Showing posts with label test shots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label test shots. Show all posts
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Camera Angles/Shots:
Close-up: A close up image is when the frame of the photo is taken up almost entirely by the person/object/feature of the image; in this case it's a person's face. Close ups work well in magazines as it allows extra detail on images showing the reader more, for example if there is an article on a new up-coming celebrity they may well have a close up image to show the audience their face so they become memorable. I have used a close-up image on the contents and double page spread pages of my draft, this is because the band I am focusing on are new to the world of music and the audience of my magazine will recognise them in future if I add in close-up shots.
Mid-shot: As demonstrated in the two images above, a mid-shot is where the feature in the photo is visible from roughly the waist upwards; this is a common profile shot of someone - as used in the 'dirty glam' magazine shown above. The image above that is one that I have taken for my test shots, I played around with different shot lengths to see what would work best for my magazine genre and style, I like this type of image a lot particularly as I am featuring a band rather than a solo artist.
Long shot: I like long shots but I haven't taken any for my test shots as it wasn't suitable for how I wanted my pictures to be set up, the two magazine covers above work really well with long shots as it adds detail in a different way. A typical long-shot could be the whole body or from the legs upwards, they would both come under the category of long-shot. I particularly like the NYLON magazine cover as the image works well among the busy writing, the dark colours contrast with her skin tone in the photo which causes a great contrast for this long-shot.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Mock-up Magazine Cover
This is the mock-up of magazine cover, my real magazine may be completely different to this depending on my final colour palette and photoshoot shots. I like the layout of my mock-up with the picture holding most of the colour on the page, the name of the band will be in a bright colour to stand out against the neutral title and 'what's inside' text. I produced this on Photoshop, and will do the same for my final magazine cover; my double page spread and contents page mock-ups will be posted shortly.
Analysis of test shots:
As I have taken a fair amount of photos I have chosen my favourite shots and have looked at what will work best for my magazine. I have decided to stick with my original idea of a close-up half-face on the front cover and I will create a mock-up of what I want this to roughly look like. On the contents I will just various sections of photos and apply them as a border, with one group feature photo as the main image and the text surrounding this central image. Again, on the double page spread I will use various images of the "band" of three people whilst sticking to a colour scheme but adding flashes of other colours to brighten the page up. The three people the "band" consists of each have a different colour of hair, I wanted to do this from the start as it means the images will be eye catching.
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