Mise-en-Scene and lighting ideas

for my front cover I want to use a plain backdrop as this creates focus on the artist rather than than the Mise-en-Scene itself.

A reason for using a plain backdrop is so that the audience knows that the main focus of the magazine is on this artist and the artist alone. It also creates the audiences main focus to be this artist too. 

 To create a theme of my front cover and magazine in general my artist will have a prop such as either a microphone or guitar to show that the feature person on the front cover is a musician and it also makes the audience focus on the actual artist and the guitar or microphone rather than the backdrop.

I am going to use a simple lighting to reflect the mood of the magazine. I am going to light only the face as this is the main focus of my magazine as my artist will be a recognizable artist therefor the face is all that is needed  to be lit to show that my magazine will be based on him and him alone. Although the shot that will be taken will be either a medium close up or a close up shot. 

' Thought shower '

Prices

NME  is £2.20  as well as Kerrang and MOJO magazine is £4.60
As long as my magazine costs less than NME or Kerrang or about the same it will still be a competitive seller on shelves. mojo magazines are more expensive as it is a longer lasting and a bigger magazine than NME and Kerrang. In future if my magazine was to grow I would be able to change the price to a higher amount as once there are casual readers of the magazine they will not mind paying a bit more.

Front cover 4 drafts.

Final Draft

The UK top 40 (week commencing 3rd of december)

1
Olly Murs Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida) non-mover | 2 weeks in chart

2
Bruno Mars Locked Out Of Heaven up 7 | 3 weeks in chart

3
Rihanna Diamonds up 7 | 9 weeks in chart

4
Labrinth Beneath Your Beautiful (feat. Emeli Sande) non-mover | 9 weeks in chart

5
Alicia Keys Girl On Fire non-mover | 2 weeks in chart

6
Gabrielle Aplin The Power Of Love up 1 | 4 weeks in chart

7
Robbie Williams Candy up 1 | 5 weeks in chart

8
PSY Gangnam Style down 2 | 15 weeks in chart

9
One Direction Little Things down 6 | 3 weeks in chart

10
Ke$ha Die Young new | 1 week in chart

11
The Lumineers Ho Hey non-mover | 7 weeks in chart

12
Swedish House Mafia Don't You Worry Child (feat. John Martin) up 3 | 8 weeks in chart

13
Christina Perri A Thousand Years non-mover | 25 weeks in chart

14
Girls Aloud Something New down 12 | 2 weeks in chart

15
Rudimental Not Giving In (feat. John Newman & Alex Clare) down 1 | 2 weeks in chart

16
Little Mix DNA down 4 | 3 weeks in chart

17
Adele Skyfall down 1 | 9 weeks in chart

18
Wiley Can You Hear Me (Ayayaya) (feat. Ms. D, Skepta & JME) down 1 | 5 weeks in chart

19
The Script Hall Of Fame (feat. will.i.am) up 2 | 13 weeks in chart

20
Calvin Harris Sweet Nothing (feat. Florence Welch) down 2 | 7 weeks in chart

In the most recent top 20 chart from BBC radio 1 there is only one song that fits into my desired genre being Indie which is 'The Lumineers-Hey Ho'. This is because chart music is usually mainstream music, because this type of music is the most popular it means i will have a more alternative audience but also have a smaller audience to attract. 

My chosen genre.

Genre

The genre I’ve decided to go for is going to be MOD/Indie; this is because it’s the style of music I like therefore I know more about the artists included in the genre and the style of which I need to base my models on.

Bands that fit into the genre I’ve decided on consist of bands such as ‘The Libertines’ ‘oasis’ ‘arctic monkeys’ ‘beady eye’. These bands are more indie than MOD as they fit the main conventions of the genre by the way they present themselves in both their style and lyrics, these bands are seen as more mainstream indie as they’re signed to a label whereas indie would typically be seen as unlabelled bands.

Today, music is one of the few ways where people connect with each other  without the use of language. It is one way cultures can identify themselves, and communicate with each other to find common ground. Indie music relates to this as through the tone of which the musics played and the the type of singing voice used with most indie bands it connects them all together into its own culture.

The genre started off in the 1980’s or that’s when the term was first used, bands that formed the genre were bands such as The Jam and The rat-pack.

Mise-en-scene Ideas.

Lighting Ideas.

Costume Ideas.

for my costume idea's i've decided to go for the MOD style. the icons I've decided to base the magazine models on will be people like Liam Gallagher, Mile's Kane and Paul Wellar.

Initial Ideas

Lighting -                 Colour filter -                 Use to create focus -                 Simple lighting etc. (no                  filters)

Mise En Scene -          A photo-shoot with an abandoned background to show loneliness and his new start as a solo artist. -          A plain background again to connote his solo career and him being alone.

Costumes -          Skinny items of clothing rather than baggy items. -          A trench coat -          Desert boots

Target audience -          An older audience than NME -          A younger audience than NME -          The same aged demographic as NME I feel that my magazine should intentionally just apply to the same demographics of NME as this is a good wide audience.

Style of music/genre The style of music and genre is definitely going to be Indie/ Mod music as this is the genre I enjoy   personally and I know most about.

Colour schemes Red, white and blue as these are the colours used on the MOD target and are traditionally recognised to be a part of the MOD branding.