Ideas From My Case Studies

My case studies that I have done enabled me to learn key elements more in depth and helped me to get inspired to apply some of the elements to my own music magazine when I start creating it. Some of the things that I might want to apply/ get inspired from are;

Front Cover:
The camera shot: On Rock Sound magazine, I loved how the mid-shot image was taken in a way that the models looked straight into the audience's eyes. Also they were placed in a way where the main singer was at the front meaning people would be more likely to recognise him. I am very inspired by this as I would love to have a whole band on my front cover rather than just one singer. This would allow me to be more creative and experimental.

The colour scheme: On both of the magazines, the colour black was used. This is seen in many magazines as black & white do not count as the main colours however as the genre is rock, the use of the black colour adds a Gothic vibe to the magazine. Also, using black makes other colours stand out and make them the focal point which means I am looking forward to using bright colours with black.

Contents Page:

Layout: I loved how on both magazines, I chose pages where one side of the contents page was full of pictures and the other side with writings. I believe that this makes the DPS a lot more exciting because the audience has a page full of useful things they could read but also may have exclusive and down to earth images of their favourite artists which may increase the quantity. 

Images & Mood: On both of the magazines, I have noticed that the images on the DPS are not planned out. They are taken in the moment which makes the artists seem hard working and passionate about what they are doing. For example; Andy Biersack  was singing and the photo of him was a mid-shot on one side of the page, I would be interested in taking natural but presentable pictures as it almost reflects the artists true expressions rather than them posing how they are told.                                                                          B.