Evaluation

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media product?

Before I constructed my front cover, contents page and double page spread, I anlaysed existing magazines. This research enabled me to establish conventions used in existing magazines and therefore gave me ideas of what conventions i should I could use on my own media product.

FRONT COVER:

The first most obvious convention for the front cover is to have the masthead in the top left hand corner. I have seen this in the majority of music magazine so I think it would look silly in another position, for example on the right or bottom. I decided to use a pug which advertised winning tickets for Reading & Leeds Festival. The whole point of a pug is to advertise something or attract customers in. Pugs can be cheesy because they are normally loud bright colours to be eyecatching but I felt this went with my bright colour scheme so therefore didn't look cheap. If my magazine had a black and white serious colour scheme it wouldn't go at all and look completely out of place. I think it made my magazine look more realistic because it is a covention used in a lot of existing magazines. In a lot of magazines I have seen a medium close up of the main model on the front cover. I want to replicate this because I think it makes the main model look dominant and it will really stand out on a shelf. Also it is very important for the image to have great eye contact with the audience as it will attract readers. It creates a personal relationship between the model and the reader. In addition to this I placed the model's head infront of the masthead, meaning that you slightly can't read ERA. However, I made my media productassuming it was a real product which meant that the audience do not need to see the whole of the masthead because they already recognise it from the logo and font style. A lot of existing music magazines do this. Again it puts more focus on the main model.
At the bottom of the page I put the name of the main feature, Harlie Anne. When making the magazine I assumed Harlie Anne was a celebrity so by including a large image of her and her name in a large font, it will attract customers, especially her fans. I got this idea from the Q edition featuring Cheryl Cole.

Another convention I used was including a barcode, date and issue number which are all obvious things that make a magazine look more realistic and every magazine has them. If I didn't use them it would severely impact on the reality of my media product.

There were also some ways that I challenged conventions. When analysing existing magazines, I found that the majority of them had the strapline at the top. However, on my front cover the strapline was on the bottom because I felt that there was more space there and it looked better. Also I included three little images of the main model besides the large image which is very uncommon. Howver, I wanted to emphasise the importance of her and ERA getting an exclusive interview with her. Also it showed her in different situations and outfits which will attract the audience because they may want to see more pictures. I think it is important to not challenge a lot of conventions used by existing magazines because they are obviously very successful and you can still make your magazine look unique using the same conventions. It is important to follow conventions because it's what the consumers know and can relate to.

CONTENTS:

A convention I followed was using the same colour scheme as the front cover so it was inkeeping with the theme. This continuity ties all of the magazine together and the audience will sublimily notice it. I think it makes my front cover appear more professional and realistic. I think it was important to include secondary images to emphasise the point that the magazine isn't whole about the main story, Harlie Anne. It makes the magazine seem more busy and interesting. It is rare to find existing magazines with only images relating to the main story in the contents. I also put numbers on the pictures to make it easy for the audience to navigate through the magazine and it is a convention used by well known magazines.When researching and getting ideas from other magazines, I discovered that a lot of them have capitals or a bold font for the title of the story, followed by a little summary underneath in lower case. This is why I decided to use that convention.

I used ERA in the contents page in the same font style as the masthead to again exaggerate continuity. I then did a similar font style for the word contents so I kept in theme with the edgey and modern impression. Underneath this was a small picture of the front cover which I have seen being used in other magazines. All of these conventions illustrate a professional and realistic impression.

My contents only takes up one page which I suppose could be an example of using coventions or challenging conventions because I have also seen a lot of double page contents. I wanted to create a busy and hectic contents page which I think is best illustrated on a smaller page.

It is very common to see the title contents at the top of the page, which relates to the masthead's position. However, my contents page is unique in the way the

word contents is actually vertical. I think it makes my page look youthful and quirky and at the same time doesn't take up a lot of space. Another way I challenged conventions is the use of the splattered effect background. In a lot of magazines I have looked at, the contents page background has been block colours.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD:

My double page spread uses a lot of conventions which include equal columns, a lot of text due to the small font, a little summary before going into the interview, the ERA logo at the end of the interview and the use of page numbers and website at the bottom of the page. My page numbers are in the same style of the ones used in the contents, white numbers inside a red box. Again this emphasises continuity and professionalism. I think all of these coventions make the page seem more realistic and smart.

Again my double page spread is inkeeping with the colour scheme of black, red and white both used on the front cover and contents page.

