Shotlist

In order for my magazine to appear successful, I had to decide on which shots to include and also where to put them within the front page, contents and double page spread. To decide on which camera shot I should use, I experimented with many different people as possible artists by taking images of them with different backgrounds, then I gathered them together and chose which angle would be best from there. 

I mainly used mid-shots because from all the research that I have done, I found that most magazines use a mid shot to portray an artist rather than any other shot. I figured that the reason for this was to show to the reader who the person is and half of what they are wearing to show their individuality. I wanted to see what the mid-shot would look like when portrayed on different people and I realised that it did make a difference due to showing different styles of artists as a whole. 

I gathered up two people and created a two-shot in order to see if they would look right as a group of individual artists. I liked how this shot worked, as it appears different from any other that I had on the page. I liked the fact that they look young as if they are in their youth because this would appeal to the target audience for being a similar age to them and therefore would increase sales to my magazine.

I took a full shot so that, if I used it on my magazine, the reader would be able to tell which style of magazine it will be due to their clothing and the way they are standing. I also took images that include close-ups of the artist and this is to show the artists face. People buy magazines because of the artists that are included in them and therefore, I would need a famous artist to appeal to the readers in order to get sales.