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Before I took the photos i looked at different indie magazines online and how are the bands and people are positioned. i looked at the type of clothes they wore and the colours used on the images. I formed an indie band, And dressed them indie clothes that my target audience said associated with indie. Whilst I was taking the photos I got them to stand in a line and walk towards the camera. I did this becuase it created realism and i got inspired for The 1975 NME front cover. I edited the image with different filters to make it look proffesional and Iblurred the background out to make them the centre of attention.

unedited walking band
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band walking 1

I took the photos of the band in different positions with different levels standing and sitting. I got influenced from the NME front cover of the indie band foals. They are the social group i wanted to present however the photo shows that they are having fun and acting natural and not posed. I tried to do this by having the band sitting on stairs and getting the to just talk and laugh while I took the photos. This also created realism. Also I got them to slide the the bannister and look like they were having fun to present this to. I edited these images by using the blur effect making the main member of the band stand out the most andthe others blurred in the background. also I darkened the egdes and changes the brightness and constrast of the image.

 I looked at more indie music front covers and saw that some of the them were posed to look directly at the audience and look very serious presenting their indie bands to be more mature and proffessional. I got inspired from these whilst taking the photos because I put the main member of the band I made at the front of the picture creating direct address with the audience whilst positioning the other members at the back to show that they are less important. I made them play instruments to portray that their band being very professional within the music industry. I edited these images on microsoft publisher and changed the colour to black and white to fit with the indie style.

 

I decided to put images on my contents page to make it look appealing. I already had taken pictures from a concert I went to and wanted to use them as I went to see an indie band. I could also use this to advertise the band and create a headline for them on the front cover aswell.

 

I took each individual photo of each member of the band I made. This is so I could add them on my double page spread to introduce each one of them. I told them to have a serious expression on there face and look directly at the camera. This is because it would portray the mature teenage social group im presenting. Also it would create direct address forming a relationship with the reader. I edited these images to black and white to create an indie style.

To make my magazine look realistic aswel as the band, I made them their new single cover that will be released. I did this by using one of the photos i took of them and edited using black and white affect. I did this because when researching my indie genre I found some album covers that I liked and was influenced by the style and look of them as most of them look simple with basic colours. I added the same font as there actual trade mark logo and name like most bands do and added the name of the song. I placed these feature to make it look like an actual cover.

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I was going to use the band I made for the front cover as well however I thought that they would be advertised to much within the magazine. In the end I decided to advertise a teenage boy being successful in the music industry. I used a cover model to fill the background of the front cover. before, doing my research I looked at Indie music front covers. Most of them had just one person being the centre of attention and the layout being simple with not music on it. Also from my questionairre most people liked these ones better as the model grab their attention and they thought the basic style was related more to the indie genre.

 I took images of made up artists within the indie music industry. These would be added to my conents page. I dressed them in indie clothes so it fits with the style. I used the grain effect on the girl as i thought it would look with the unique style of indie and how its different from other genres. For the boy i post him to look at the camera and to have a serious facial expression. Doing this would attract the reader. to edit the picture, I changed it to have a high saturation therefore the colours changed to look more bright and highlighed his clothes to be more colourful.

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