It is very common for a large image to take up 1 page or nearly 1 page of the double page spread, which relates to mine. I also used smaller images of the same model to express her in different situations and it creates a more interesting appearance of the page.

In a lot of double page spreads I have seen a large quote which is seperated from the rest of the text. It is usually in between a question or text but I placed it near the model's mouth to show that the words are coming from her own mouth. This is important because the interview illustrates how when she was younger she was controlled by other people in everything she did and she didn't no her real self as she was so constrained. A quote attracts people into reading the story because it gives them a little snippet of the extract but not telling enough, making them curious and therefore read on. My quote is an example of this "What 18 year old doesn't..." because you want to find out what this is in reference to. I followed the covention of having the title and columns spread across two pages because it emphasises the point double page spread. The whole point of it is to make like one big page that all relates instead of having two seperate pages. In addition to this I kept within the rule of when the page is folded it will not interrupt any text or images. This is very significant because it would drastically impact on the the page looking unprofessional and make it hard to read the text.

I believe that my extreme close up image used in some way challenges conventions because I believe it is more common to have a longer shot of the model. Close ups are widely used on front covers. In that way, the image makes my double page spread unique compared to existing pages and creates an interesting appearance. I also have a blind effect background which I have never seen before in other magazines. The blind effect creates different shades of colours aswell.

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My media product represents indie/rock fans. This is portrayed through the look of the model. This includes her black hat, leather jacket and her shaggy bright hair. Also the font style of the ERA masthead relates to the rock genre because it is edgy and quirky. I decided to use white models for all of my models so this shows that my media product represents white people. My media product represents late teenagers which is portrayed through my young main model used on the front cover who is a similar age to the audience. Youth is also expressed through the bright, modern colour scheme. My main model, Harlie Anne attracts men because she is attractive and has a seductive pose. At the same time women would aspire to her and envy her because of her quirky style and good looks. I noticed that using white people for models was a convention of existing rock magazines which is why I did it aswell. Stereotypically, rock magazines are associated with white people whereas rap and R&B magazines are associated with black people.

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

A media institution that might distribute my media product is Kerrang, a rock

music magazine published by Bauer Consumer Media in the United Kingdom. The Bauer Media Group (Bauer Verlagsgruppe) is a large German publishing company based in Hamburg, which operates in 15 countries worldwide. Since the company

was founded in 1875, it has been privately-owned and undermanagement by the Bauer family. It was formerly called Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG, abbreviated to HBV and usually shortened to H.Bauer. Worldwide circulation of Bauer Media Group's magazine titles amount to 38 million magazines a week. I think Bauer Consumer Media might distribute my media product because I think my magazine is very similar to Kerrang. This in the way how they both have a young audience and are both targeted at rock/indie fans. Also Kerrang usually has elements of loud colours and it has a similar font style to ERA. However, these similarities could be a major disdvantage. Bauer Consumer Media may feel that they are too similar and therefore rivals. In that case they will stay loyal to a long running, well known successful magazine opposed to a new substitute.

On the other hand, Bauer Consumer Media distributes magazines that attract more mature audiences aswell, for example Q. Q started out as a music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. Originally it was to be called Cue (named after the act of cueing a record to play), but the name was changed so that it wouldn't be mistaken for a snooker magazine. Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth felt the music press of the time ignored a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs. Q was first published in 1986, setting itself apart from much of the other music press with monthly production and higher standards of photography and printing, with an emphasis on style. This shows that Bauer Consumer Media distribute a wide range of magazines. Kerrang and Q both are associated with rock music though, similar to my magazine. This means that Bauer Consumer Media may be more open to distributing my magazine as they accept a lot of different magazines.

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

My media product is aimed at older teenagers that follow rock/indie music. A typical person of my audience is outlined in an earlier post on my blog. These images are typical people that I am targeting my media products at.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

