Feedback

I interviewed a few people about my magazine and asked them what they thought of it.

Interview 1

"I like the way that this isn't a typical magazine and the way the person in the main photo isn't giving you eye contact is kind of cool"

Interview 2

"Yeah the colouring looks really nice and the name of the magazine is good as well"

Interview 3

"Not the kind of music I'd really listen to but if thats what I did listen to then, yeah I'd guess I'd buy it

Evaluation

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B8hUVBlvod8vMjI4ZGE1NTktYWNjMC00YWU2LWFkZDAtNGQwZGJlNzgwMWY3&hl=en

Planning and evaluation of the article

The articles I have looked at are both in the rock and metal magazine Rock Sound.

Photos

This is the photo I took for my front cover before I have edited it. For the mise-en-scene I wanted to take the picture in a well lit room for when i did my editing it will make an easy base for it. The blank canvas wall relates to the band as it just shows that these musicians are all about the music and with a care free attitude to over the top visual effects. The picture is just of Brook so the main focus is on him considering he is the front man and therefor the main sell. I told him to put on a mischevious grin above the phrase "What is Brook Thomas smiling about?" in order to interest the reader by the use of a rhetorical question. His costume is a fairly plain, "grungey" look accompained to that of both the musical genre and the target audience. Wearing similar clothing to that of the target audience would wear will make him more relatable thus generating more interested in this weeks magazine.

This is the picture I have used for my contents. It is taken of myself who is the supposed bassist for the band "The Montagues". I set a timer on the camera so that i could take a picture of myself without getting someone else to take it. I took it in a messy, typical garage band styled room to promote the pureness of the music for this band. The light at the back of the picture denotes a holy, spirirtual impact of the band. Almost suggesting the bassists immortality. A typical rock 'n'roll pose is being struck to the give the impression that the band is in mid-performance. The fact that the musician in the picture is not facing the camera suggests that he is turning his back on the norm and further gives the impression that this is a care-free bunch of musicians. The costume is again a typical sort of "grungey" look so the audience can relate to the band. The fact that a bass guitar is in rear view relates to the genre of magazine as it is a typical instrument in the genre of music that the magazine is promoting.

This is the picture of the entire band all looking into the camera. Again I used the timer setting on the camera to take it because I felt I needed to be in the photo. The fact that the band are staring into the camera makes the reader more interested to read this as they feel more involved with the magazine. The room is well lit so you can easily see the members of the band and there is a bright light in the middle so again a feeling of power is created. Similar to the rest of the photos the costumes are relating to the target audience.

This is the second picture I have used for my front cover. It consists of Jesse Walton the guitarist of the band Sweet Addiction. He is looking directly into the camera

Photo Editing

Before After

This is the photo of brook before and after the editing. I took the photo in a well lit room to make a simple base to edit photos. I decided to make the photo darker so it adds an air of mystery to Brook making him look slighty darker whilst creating an added interest in why he is smiling when all is bleak and dark.