Photo-shoot 2 Evaluation

Today at 12:30 pm i carried out my second photo-shoot, my model was James Thompson. I think my photo-shoot went very well and i got alot of good photographs. I carried this photo-shoot out at Manton Lane in Hibbaldstow. My model wore exactly what i wanted him to wear and i am pleased with how it went. I now need to plan another photo-shoot with my other model Kayley Salter.
I also need to upload the images from today onto my laptop ASAP. This will hopefully be done by tomorrow.

Selection and Rejection

Photo-shoot 1 evaluation

I think my photo-shoot went well but some of the photo's I have taken are slightly blurry so they are not usable. I definitely  need to do another photo-shoot with Kayley Salter because I don't like any of the picture's I took of her and I didn't get as many as I wanted to. In the end of the photo-shoot I came out with 60 photo's. I followed my photo-shoot plan as best as I could although Kayley didn't wear the black fur coat which I would have liked so I will create another photo-shoot where she will wear the black fur coat. After my photo-shoot I have decided to use Courtney Carlile as my model for my front cover and I will write about her in my DPS. I decided this because I got some good pictures of Courtney. I also think she looked the most vintage but put a modern twist on it by having her shirt open. Overall I am happy with my first photo-shoot but there was plenty of room for improvement. I will carry out another two photo-shoots to collect the pictures I need for my magazine.

Photo Shoot Plan 2

Front Cover, contents page of DPS? Front Cover, Contents page and DPS.

Date and Time of Shoot?
22nd Novemeber - unsure of specific time yet.

 Does the picture need to be portrait or landscape?
Portrait for the Front Cover. A range will be taken for the  contents page because i'm not sure how it will be layed out yet.

Location & Background?
At the old railway bridge down Manton Lane in Hbaldstow.

Models?
James Thompson

Costume? (What is your model(s) wearing? Includes footwear/jewellery) Including change.
 James will be wearing a shirt possibly checked with straight dark wash jeans and smart brown shoes.

Make up and hair style?
No makeup will be used on this model but his hair will be gelled slightly to the side.

Props needed?
 A Cigarette

Type of shot?
I will take a range of long shots and medium long shots with a few mid close ups that I could potentially use for smaller images on the DPS, for my front cover photo I will use a long shot, this picture will not be my main front cover photo.

Lighting?
 Natural lighting

Name of photographer?
 Sarah Tear

Equipment Checklist.
Charged battery.
Empty memory card in camera.
Camera.

Target Audience Research Results

From the grid which i handed out to 30 people aged between 16 and 20, I found numerous things:

Front Cover Feedback:

•  Masthead will take up around 1/6th of the front page (usually in black, red or white) 

28 people out of 30 said the masthead should take up 1/6th of the page, 25 people said they didn't like the idea of red being used on a vintage music magazine. 15 people said the masthead shouldn't be black. 23 people said the masthead shouldn't be white.

• Colours/font colours used are white, red, black 

100% of my target audience said the font colour should be black. 25 people said they didn't want red to be used on the front cover. 

• Cover story about a specific singer or band 

100% of my target audience said that the cover story should be about a specific band or singer.

• Features may contain: album review, untold information, unseen pictures, birthday specials, articles, interviews.

100% of my target audience said that they would read the magazine if it had these features on the front cover. 

• Puffs / shapes saying about key feature/ interview.

27 people agreed it would be a good idea to have puffs on the front cover. 5 people out of the 27 said it would attract them to the page.  

• Pugs contain the price and date, issue and barcode.

100% of my target audience said the magazine front cover should contain pugs (e.g. price and date, issue and barcode.

• Individual male or female singers or group shots?

22 people said individual male or female singers. 8 people said group shots. 

• Traditional genre representations.

100% of my target audience said there should be traditional genre representations, 3 people left a comment saying it wouldn't be a vintage magazine without the traditional genre representations. 

• Locations: studio shots, chicken coop and under a bridge.

19 people liked the idea of all three locations. 11 people liked the idea of studio shots and chicken coop but not under a bridge. 

• Props include instruments

100% of my target audience said instruments should be used as props. 7 people said 'This shows it is a music magazine'

• Costumes are all formal showing their importance to the music industry.

29 people said the costumes should be formal. 1 person left a comment saying 'Vintage is a formal era.' 

Contents Page feedback:

• Pages about 130

20 people said 100 pages and 10 people averaged at 120 pages.

• Articles averaging between 2 and 10 pages

100% of my target audience agreed to the magazine having an average of 2 and 10 pages between articles. 

• Layout of contents matches housestyle on front cover.

100% of my target audience said the layout of the contents should match house-style on front cover.

• Images cover all of the columns.

26 people said the images should cover all the columns. 

• The masthead is used on the contents page.

All 30 people said the mast head should be used on the contents page.

• There is minimal white space on the contents page - full of images and text.

29 people said there should be minimal white space. 1 person said 'It looks more appealing.' 

Double Page Spread Feedback:

• Headings/titles really bold

27 people said 'Yes' the headings and titles should be bold.

• Banners

100% of my target audience said there should be banners. 

• Small text

21 people said there should be small text on the Double page spread. 

• Quote's 

100% of my target audience said 'Yes' to quotes. 

• Big images used of the band/Singer the article is about.

All 30 people of my target audience said 'Yes' to big images. 

Extra Research:

• How do you consume magazines? Do you buy and read print or read online/ tablet/ mobile? 

10 people said they read magazines online. 5 people said they read magazines via tablet or mobile and 13 people said they buy magazines. 2 people said they didn't read magazines at all.