Julia's A2 Media Blog: January 2013

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Magazine Photo planning

After researching into the layout of other film magazines I have a range of shots that I may use in my own one .

First Shot :

I really like the positioning of the girl on Total Films "Hunger games" magazine . I think I will do a shot similar to this . Shona seems to be the ideal person to shot as if people do not have a preferred gender for the front cover they prefer females and I cannot use myself .

I will take a midshot of her .She will dressed in the same jumper worn in the trailer so continuity is kept the same. Like the hunger games one she will also have a shocked or scared facial expression reinforcing the idea that she is scared or being attacked and this links back to the genre.She will turned slightly towards the camera like the magazine below to give the idea that she isn't posing but in action and beware of whats around her .

Second Shot :

I dont think this will work as well but I have decided to also take a close up shot of her similar to the magazine below. A lot of people I asked like close up shot photos as they seem dramatic and intense and this can sell well. Once again I will try to use Shona as the main image star but I can also try taking photos of the males to see who works best as it may not go to plan and work as well.

Clothing will not matter as it will not be seen. This shot is more focused on the facial expression . I want it to be very dramatic and will edit it after by adding blood or bruises .High key lighting will probably be used t capture her face in full light but as it is meant to be a horror movie I don't think this will work well so low key lighting may work better.