Friday, 3 January 2014
Risk Assessment For All Photos
I have created a rick assessment to prevent any hazards happening that could affect either myself or the model. There are two risks that I have found a way of getting round and solving them. I will not pursue the photo shoot with any risks so by preventing them causing hazards, I can now carry on and take the photos to then go on to produce my magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread.
Risk 1...
Risk - Myself and the model
Hazard - The hazard is the weather due to the photo shoot being outside. The reason why the weather is a risk hazard is due to it being very wet and cold recently. I don't want to take photos of the model when we could easily slip and injure ourselves.
How I will solve this hazard - to solve this hazard I will make sure that I take my photos on a day where the weather is not too bad, so it is not raining, windy or too cold to be outside. By preventing this hazard I am also preventing any injuries that could have taken place.
Rick 2...
Rick - The model
Hazard - This risk is similar to the first risk as it involves just the model not me this time, and the weather. The hazard this time is the temperature. Due to the model wearing just shorts and a top, I will need to make sure the model does not get too cold and then falling ill.
How I will solve this hazard - Unlike me, the model will not be able to wrap up warm with lots of layers, she will just be in shorts in the middle of winter. To prevent the model getting cold and ill, I decided that we will keep having short breaks to go back inside to warm up and have a warm drink before carrying on. This should prevent the model becoming ill from the cold.
Overall, I feel that I have tackled every hazard that we might come across to obtain a photo shoot WITHOUT becoming ill because of the cold or falling and getting injured due to the wet weather. I will carefully Think about the weather and choose a day that will be best suited for this photo shoot.
Risk 1...
Risk - Myself and the model
Hazard - The hazard is the weather due to the photo shoot being outside. The reason why the weather is a risk hazard is due to it being very wet and cold recently. I don't want to take photos of the model when we could easily slip and injure ourselves.
How I will solve this hazard - to solve this hazard I will make sure that I take my photos on a day where the weather is not too bad, so it is not raining, windy or too cold to be outside. By preventing this hazard I am also preventing any injuries that could have taken place.
Rick 2...
Rick - The model
Hazard - This risk is similar to the first risk as it involves just the model not me this time, and the weather. The hazard this time is the temperature. Due to the model wearing just shorts and a top, I will need to make sure the model does not get too cold and then falling ill.
How I will solve this hazard - Unlike me, the model will not be able to wrap up warm with lots of layers, she will just be in shorts in the middle of winter. To prevent the model getting cold and ill, I decided that we will keep having short breaks to go back inside to warm up and have a warm drink before carrying on. This should prevent the model becoming ill from the cold.
Overall, I feel that I have tackled every hazard that we might come across to obtain a photo shoot WITHOUT becoming ill because of the cold or falling and getting injured due to the wet weather. I will carefully Think about the weather and choose a day that will be best suited for this photo shoot.
Chosen Photos
These are the photos I have chosen out of that section of 15 in my previous blog post;
This is why i decided to have these photos...
This is why i decided to have these photos...
Thursday, 2 January 2014
RECCE
I decided to take my photos indoors and outdoors. I researched on google where good places would be to take photos for a indie rock music magazine and I did not get much grief, so decided keep it simple and unique. Most photos of models or celebrities in magazines are taken in a studio with the same plain white wall. I decided to be different and try the outdoors to make it different which matched the independent music genre; indie rock, so therefore, felt that it my destination fitted very well with my genre.
The first place I decided to try was outside in front of a white brick wall. This white brick conveys a very calm atmosphere which is good for my target audience because I don't want the image to take away the interest in what else is written on the page. The white colour is also very good as it will benefit my magazine front cover by allowing me to have the text in a contrasting colour, for example red, pink, or any bright colour as this will catch the readers eye. The white brick wall was easy to take photos in front of as there was lots of room. I feel that this place/background could be used for my contents page.
This is my second place where I chose to take photos of the model. This is similar to the first place as it is a brown brick wall which I felt looked very indie rock and fitted in well. Unlike the first place, this brown wall added colour and a bit more life into the photo, therefore, drawing more attention to the image which will benefit my magazine a lot. On the other hand, with the text on top of the brick wall it might look too messy and unprofessional, however, I will experiment with this later on. On the down side, this photo was down a alley, preventing me to take photos straight on like in the previous photo against the white brick wall.
Overall, these are the two locations I decided that are conventional for my genre of music, for instance, it is very unique and unlike most white background photos. On the other hand it will will also help my magazine look very professional.
Overall, these are the two locations I decided that are conventional for my genre of music, for instance, it is very unique and unlike most white background photos. On the other hand it will will also help my magazine look very professional.
Audience Pleasures and Socio-economic Group
Audience pleasures carefully look the type of audience so focusing on age, gender, lifestyle, interests, socio-economic group and ethnicity of people. Audience pleasures are what fulfil the audiences needs, therefore what the audience look for in how the magazine is presented. On the other hand it is also how the audience spend their free time and what their hobbies are, for instance if they like to go to concerts and gigs. Also, it is what the magazine thinks the audience wants, for example, if they like concerts and gigs, there could be a short advertisement offering free tickets to a concert.
