan on using these pictures on the contents page. I prefer the ones on the brick wall as they seem slightly edgy and the model here poses excellently. The lighting is bright and the main attention is on the model. I decided to dress them both in grey and muted tones as this goes with my colour palette and reflects back to my minimalistic style and approach towards my magazine. I wanted one of my models to wear red lipstick to bring some colour into the equation, along with the colours of the brick wall. I didn't want the images to be too bland on the page, therefor I chose to do it this way. After going through some poses that looked good in my head, when I tried them, they didn't look as aesthetically pleasing as I would have hoped. The camera quality was good, and they turned out better than hoped for. I am really pleased as to how professional they are.  

Terry Richardson

Terry Richardson is an American fashion, portrait and documentery photographer.

He has done shots for many well known campaigns; Marc Jacobs, Aldo, Supreme, Yves Saint Laurent.

However he does cause some controversy because of his 'sexual nature'. In my opinion its his style of photography and works extremely well with the models and celebrities that appear in some of his work.

I love Terry's work as the models are so relaxed, they are natural and quirky poses. The celebrities/models look like they are having fun in a controversial way. I really want to take some inspiration from him, by maybe recreating this in my final shots of my magazine. 

Style Post

Here I have styled an outfit together that I feel will look good on my model and for the cover of my magazine. I want the outfits to be on trend/stylish, but comfortable and laid back. However I don't want it to turn out scruffy, my model has to look different, but like a celebrity and appealing for my audience. The tones I have gone for a within a certain colour palette of red, white, grey, black, and gold. Black will be the main colour in some of the outfits, as it links in with the colour of the masthead on the front cover of my magazine. 

Possible Fonts

I chose the name 'DIVISION' as it is inspired by 'Joy Division', but can also have different meanings. Such as a division in the music industry between old and new. I feel that DIVISION works well and by testing out some of the possible fonts below I can really have a feel as to what my magazine masthead will look like.

These are some of the fonts that I feel are appropriate for my final magazines. I love the top ones as they are bold, and are perfect for my title page. I feel that the 4th one is perfect for the font on the contents page and other necessary writing on the double page spread. I would like to keep the fonts very consistant throughout the magazine, to keep the the theme of indie/alternative. the second one i love, however I feel that it is really hard to read, and this could be a problem for the front cover. It could be recognisable for the irregular style of the font. All of the fonts I have chosen as I think the fonts will attract a certain type of audience. I might decide to change my fonts as I am making the magazine, in photoshop, for example, a certain font may look wrong or not aesthetically pleasing compared some of the others that I have chosen.

Hexagon Magazine Preliminary

Here is my preliminary magazine for a school; I chose the name hexagon as it is associated with schooling and mathematics. I wanted to make the magazine cover and contents quirky, clean, and professional looking, as I feel this look sells with the audience type of sixth form students. 

I went with a neutral colour palette as it is easy on the eye, making Meg (model) and the masthead more prominent. 

X Magazine Step By Step

X magazine is inspired by 'V' magazine. V magazine has the oversized letter placed over or around the central image, I really liked the idea of this as it makes it unique, and is extremely consistant throughout the issues. In my opinion it makes the magazine recognisable. V magazine also doesn't have much text on an issue, just the barcode, issue number and the celebrity on the cover.
I made the X transparent so you could still see the figure of Lana Del Ray. If the magazine were to be a monthly issue, the colour of the masthead would vary, due to whom is on the cover.

Hexagon Magazine- Lay plan

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Here is the laypan for my preliminary lay plan of hexagon magazine. I chose the name 'Hexagon', as it goes with the idea of schools and education, in this case it is inspired by mathematics. I wanted to incorporate the hexagon shape, therefore I replaced any 'O' lettering with a hexagon.

The current layplan may change when I make my final magazine on photoshop, but I wish to follow this plan as I feel it is an appropriate design for a school magazine.