The names above are my ideas for my music magazine. As I still wasn't too sure on the name I had a range of ideas so that when people came to choose the best name, there was a wide variety to choose from. In my opinion the names that stand out for me would be, CM Today, In Tune, Voice and CMM. However, it would be interesting to see what other people think, and if that influences my decision for the name.
I wasn't too sure on the name of my magazine. I had a few ideas but for some help I published a question on yahoo answers to see if someone could help me out. Within less than 24 hours, someone had replied with a couple of suggestions. I then went on to see if the names had been previously used. As they weren't, I posted a poll so that people could vote on the best name.
This video above is a make up tutorial to get a natural look. In my opinion going for a natural makeup will be better for my specific music genre as country music artist tend to look natural and focus more on their music than there appearance.
This video tutorial is about improving the colour of a persons eyes on photoshop. This will be good to use when editing my model to make the eyes stand out more, or improve the eye colour of my models eyes don't look very pure.
Looking at this tutorial, this video is all about changing the colour of someones teeth, so that its brighter and more white. I will do this on photoshop so that my model is considered the 'perfect image'.
This video tutorial shows people how to make a glow line around a person or object. With this in mind I think that it would look good if I had my model posing so that I could do this around a guitar and up her arm.
Watching these two video has given me a back up plan and to improve the make up of my model if necessary. By these videos it will give me the opportunity to experiment with different colours so that I can look to see what looks best for the cover of my magazine.
Most of the images shown above are cover albums. Looking at the location in all of them, they all appear to be outside. With this in mind it maybe suitable and better if I where to take my magazine images during the spring or early summer season. All the models are female and fairly young so for the better of my magazine and to appeal to my target audience, it maybe a good idea to have a model of of this age.
Looking closely at the models they all appear to have a middle parting and their hair down, when photographing my model I may choose someone to fit this description or take this style into account. For my double page spread I may take inspiration from the first image and include props to reinforce my genre. Also it would show to the audience that she is passionate about country music and this may be relatable to some fans.
Looking at the images I have gathered I have come up with a suitable location and costume for my model to wear and where to photograph her. The two locational images are of a barn inside and out. This has given me the idea to photograph my model for the double page spread in a farm location. I live close to a couple of farms in my area so it would be prefect to shoot my model in those locations. This will then show the audience that my magazine genre is country because they can associate the farm with the style of music.
I have gathered some prop ideas off the internet that I could have my model wearing. All these images associate with a country western person and will influence my chosen music genre style. Most of the props I have chosen are leather material. I chose this material because this can be associated with the equipment used when riding a horse. This influences my music genre.
I have also looked at the possibility of having electronic fan to add slight movement to the model and make it look as though she is outside and her hair is moving by the wind.
For my magazine I want to cast a model that looks similar to the looks in these images. I researched images that associate with a typical country girl. These images came up so for my cover of my magazine, I am going to cast a female that has fairly long hair that's wavy and a natural, soft look. Country music is quite slow compared to other genres so its important to cast someone who reflects the genre. These people above best portray the style of music.
