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MES AND PROP LIST

MES and Prop List

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

•       The cinematography I plan to use in my music magazine consists of the following:

•       1. A medium shot will be used for my cover page, I have chosen to use this shot because it allows the shot allows the viewer to pick up on the Artists movements and gestures.  This is conventional to the R&B music genre because, artists of this genre have particular movements and gestures that may symbolise their music and themselves.

•       2. Another shot type I am planning to use is a close up, Close-ups are useful for showing detail and emotions, which will be relevant for my magazine as it will give a natural display of the artist.

•       3. As a camera position I am planning to choose a focus in order to place pure emphasis on my artist in the front cover, within the frame everything will be blurred with the exception of the artist.

COSTUME, HAIR AND MAKE UP:

•       The costume, hair and make-up I plan to use in my music magazine consist of the following:

•       1. Image one’s costume, hair and make-up will be used as a plain black revealing top and straight hairstyle with a natural yet dramatic makeup.  I have chosen to use this because it fits in with the overall them of my magazine and, as it is a valentine’s edition this dramatic look will be favoured by my readers. This is conventional to the R&B music genre because the portrayal of my artist will appeal for my targeted audience, as there is no targeted gender. The revealing clothing may attract male readers more compared to the dramatic makeup, which may attract more female readers.

•       2. For the second look of my artist, she will wear a loose cream, V-neck jumper and a soft messy bun as a hairstyle, with same naturalistic and dramatic make up style. This is conventional to the R&B music genre as it again will appeal to my targeted audience type.

BODY LANGUAGE AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS:

•       The body language and facial expressions I plan to use in my music magazine consist of the following:

•       1. Image one’s body language will be the artist standing with their arms by their side while their facial expressions will be a natural smile; I have chosen to use this because it will create a realistic portrayal of the artist. This is conventional to the R&B music genre because artists of this genre choose more portrayals that are naturalistic and this body language is natural.

•       2. Image two’s body language will be the artist will be slightly crouched and still. Her facial expressions will be serious and her lips slightly pouted. I have chosen to use this because it will create a slightly sexy look for the artist, this is conventional to the R&B music genre because female artists often favour sexy portrayals and this will attract the targeted audience.

SETTING:

•       The settings I plan to use in my music magazine consist of the following:

All of my images will be set in a casual house; I have chosen to use this because it allows the artist to adapt to the genre of R&B.  This is conventional to the R&B music genre because artists of this genre prefer to use more relaxed settings for shoots.

ICONOGRAPHY:

I have not used any iconography within my shoot; this is to continue with the realistic and naturalistic flow of the shoot.

LIGHTING:

•       The lighting I plan to use in my music magazine consists of the following:

•       1. Image 1’s lighting will be high-key lighting; I have chosen to use this because it will place more emphasis on the artist. This is conventional to the R&B music genre because it will appeal to the targeted audience.

•       2. Image 2’s lighting will be slightly low-key lighting; I have chosen to use this because it will create a slight mysterious look for the reader. This is conventional to the R&B sub-genre as this type of lighting is commonly used and will capture more attention from my targeted audience.

•       3. Image 3’s lighting again will be high-key lighting; I have chosen this particular lighting in order to bring more of an awareness to the artist. This is conventional to the R&B sub-genre as this particular type of lighting is very commonly used in the R&B industry for shoots, videos etc.

ANY OTHER PROPS:

I have not used any other prop within my shoot; this is because it was not necessary to use any extra items for a naturalistic shoot.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD- TEXT ONLY

Question: We all want to know what is going on between you and Drake.

Answer: well… this has been asked for a long while and the truth is we have started a relationship for a very long time now. We just did not want to reveal it out everywhere, but now that it has been asked a lot we both decided to now live our relationship openly, as it has been a while we have been together. I personally did not favor living our relationship very openly, only because I didn’t want our relationship to be effected by what people say and the media plays a huge role in our lives and so a wrong portrayal of our relationship would have really affected us.

Question: we all are wondering if both your work life causes any problems between you both.

Answer: I mean it doesn’t have a huge impact but sometimes we can delay each other due to long working hours but we manage to get over that in our spare times.  We spend such quality time when we are together so it doesn’t have a bad impact when we aren’t together. I cannot lie he simply is the best person in my life and he treats me very good.

Question: since you both have huge fan groups, has there ever been times where you have been jealous of one another?

