Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Photoshoot equipment and post production softwares for music magazine


Equipment used

Canon 60d
Canon 50mm 1.8 lens
Canon 18-55mm lens
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM lens
Canon 23-105 mm lens
Reflector golden and silver
Computer: Imac 

Location:islamabad,rooftop of my house
Model:Amna shafqat khan 
Make up used:MAC,L'oreal            
Wardrobe: Newyorker amisu
Hair products: Remington
Shoes:Akira
Jewellery and accessories:H & M

Software used for image manipulation and editing:Adobe Photoshop cs5 and adobe lightroom 4



College magazines i took inspiration from



Focus group and questionnaire results

I used a focus group and questionnaire to find out about what kind of music magazine and what genre people in my target market like.
Results showed that
70% people prefer punk rock music over hip hop and r n b
65% people would like to buy a magazine dedicated solely to punk rock
95% females would prefer buying a magazine with a female on the cover page
67% people would buy a magazine if the cover page is attractive
70% people would buy kerrang magazine
95% people chose the name "rock world" for my magazine
88% people chose black and purple as the colour representing punk rock
79% people chose interviews to be the most attractive form of articles
67% people chose the magazine cover page to be simple rather than jam-packed
77% people prefer the magazine to feature well known stars
87% people prefer the model on the main page to be dressed in a "out there" and glamorous fashion style
78% people who prefer punk rock genre belong to the 13-24 age group

After all these results i decided to start my music magazine's construction as it had given me a sense of direction and what the people want in a magazine.



Research and planning for the music magazine

After constructing 4 different college magazines i had plenty of ideas in my of how i wanted my music magazine to look like.So i decided to search for different top selling music magazines in the market.I came across various magazines like XXL, etc I read almost 15 different magazines after which i got a sense of direction.i decided to construct a punk rock magazine but with a female as the cover model because i wanted it to be different from the usual male dominated punk/rock magazines.
i downloaded various music magazine cover pages in order to get inspiration from them.
Here are the few music magazines which inspired me.