Front Cover Shoot: 2

 

I chose to change my idea of having two cover stars on my front cover to only having one. This is because I felt that the more conventional dance music magazines only used one cover star and I then felt that I would be able to have a more conventional layout if I changed my ideas. I used Olivia as I wanted a cover star that would be able to pull of the 'dance music look' and I felt that she would be able to do this perfectly. I dressed her in a floral crop vest with a black background and brightly coloured detailing I which I used the most distinct colour of pink in my magazine colour scheme. she then wore black shorts and a black leather jacket to show to basic mainstream factor of dance music. These are typical pieces of clothing a dance music fan and a reader of Maxmag, DJ Mag, etc, would wear at festivals. I designed the character that I wanted Olivia to be; a dance music artist that is a singer. I fell like I brought this out in these photos as she is a normal person who enjoys dance music along with potential readers of my magazine.

 

I used the 3 piece lighting set up and a white background and had one light facing up from the ground directly on her face and another light on a stand, facing her directly too. I then had another light on the background. This allowed me to really brighten up her face and make her a more approachable character in the sense that she is well lit and therefore natural and less intimating than if I had litb the background with two lights and only using one light to on her face to create a shadow.