It is important to convince my target audience that they want the magazine is simply because I will want them to buy it. However, when it comes to magazine they do 'judge the book by it's cover'. After concisely taken in and focussed on the age, gender, lifestyle, interests, socio-economic group and ethnicity of my target audience I can start to take into consideration what needs to be on my magazine to engage the reader. For instance, if they like to go to concerts then I will include advertisements for competitions to win tickets to see their favourite artist/band live.
These are some of the techniques magazines include to persuade you to buy them;
-Who's on the front cover - celebrity - are they well known?
-Images
-Contents
-Advertisements
-Freebies (CD, downloads, posters, competitions)
-Information (tour dates, interviews)
-How does it look - it's features
-Specific language - how the magazine speaks to the reader (personal pronouns...)
-Colloquial - your own - slang
-Semantic field of music
-humour entertainment
These are some of the important elements to focus on whilst producing my magazine as I want to fulfil my target audiences needs, by proceeding this I will need to take into consideration these different techniques to make sure theres a wide range of different parts to look at that will engage the audience.
The socio-aconomic group is how different people are categorised depending on their income and occupation. For instance;
Upper middle class A - landed gentry, a business owner, chef, archbishops...
Middle class B - professional working people; heads and teachers, high up army...
Lower middle class C1 - professional admin workers, junior managers, supervisors...
Skilled working class C2 - plumber, carpenter, mechanic...
Working class D - unskilled worker...
Subsistence level E - Unemployed and students...
However, I strongly disagree with how and where people have been ranked depending on their occupation and income. I feel that there are many more people that should be put in the upper middle class who perhaps don't earn as much as people like business owners, but do a lot more for the country, people like soldiers fighting for their lives in the army. On the other hand, I also think that people in the skilled working class category should most definitely be higher up, as without plumbers, carpenters and mechanics we would all struggle in life because there wouldn't be anyone there to help. Another argument is about the business owners being at the top, earning a lot more than others. The 'others' may be people such as the people who work for that business, these people are working much harder yet earning no where near as much as the business owner. I feel that this is selfish as overall, I don't think it's fair for people to be seen as 'better' than others as categorising people defeats the idea of living in an equal world.
It is important to convince my target audience that they want the magazine is simply because I will want them to buy it. However, when it comes to magazine they do 'judge the book by it's cover'. After concisely taken in and focussed on the age, gender, lifestyle, interests, socio-economic group and ethnicity of my target audience I can start to take into consideration what needs to be on my magazine to engage the reader. For instance, if they like to go to concerts then I will include advertisements for competitions to win tickets to see their favourite artist/band live.
These are some of the techniques magazines include to persuade you to buy them;
-Who's on the front cover - celebrity - are they well known?
-Images
-Contents
-Advertisements
-Freebies (CD, downloads, posters, competitions)
-Information (tour dates, interviews)
-How does it look - it's features
-Specific language - how the magazine speaks to the reader (personal pronouns...)
-Colloquial - your own - slang
-Semantic field of music
-humour entertainment
These are some of the important elements to focus on whilst producing my magazine as I want to fulfil my target audiences needs, by proceeding this I will need to take into consideration these different techniques to make sure theres a wide range of different parts to look at that will engage the audience.
The socio-aconomic group is how different people are categorised depending on their income and occupation. For instance;
Upper middle class A - landed gentry, a business owner, chef, archbishops...
Middle class B - professional working people; heads and teachers, high up army...
Lower middle class C1 - professional admin workers, junior managers, supervisors...
Skilled working class C2 - plumber, carpenter, mechanic...
Working class D - unskilled worker...
Subsistence level E - Unemployed and students...
However, I strongly disagree with how and where people have been ranked depending on their occupation and income. I feel that there are many more people that should be put in the upper middle class who perhaps don't earn as much as people like business owners, but do a lot more for the country, people like soldiers fighting for their lives in the army. On the other hand, I also think that people in the skilled working class category should most definitely be higher up, as without plumbers, carpenters and mechanics we would all struggle in life because there wouldn't be anyone there to help. Another argument is about the business owners being at the top, earning a lot more than others. The 'others' may be people such as the people who work for that business, these people are working much harder yet earning no where near as much as the business owner. I feel that this is selfish as overall, I don't think it's fair for people to be seen as 'better' than others as categorising people defeats the idea of living in an equal world.
First Photographs
These are a few of the photos that I had taken on my iPhone 5. I narrowed them down to my favourite 15 and from here I wish to pick the ones that I think will benefit my magazine very well. The photos consist of different locations and all sorts of various poses. Most of the poses are very natural, for instance, either leaning against a wall with the arms just down by the side or facing slightly towards the back with the head facing the front, both poses also with a blank, neutral facial expression. These simple and plain poses and facial expressions create a calm atmosphere for the reader as neither is the image very in-your-face or off putting. To pursue this look, I requested the model wore something very plain and not colourful, so therefore resulted in the model wearing black shorts, a white and black baseball top and in some cases red lipstick and a red bandana to add a slight bit of colour.
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