Blog 6- Photos

This photo is included on my front cover because it shows the ban which is going to be interviewed inside. I made the girls pose in this way as it is a fun but still quite innocent pose. It isn't too staged and they look fairly natural to the camera. The facial expressions aren't harsh and two of the girls are smiling. This is good for the genre of my magazine as it has a real pop feel to the image. I kept their make up subtle but with the red lipstick to stand out and it ties in with the colours of their outfits. I chose the outfits they wore based on what messgae i was sending out to the audience of the magazine. I wanted them to look fun and fresh and be something that girls would look up to and what to be like. The Union Jack jacket shows how the magazine is British and so is the band and that they are proud of that. I kept the setting for the photo simple as i wanted it to focus ont he band and their look rather than their surroundings. Also as the front cover of the magazine is rther busy and colourful i didn't want everything to be distracting each individual feature. I think this photo appeals to my target audience because they are posing happily, so it looks inviting and they are all girls so girls reading it can relate to them and be inspired by what they have achieved and maybe want to look like them.

This photo is included on my double page spread to accompany the interview with the girl band 'The Lilas'. he pose she is doing looks cute and she is smiling again which reflects the genre of the magazine. When researching other pop magazine, most of the photos included in their magazine had the people smiling and looking at the camera, so i decided to confrom with those conventions to try and make my magazine successful. I chose for her to be sitting on this amplifyer as it ties in with the theme of music and looks quite retro. Her red cardigan stands out and looks bold against the background. The make up is simple again yet the hair is curly and volumised to give a cute look. The way she is sitting is relaxed and she looks like she is having fun doing it.

This photo is included on the front page to link to the feature: 'Backstage with the High School Muscial 2 Concert Cast'. This photo is quite different compared to the others

because it is much more posed. The way he is standing doesn't look as natural and his facial expressions are more serious. I have done this because it is a change in gender, he is supposed to look appealing to the eye and for the girls reading to find him attractive. I edited the photo to make him have more of a tan to stand out against the white backgorund and white t-shirt. The way he did his hair is to make him look similar to character he is portraaying- Troy Bolten. I think this photo appeals to my target audience because he is an attractive young man, not much older than the readers, so they will like to look at this photo then want to read on to find the article featuring him. Nearly all pop magazines feature an attractive man on the front to appeal to the young girls reading the magazine The front cover is the most important part of the selling of the magazine as children can be easily swayed by who and what is on the front cover, therefore may buy the magazine just because of who is going to be feautred on the front.

I included this photo on the Contents page as part of a quiz for the readers to guess which celebrity this is when they were younger. I decided to take this photo and use it as a professional dance show photo. This reflects the genre of the magazine by using a young girl and making it a cheesy photo. The way this is posed shows that it is a professional photograph, with the white/blue background and the choice of costume. I chose this costume as it is young nad fun and adds some humour to the magazine. Yound readers will want to turn to the page straight away to find out who the celebrity is pictured. The audience can refect on this photo by believeing that this celebrity was a normal young girl interested in dancing and made it out to be a big celebrity featuring in Planet Pop magazine.