Music Magazine 2nd Photo Shoot

Before taking this set of images, I consulted my clothing research which gave a clear trend towards casual clothing such as t-shirts and vest tops. All of the Electronic Music magazine covers that I research portrayed a male model with the focus on the upper half of the body, from around the chest upwards. And due to the style in which I presented the image (a closely cropped cut out of the model with no background) I did not focus on taking portrait images, which is why all the images shown are landscape.

Music Magazine Front Cover Design (Without Final Image)

This Is the final design for the music magazine's front cover, 

without the final image, which needs to be retaken.

Proof of Magazine Creation

These screenshots will show the creation of my my music magazine.

Radial Gradient

The colour numbers used are 464646 for the grey, and complete black 000000

These settings create
The effect show here.

I then added Gaussian Blur to dull the gradient slightly.

I then added Noise (distortion) to give the background texture.

These settings create an effect show here

I then used the Rectangle Shape Tool and Inserted Text

The result looks like this.

Clothing Research For 2nd Photo Shoot

From my research into the clothing worn by popular modern electronic music artists, I have found that generally House/DnB producers often wear simple clothing such as a pair of jeans and a plain t shirt or vest top. Due to the dynamic theme of the genre, and the open variety of age and gender of musicians, clothing is not not very closely observed by the audience, and so simple clothing, is suffice. Although often certain types of producers will wear a trademark item of clothing, for example Deadmau5 wears a distinct mousehead 'helmet' and Daft Punk traditionally wear masks, other more basic producers such as Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia and Eric Prydz choose to wear much more basic clothing.

 Eric Prydz
(T-shirt with design and jeans)

 

Calvin Harris

(Plain coloured T-shirt and jeans)

 Krewella
(Vest top with basic designs, with jeans for male, leggings for females)

Swedish House Mafia
(Plain black T-shirt and jeans)

Image Research For 2nd Photo Shoot

There is a clear trend in Electronic music magazine cover designs, to show a single image of a model (normally male) facing the camera with a light in front of him, casting a shadow across the opposite side of his face. I will use this style of photography in the image I use in my final piece, as it creates a modern and stylish feel to it which fits nicely with the genre of music that is based around. From the four magazine cover designs I have chosen here, we can see that creating a shadow across the right side of the models face is a popular idea which I would like to follow in my own design.

With the exception of the first design, the others all employ the use of plain black. simple clothing, which I will use as well. By using simple clothing it draws focus away from the unimportant aspects of the image, instead placing full focus on the picture of the musician. Another feature of the cover image is the very simple, plain background, which once again puts the readers attention on the main image, and conforms to the modern, futuristic, sleek feel of the electronic music genre.

I will use an image similar to the 2nd design shown here, which is a close up shot of the models face with a very dark background contrasting against a bright light being shone on the models face.
The text around the image will be a very vibrant colour (examples in my research are orange and green text against a dark background) with white subtitles.

Photoshop Tools Used

Music Magazine First Photo Shoot