Answer: it is very interesting that you have asked this, I mean the main element for a relationship is trust and if you don’t have trust in the person you are with then there really is no point of a relationship. Yes we both are artists with amazing fan groups but we knew that this was going to happen due to the career we have, overall we have not had problems so far.

Questions: are you planning in going on a tour together considering you are artists of the same genre?

Answer: well our relationship is important to a side and so is our work, if things work out the way we want then I don’t see a reason why not. We made a decision that we wanted to go before however things didn’t work out as we were not available at the same times.

Question: which other artists do you find talented and enjoy listening to?

Answer: in my opinion, I believe everyone in the music industry has a talent. But personally one of my favorite artists would be Queen B! Beyoncé, in my eyes is the most talented woman within the R&B industry. Her voice, her appearance, her choreography in her concerts, her dances and her shows are absolutely gob smacking.

Question: Which Artist inspires you the most?

Answer: I would say Drake; this amazing person has supported me from the first step I took until now. I could say he truly believed in me even when I lost hope with myself and pushed me as high as I could go. He is the reason why I am here in this position today.

Question: is there any goals you would say you have not achieved yet?

Answer: I believe I am very lucky that I have people supporting what I am doing and this was my ultimate goal: to make people like my music. I believe I have achieved it however, now my main goal is to keep this going forever.

Question: do you believe there is anything you regret doing in your job?

Answer: I have never regretted a thing I have done, as those small mistakes or regrets make me, myself. Of course we all begin with small failures, but if I didn’t fail I wouldn’t have worked harder and came to this position today. Also, I believe there is no person in this industry that has not failed once during their careers and it would be really unrealistic if you say you have not.

Question: What is the best characteristic of Drake?

Answer: the best characteristic of him, would be his supportive character. This man has the best heart, he is always there for you when you most need him with all his love and care. This is what really makes him stand out from every other guy.

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This is the first draft of my contents page, the font style needs to be changed in order to look much more appealing.

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The genre of my magazine will be R&B; the genre of the magazine will determine what the whole magazine will be based on. This will help me to set an overall design and theme for my magazine which will present to the audience that it is a R&B music magazine. I will use bold images of the artist wearing modern clothing that R&B artists wear today, also I will use a suitable design that will be persistent like a black and white boarder. I will use suitable interviews from previous R&B artists as a board-line to write my own interview on my artist. I will include information that will appeal and capture the reader’s attention in order not to bore them.

I will dedicate my magazine to young people and no particular gender so it appeals to both sexes. the socio-economic group that will read my magazine is group E, this is 16 and over which will mean they are mostly students, working part-time or even not working at all. I will set the price of my magazine so that it will be affordable for my targeted audience as if I set the price high then my dedicated audience will not be able to afford it. The title of my magazine will be “DENSEM”. My house style for the whole magazine will be sans serif, Georgia for the majority of the written texts involving cover lines and the body texts. This specific font type is suitable as it is easy to read and very clear. I will use the neon for my masthead, as the modern looking font type is bold and easy to read, this simplistic font type will capture attention and help to make readers recognise the magazine. The neon is a sans serif font type. It will be a valentine’s edition, which will mean I will use colours like red, pink and white to fit the theme. For my flashes/streamers will be shaped as hearts as well to fit in with the theme. The strap line is going to be “Is there a new love born between Drake and Denizay?” this cover line will build suspicion for the reader and therefore they would want to find out more and read on. The main cover line is going to be “everything you want to know about Denizay…” I will include cover lines involving extra information about other related artists, or even quotes from the interview I will have on the magazine so it can grab the reader’s attention right away. I will use different font types to place significance on the different types of cover lines.  I will speak about the different things I will involve like an interview of the artist or a page that involves everything the reader may want to know about the artist. This will provide the reader with all the sources of information they will be looking for in my magazine about the artist. I will include flashes and screamers in my magazine, which will be bold and bright to place, focus in particular texts on my front cover. The flashes will catch attention straight away and give simple hints on what is upcoming in the magazine. One flash would be “did Sema and Justin break up?” and the other is going to be “DENIZAY smashed the records with her new album!” and as a screamer “THE SECRET LOVE IS REVEALED!” My magazine will have three sections in total; consisting of a cover page, a dual content page spread. My cover will include a masthead, a main image, flashes/screamers, a main cover line, other cover lines and date/price/barcode. The contents page will include any additional information and page numbers of where to find whatever the reader is looking for. I will have numerous images on the. The dating for my magazine will be the 14^th February 2017; the pricing will be £3.50 so that it will be affordable for my targeted for my social economic audience.

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