Friday, 29 January 2016
Test shots
I started of with wanting space between the two but i felt it looked as if they lacked the chemistry i wanted on my photo cover so i changed the look half way through. I like the shadow effect as it was something that i liked about Viktor Vauthier's style of photography. the clothes they are wearing fit my theme and over all the style is similar to something i would like to adapt on my final cover.
However, i would like to add more head space and enhance the lighting to give them a fresher look
Monday, 18 January 2016
25 word pitch
My magazine is aimed at 16-25 year olds. Its a rock influenced indie music magazine which alternative style is Inspired by loud and quiet.
Sunday, 17 January 2016
'Republic of Music are one of the UK’s leading sales, marketing and distribution companies offering comprehensive and innovative worldwide physical and digital distribution. We have worked successful campaigns for Tame Impala, Disclosure, You Me At Six, The Black Keys, M83, Sam Smith, Mazzy Star, Neneh Cherry, William Onyeabor, The Fratellis, Deaf Havana, Moderat, Fatboy slim.'
'Republic of Music work closely with a host of brilliant independent labels to sell, market and distribute their releases and help maximise their sales potential, in the UK and internationally. Through our network of international partners we can offer fully coordinated release campaigns, from initial planning and implementation right through to completion in all key worldwide territories.'
- - http://www.republicofmusic.com/
I think that republic of music would be an ideal label to be involved with my magazine as it is involved with a large variety of different musicians that fit into different genres including 'indie and alternative' which i will be focusing on in my magazine. As well as this, the company is well known internationally meaning that distribution wise my magazine would be successful and remain individual.
many successful magazines are already published by 'republic of music' such as the magazine 'Clash'.
they also have a blog which would help to promote my magazine and advertise it to the relevant people regarding my target audience and music genre.
language style
Magazines use different types if writing style and tone depending on their target audience's age or subculture for example. the language used by a magazine is altered or adapted through their use of tone, if the target audience is more mature a more formal tome would be used, In contrast, if the magazine is more suited to a younger audience, the language wont be as conscious of using slang words or adopting more of a relaxed tone. personally I like the tone used in i-D magazine or loud and quiet, as it is suited to a younger and more alternative audience in comparison to something like rollingstone magazine, Q or billboard. this could be partially due to that fact they are more well known and have been running for longer. i would like to adopt more of a casual tone as it would suit my genre more and also the language would be better suited to my audience as it is targeted at a younger generation.
Friday, 15 January 2016
Viktor Vauthier
Viktor Vauthier is one of my favourite photographers purely due to his simplicity and how he captures the expression of the models face. he is a relatively low profile photographer with only a small following however, he very underappreciated in my opinion. his photos are taken with film cameras which adds a clean and fresh effect to the images. I also like his use of shadows in some of his photos which I intend to attempt to replicate when creating my magazine as I think it helps to add depth to the photo which can therefore make it more interesting.
If I was to try and take photos inspired by his work, I think that the fresh faced look would be harder to achieve as that is very much dependent on the model used which in his case is a professional. despite this, his use of simple backgrouds could be easy for me to imitate, as this is what I have access to in terms of my magazine backdrop.
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Sunday, 10 January 2016
Magazine titles
These are titles of well known music magazines offering a wide variety of news surrounding music media. The titles all have one clear similarity as they are all either black and/or red. The choice of red is used as it stands out and black is a representative colour which is suited to any cover colour pallet or music genre they wish to use in the next issue. 
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