Exploring different shots and Shot list

I want to explore and research the different types of camera shots that music magazine use. This would be useful as it will allow me to see the different sorts of shots used and how effective they would be. I am going to include some of the shots that i might want to use within my magazine.

Extreme close up – This mainly includes a part of a characters face or an object. It is normally used within horror films to grasp expression with in eye and used for dramatic effect. This shot will not have any background detail.

Close up - contains just one character's face. This enables viewers to understand the actor's emotions and also allows them to feel empathy for the character. This is also known as a personal shot.

Medium shot – This just consists of the character from waist up. This allows the audience to see the characters facial expressions as well as some of their body language.

Long shot – This contains a full view of the character and allows the viewer to see the full body. This helps create a relationship between both the character and audience as well as being able to see the costumes

Magazines such as ‘vibe’ use a variety of camera shots such as medium shots and long shots. Even though these shots are sued to portray different meanings, each of the models used portray the same sort of ‘image’ so they convey the same sort of feeling towards the audience. 

By researching the different shots and looking at magazines with different camera shots, it allows me to see which camera shots would be more effective and gives me a better idea of which ones I would use.

Other camera shots would include:

Extreme long shot also known as establishing shot - It is normally used to show a large amount of landscape. It is when the camera is the furtehst distance from the landscape.

Medium long shot - This normally show the majority of a hcracter, mainly from head to knees. This allows you to see the environment as well as mutiple people interacting.

Medium close up - This is half way between a mid shot and a close up. This shot shows the face more clearly, without getting uncomfortably close. I chose a few locations< which i believed would be relevant and appropriate for me to take my pictures in. 

Han Shot List

Brainstorm

Week Five

This week I will be starting the research in preparation for my final magazine. Before I start looking into what I need to research I made a brainstorm to explore different aspects of what I need to consider before actually creating my magazine. For example the name of my magazine, the genre, colour scheme, target audience etc. I created this brainstorm by using www.bubbl.us. I have also been reseraching on the different kinds of camera shots that there are in  preparation for when i start taking my pictures for my final piece. This would help me as it will allow me to see the different ways in which i can frame my images.

Preliminary Contents

By creating this school magazine as my preliminary task it means that I was able to experiment with different sorts of software’s such as Microsoft publisher and Photoshop. By practising it meant that I would be able to learn quite a few of the functions which would be an advantage for me when it comes to my music magazine.
Also it means that I can then look back at this task and see what improvements i need to make and also incorporate these ideas into my final magazine.

·         I would think about the layout and design of the magazine instead of just placing text and images where I wanted to.

·         I would have to research on different texts and see which one are used as from the writing on this magazine it does not seem very professional

·         I would also make sure that I read through my work making sure there are not any spelling errors.

·         Id crop and edit my photos so that they take on a more professional look

·         I’d also have to think about the colour scheme as it is a very important aspect of a magazine.

My preliminary front cover

Preliminary reserach and software used

prelim research

Week Four

This week I have completed both my front page and contents page for my preliminary task. I have added on all the images and content I needed it and made sure that it was all relevant to my magazine. I made the contents page quite bright and stand out as the target audience for this would be students and I think that this would draw them in. I have now made any changes that I have wanted to make to my preliminary and will start to prepare for my music magazine by next week.