I found a large black piece of card to use as the background as I didn't want any interference in the picture - i wanted a solid colour behind me in the photo so i could put text overlapping it and it wouldnt have to fit with the many potential shades and objects in the background if i didn't make it a solid colour. I couldve taken a picture with things in the background and edited it on photoshop but i thought if i did that then a solid colour immediately around a real life picture would look a bit odd and unprofessional and maybe even slightly amateur looking and that's not what i want my magazine to be like - i want it to look real and convincing. I chose to have a black background as i knew my fonts would be brightly coloured and by having a dark background they would really stand out from it and would have no way of blending in or clashing with the colour of the background.
Before i could begin taking any pictures, i had to decide on make-up styles and clothing. I already knew the eye make-up would have to be the feature that stood out the most so decided to research some examples as it's not the way i ever do my own make-up. I used the search engine Google to look for inspiration for my eye make-up and searched 'colourful eye makeup' which featured a YouTube video consisting of a montage of different make-up styles that had already been created. These are a few examples of what i found;
This example i found clearly has a wide variation of colours that have been used which is what i wanted. I like the way that the colours aren't precise or have any symmetry and incorporate just about every colour that is available and the way not only the eye is covered but rather all the way to the eyebrow really emphasises the eyes and enables more colour to be used. Also I like the pink gloss used on the lips as its a normal colour people would wear but still manages to stand out. I want to use the technique of making the colours blend together and using different bold colours as that is the main theme of the entire magazine as obviously that is what is most associated with rave.
This is another example I like not only for the bright colours but i like the way each different colour of the eye shadow is applied in horizontal lines straight over the eye like a sort of rainbow pattern but with alternative colours. The only aspect i dont like about this example is that the lines dont blend which looks a bit artificial and probably wont be something i use in my own design.
In my final example I think most of my inspiration will be influenced by this design as it's my favourite one but not only that, i think it uses the colours the most effectivley and also blends them together in the same pattern on both eyes. I will also use eyeshadow all the way to the brow and use the colours yellow, orange, blue and green but not so much the coloured eyelashes as i believe this prevents the colours on the lid from standing out as much as they would against black eyeliner and mascara.The next aspect of the photoshoot planning is the clothing I would be wearing. I knew this also had to be something quite colourful and found a recently bought bright pink tshirt with a white and blue sequined design of a bird at the top. I thought this would look more effective than wearing just a plain tshirt as I was posing as a made up famous celebrity and thats not the sort of thing they would wear if they would be appearing on the front cover of a magazine.
The only thing left to do after that was to take the pictures. Here are a few of the original copies of the shots we took which I think worked best;
I think this picture works quite well, but I'm not too keen on the angle of it and it doesn't leave much room around the edges for writing that i dont want to make stand out and avoid overlapping onto the picture. Although i could edit it to make more of the background it wouldnt work around the part where my shoulders touch the edge of the picture as there would be a sort of black border around as you can't just add more of my body to it on the computer because I'd need an actual picture of it rather than being able to computer generate more of my shoulders. This would surely prevent it from looking professional at all.
Well for a start this picture makes me look way to sinister and that is not the feeling i want to give off on the front page of my magazine. Also the shot is too up close and again I couldnt put much writing on it that wouldnt overlap with the picture and I want my picture to fill the entire front page from corner to corner as I have noticed from my research that it makes the magazine look so much more real and professional if you use a high quality image. The last thing i dont like about this picture is my hair - its all over the place which effects the professional look and looks messy. Although i could edit it to improve this i don't intend to make my picture look rediculously edited as its not a beauty magazine but i still dont want it to have someone on the cover with messy hair.
This is my 3rd, final and favourite picture out of the bunch. I like the way my make-up is clearly displayed and my facial expression is neither moody nor happy which is what i wanted. I also like the angle as the clothing I have on is in view and the camera is looking down on me, creating the feeling that the cover star is not trying to look down on the reader but rather the reader is looking down on them. The last thing i like about this picture is the background is proportioned well and leaves a nice clear space for the title of my magazine and one of the story lines. By having it on plain black this will allow it to stand out more than the writing that will cover the rest of the page. This allows the magazine title to stand out clearly as its probably one of the most important aspects of the front cover itself.
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