This is a gif which just shows some of the similarities and differences in the photos of existing magazines and my magazine. In this, I show two photos of Megan and another model. The photo of megan is similar to the existing photo because of the facial expression. Megan doesn't have a facial expression and she looks like she is neither happy or sad. This adds to the theme of being indie. The posture is also similar because it is two different. The first image shows Megan slightly turned to the right and this is similar to the existing magazine photo.
There is no actual gesture in the photos but they do give out an effect. It almost looks like they are both angry but it still doesn't make them look moody. The angle which the photo has been taken is effective because it shows their face completely but it shows some attitude. The image looks good because it emphasis the emotions of the model. The shot type of of the photo is the same, a medium close up. I think that this is effective because it shows some of the posture and most of the emotions of Megan. The hair from both the images are different because in the real image, one model has her hair tied up whilst my model has her hair down. Having her hair down meant that it has a sense of femininity to it. Although I used a different image for my front cover which doesn't have her hair down, I thought about using this one too but I thought this looked a bit too pop rather than the indie genre.
The lighting used is effective because in the real magazine front cover, the light focusses on the models's nose or mouth area. In my shot, however, it focuses on her entire face. I thought that this was important to do because otherwise, the emotion of the model wouldn't be coming out, portraying that it is an indie magazine. The costume isn't really shown and I thought that this was a downer because it could have been telling us more about the genre of the magazine. I think that the costume of the real model is more seen and it makes it better than my photo because by the simple collar shows what type of music she's into.
This is an example of another magazine and my magazine merged together. Here I will explain what I have already done above but more in depth. The genre of both shows that they are both indie magazine. This is through the photo and the font that has been used. The Lula magazine has the simple, fancy font for the masthead whilst my magazine has the simple bold font. Indie magazines often have simple mastheads because then it doesn't look heavy unlike the rock magazines such as the NME magazine or KERRANG. The lighting used in Lula looks good because it it focusses on the face. The background has been blurred and this adds to the effect because then it makes the face of the model more laminated. The lighting on my magazine is different because although I have made her face more seen, it still kind of shows the background. The brick wall in the background adds to the theme of the indie music as it is conventional for "hipsters" to be hanging around in these types of areas. The stereotypes which are associated with the indie people is having parkers, vans and the hoodie fashion. This has been illuminated with my magazine as you can see with my model having a parker on her. I liked the idea of having the grey colours. This was due to it being a simple colour but still light and not the dark heaviness adding to a rock theme rather than the indie.
The angle for both magazines are the same. This was the simple front shot. I thought that this was a good idea, although simple, because it could then focus on the emotions and the actual model than the way that they are placed. I thought that the idea of having the simple angle would also show what type of person they are.
The shot type is a medium close up for both magazines. This was the required image type so I have used this. It was a good idea to do this because then it could focus on the way that they are dressed but also their face and maybe the background. The medium close up was also a good idea because of these reasons and it is also the normal magazine shot. -
