Pictures of photo shoot; James Smith

I have taken pictures from my photo shoot that will be used for my music magazine.

The pictures of James Smith I stuck to the theme of having a historical/ regal building in the background, while showing the contrast of the modern, urban James Smith. I did this by showing part of the historical building in the background in a long shot and showing part of the church in the background and then I had him standing in a mid shot in the center of the photo which gives a distinct contrast the two, this is to represent the idea of the binary opposition between Old vs New.

























I also took pictures of James Smith and Kinsley meeting at the festival that Kinsley and James Smith went to.  I showed that they knew each other by having James Smith's arm around Kinsley, again to show that Kinsley is still in her girly stage showed her in Pastel colours and smiling in the picture. I also showed James Smith in his recognizable all black clothing which shows his simplistic but modern dress sense.

Pictures of photo shoot; Kinsley

I have taken pictures for my magazine from my photo shoot which shall be used on my music magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread.




















For the girly Kinsley Bloom who was still a pop artist I wanted her to look youthful and cute by doing this I wanted her top smile in ALL photos, to wear bright pastel colours which will make her look girly. However I had decided to change my location slightly for the photo shoot of girly Kinsley. I decided that I wanted to show her childlike side, by doing this I changed the location to Wicksteed Park in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Wicksteed park is a amusement park which was an ideal locations to reflect Pop artist Kinsley's childlike/ girly side. I chose typical items that would be found at a amusement park to have pictures taken on; so this was the swings and inside the tunnel slide, these were all to reflect the youthful, girly, (still a child) Kinsley.

I also wanted to show Kinsley still in her girly stage but also that she was more likely to go to festivals so by doing this I decided to take a few pictures that looked like they were taken by paparazzi. I did this by taking pictures from a distance and behind her and to the side.

These pictures are showing Kinsley going home from a current festival she has been to with her friend.






















To show that Kinsley has grown up and matured I took pictures of her with more serious facial expressions, mature clothing that isn't pastel but dark colours to be able to show her maturity, I also showed her body more closed and moody to be able to reflect her house music stage and that Kinsley has become a grown woman.

I still used the idea of having a blank, plain white background to represent her new stage in her life; her house music genre is a stage in her life that is new and that the blank background is like a blank canvas that she can create a new Kinsley on.

I believe that I have managed to show the binary opposition between mature vs young of Kinsley through the pictures I took;

These two pictures show a difference In the way she is presented, the picture on the left is showing the girly, innocent, young, pop music Kinsley where as the picture on the right show the mature, grown woman, house music Kinsley. These pictures relate to my previous post of Past and Present which shows female music artist that came into music young but now have grown and matured.

Past and Present of music artists

To help me with my photo shoot and with the back story of Kinsley transforming from a Pop singer to a House music artist, I will look at pictures of female artist when they were younger how they pose, the type of clothing they wear, their facial expressions to when the artist has grown up and how they have matured, the types of poses they stand in and their facial expressions, I will try and find similarities through out pictures of different artist and using the information I found out will use this in my photo shoot.

 Both of these pictures of Britney Spears show her smiling in both pictures with pastel colours for a background which help to make the colour of her clothing stand out, in one picture she is wearing a skirt which is a stereotypical item of clothing for females. Her head is slightly tilted to the side to show innocence. However when we see the picture of Britney spears when she is older it shows her in a more powerful pose, she isn't smiling more of a smolder to represent sexiness. Her clothing is showing more of a figure and is shown off to represent that she is older and is more able to show of her body because she has matured, and become a woman.





This picture of Miley Cyrus shows her when she was younger, she is also smiling with her head tilted to the side which is made to look innocent and cute, both the picture of Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus do this, this suggests that this is a girly pose and Is common pose for a girly, cute look. Her hair is curled and around the face to bring soft features forward on her face as well as having minimal make up to make her look youthful and to show that she isn't grown up and matured yet. Miley Cyrus clothing in this picture is still girly and isn't revealing which shows her youth and innocents.

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

These two pictures of Miley Cyrus now shows that she has matured and become woman. We can see from these pictures compared to the one of her when she was younger there is a dramatic change. In the first picture of Miley Cyrus older she has cut her hair short and dyed it blonde which is a complete change to when she had her hair long and brown, this signifies that she has matured and that she is able to become something different. We can also see that she has more make up on which makes her look older and more mature. Her facial expression isn't smiley compared to when she was younger, it looks moody and more intense showing that she has grown up and has become a woman not a girl. In the second photo of Miley Cyrus grown up she is wearing more revealing clothes to show off her figure and to show to the world that she isn't a teenager anymore.

As we can see from these two pictures of Kylie Minogue a big change from when she was younger to when she has matured. In the first picture it shows Kylie smiling, minimal make up and curled hair to bring soft features forward this shows her girly, innocence and that she is still young. Where as the second picture shows her in more revealing clothes, slightly more make up and moody facial expressions to show that she has matured and wants to show off how she has become this woman and that she has become something different from when she was younger and more girly.

After investigating female music artist from when they were younger to older I have noticed that when they're younger facial expressions are smiling and wide eyes, make up is minimal to shows youth, curled hair to bring soft features of the face, non revealing clothes, for poses the head is slightly tilted to the side ad pastel, girly colours for background and clothing.

I found when looking at the artist when they're older that the facial expressions look moody, more intense, not smiling. More revealing clothes to show a figure off, more make up to signify maturity, darker, bolder colours to  symbolise the change from girl to woman.

By investigating these changes I shall use what I have found for my photo shoot of Kinsley.



 

Photoshoot locations

For my front page I would have James Smith in front of a agricultural building, that looks quite regal to show that he is regal, but I also wanted to show the contrast between historic and modern; James Smith and his genre of music is modern but the building shows the history. The building I was thinking of for the location is at the triangular lodge in Rushton, Northamptonshire. Triangular lodge was built between 1593-1597 by Sir Thomas Tresham and has a triangle shape for the building. I chose this building because the lodge is historic and looks regal which will make a good contrast between the modern music genre of house of James Smith.



As the triangular lodge is surrounded by fields and greenery, I will also use this location to take my photos for Kinsley for when she is still in her girly, pop princess stage of her music career. I will use the fields to represent Kinsley at a festival which shows her when she was more likely to go to festivals to get noticed to show her music.

I shall also do a photo shoot at school with white or grey backgrounds to show the new, edgy look to represent that Kinsley has transformed into this new house sensation as well as showing that the white or grey backgrounds represent she is starting a new period in her life and that the white backgrounds are a new canvas for Kinsley to work with.

Contents page draft comments

After having made a draft for my contents page I asked a group of people If they would be able to critic it and see what they liked and the dislikes about it so I can improve upon it.

Likes -  The layout of the contents page was simplistic so that it was easy to read.
            
             Liked the pictures used on the contents page.

             Liked the colour of the masthead.




Dislikes -   The colour of the cover lines, the don't stand out enough.
    
                  Needs more pages.

                  Show the importance of other articles with different colours on the cover lines or different
                 size fonts.
 
                 Different colour puff "free CD"  to make it interesting.


To be able to improve my contents page I will -

• Change the colour of the cover lines to be able to look bold against the background colour and so the reader is able to read it.
• Most show more pages on the contents page as there would be more pages than 12 in a music magazine.
• Change the colour or font size of different cover lines to show the more or least important or the articles that would be interesting to the readers.
• Change the colour of the puff to make it look more interesting