Photoshop Skills

 To help me with my final magazine cover, My task was to take a few shots of a 'band' using different camera techniques. After taking many shots, we had to pick one to use on our poster that we had to create using Adobe Photoshop elements.

This is a final poster of the shot above.

As you can see we edited our shot so it would be black and white. This makes the poster look more effective and different. Also the text and the kicker is in black and white which makes the poster look more professional as their is no clashing colours. We cropped the image, so we could see less background. This lets the audience focus on the two main stars rather than the background. The shot is off two girls standing one behind each other. This makes the shot look more effective as if is different to the stars standing next to each other. The two girls have no expression on their face which fits into the genre R&B as they look quite serious but yet glamorous.

Research -Target Audience

The Genre of my magazine is going to be R&B, therfore my target audience will be teenagers and some university students both femailes and males aged between 15-24.  To engage my target audience into reading my magazine i will use many conventions related to R&B genre which will interest my audience. From the Magazine front covers I have analysed I have realised that the shots taken show the artists full body. This shows the audience what exactly the artists is wearing. Also their outfits they are wearing are quite revealing therfore this makes them look more attractive and this is very eye catching for some teenagers. I will have to make sure that the models for my magazine cover does similar poses and wears simliar outfits to fit in with the genre and to make the magazine look more attractive. Main colour used on the magzine cover are blue, therefore the magazine covers are bright and stands out.

Camera Angles

I researched many camera angles to help me with my final magazine cover. This shot of Beyonce is a medium long shot. This shot has been posed for because you can see the telephone that Beyonce is holding, is held in a unusual way. One of Beyonce's leg has been cropped out, however we can already see what shoes she is wearing but we can see as she has her foot on the bed. Multiple focus is used in this shot as Beyonce is looking at defferent angle rather than at the camera. Their is a good depth of feild used in this shot as we can the background, this tells us more about the shot where exactly Beyonce is.  The outfit that beyonce is wearing is very revealing, and makes her look attractive. This is very eye catching to many teenagers.

This camera shot is a medium close up of a band called Coldplay. This shot is in black and white which makes the image look more effective. As you can see all band members are standing one behind the other. This may suggest that they are all different. The members in this shot have all been cropped, we can not see the all the body, this makes the audience focus more on their face. They all have quiet serious/scary facial expressions which makes the audience think why.

Research - Contents 2

This contents page is from VIBE magazine. The word contents is spilt up into 3 and placed underneath each other. This is very effective as it is very unique. The font used for 'contents' is big, black and bold, this will catch the readers eye straight away. The other sections are written in different fonts, this makes the contents page look more professional.Also VIBE's content s page layout is the same which make the contents page well known as the word 'contents' will always be spilt up into 3. 

As you can see their is a large image on this contents page of the singer Ciara. She is lying on her back with her legs in the air. This is eye catching as Ciara is in a unusual position. There is text on both sides of Ciara.

Ciara is wearing an outfit which is very revealing to show of her body. This will catch many male and female teenagers eye as she looks very attractive. Also she has a straight face which shows she is not smiling or frowning. This is mysterious as we don't know if it is good information or bad information about Ciara which makes the reader more interested.

The colour scheme for this contents page is black and white. The background is black, with a cirlce of white on it to show it is a spot light on Ciara. This suggests that Ciara is the main focus in the magazine. By having only two colours makes the contents page look simple and not too flashy.

Research - Contents 1

The word 'Contents' is written very uniquely as it is not written in a straight line, it has been broken up into 3 and placed under each other. The font of the contents is big, black and bold which suggest it will catch the readers eye. The font that is used for the other sections is very formal as some of it is italic. By using different fonts make the contents page look more professional. The colour scheme for this contents page is plain black and white. This makes it look more effective because the only bit of colour is red heart which is placed on the singers body. This makes the contents page very eye catching because you can see the colour red straight away. The reason why vibe has a black and white background is so the artist stands out more. This will then attract most readers. The artist is wearing something that is in fashion, which will attract the target audience as many readers might have similar clothing.

Research - Double Page Spread 2

The title on this double page spread is very attractive. This is because it is very big and bold and it takes up most of the space on the double page spread. This is a good thing as the title will be the first thing the reader will see, which will get them reading more. The image on the right takes up the whole A4 page. This image is of Lily Allen. By looking at this image we know straight away the double page spread is about her. Th target audience of this magazine is teenagers, as Lily Allen's music is aimed at teenagers. The colours that are used are mainly black and white. We can see the layout is like a newspaper layout, their is a big headline and the text is in columns.Their are a few words that are in red, for example 'Lily Allen'. This is in red as the image is of her. Lily Allen is also wearing a red shirt. This makes the double page spread even more noticeable as the red shirt stands out.