I wanted my media product to clearly represent the rock/indie music genre to attract my youthful audience. I did this in many ways including having a a young main model, Harlie Anne that has a rocky, quirky style. This is portrayed through her dark clothes including a leather jacket, her pale face, dark smokey eyes, bright red lips and her intimidating pose but at the same time being seductive and mysterious. Also, the bright colour scheme reflects the modern and vibrant audience. But I made sure I used a lot of black elements because the dark colour is stereotypically associated with the rock genre. White is also used a lot in existing magazines because it is a contrast to black and other colours so everything stands out o it. Another way that the rock genre is represented is through the masthead font style. The font is called masterplan which I found on dafont.com. It has a rough, patchy, faded appearance which looks modern and edgey. This relates to my main model and therefore my target audience. Most existing magazines use celebrities as the main image on their front cover because the audience are very interested in celebrities lifestyles so therefore it attracts people as they want to read about there favourite artists. For example, Cheryl Cole's edition in Q. In relation to this I produced by music magazine on the assumption that my main model, Harlie Anne was a famous artist. I made this clear by her name being prominent in a large font on the front cover. In doing this it means it will attract her fans. This is especially significant to the story because it is about her comeback with a new style and attitude. People will be very interested in finding out about her new style. Also Harlie Anne's good looks and endeering pose will attract men into buying the magazine and women who aspire to help. I used persuasive and inviting text to attract people into buying my magazine. This includes having exciting words such as exclusive which make the sentence stand out more. For example my strapline, "exclusive interview and images inside" is far more interesting that just having interview and images inside. There is not a lot of text but enough to give an idea of what is inside. I found that images and colour scheme were more important than text because they stand out more on a shelf. The text uses normal everyday language which attracts readers as it's not intimidating. The readers are more interested about the music than a high use of special vocabulary words. Two of the stories use rheotorical questions which are "Do you know the real Harlie Anne?" and "Just friends?" This is a very clever technique as it is a subtle persuasive way of making the audience read the magazine to find out the answers. In addition to this, my pug is a way of attracting people because it stands out and is about a chance of winning reading & leeds festival tickets. It was important to have a prize that my target audience would want, otherwise it would be pointless. Reading and Leeds festival are both young festivals that mostly include rock/indie artists which relates to young teenage rock/indie fans, my target audience.

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Before i took my photos I bought a new camera so I could produce high quality photos and therefore make my magazine look realistic. My digital camera is an Olympus FE-5020. It is 12 megapixels and has 5x wide zoom. It was excellent when taking my photos as I could change so many features to suit the image. I did encounter a few problems when taking my photos in the dark. Obviously I had to use the flash but I felt like the flash made the model's face too bright. However, this was easily overcome by changing the flash and lighting effects. It was also very easy to copy the images from the camera onto the computer. The main piece of technology I learnt from was photoshop which I used to produce my media product. I have previous experience on it from GCSE and the preliminary task for this coursework but I still felt like a beginner. I did have a slight advantage over the people with no experience and never had done the subject before. I think it helped with a lot of practise and patience because photoshop can be very irritating when it doesn't do the things you want it to. A thing that was particulary annoying was when I wanted to place the main model's head infront of the masthead. This is because she had to be cut out and then placed perfectly on top so everything matched up correctly. Then I had to neaten up the edges with the eraser. This process did take quite a long time but I think it was worth it as it produced a proffessional and effective appearance to the front cover. I also found little things that I never knew of such as the burning tool. Little things like these made a big impact on my media product such as creating a more dark and powerful impression on the double page spread. The dodge tool does the opposite of this by adding light to specific areas which makes them less dull and prominent. Another piece of technology I used during this project was a blog. Instead of having a folder, I had to upload all my work on a blog. Blogger is very easy to use when adding, editing posts and it allows you to do things such as online polls. Doing a questionnaire by hand would mean printing a lot of copies, handing them out and having to add up all of the results which is time consuming and tedious. Having it online means you can just send people the link and it calculates the results by itself. It is simple and quick. Another advantage of blogger is that it eliminates the large amount of time spent on making a folder look attractive. The main benefits of blogger is that it is simple, quick and teachers can help you at anytime because they have access to this. In relation, I can access it anywhere including my home and school.

7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt inhe the progression from it to the full product?

For my preliminary task I had to produce a front cover and contents page for a school magazine. This was in aid of having a practise on photoshop, to help with the construction of my front cover, contents page and double page spread for my music magazine. This also enabled me to compare the two and therefore show the improvements I made. A major factor distinguishing between the two tasks is the amount of time spent on them. For the preliminary task we only had a few weeks worth of lessons whereas we spent a much longer time period on the full product. I even downloaded a trial version of photoshop on my laptop at home because I felt that lessons were not long enough and enabled me to be detailed with my product. I did all of my preliminary task in the lessons provided. The length of time clearly reflects in the quality of the product. I think my final product looks far more professional and realistic compared to my preliminary task. I think it is important to outline that the preliminary task was done before the analysis of magazines and not a lot of research was done before producing this. For the full product I did a lot of analysis of existing magazines to get ideas and more importantly to make sure my product includes coventions of existing successful magazines. This is a big advantage to the making of my product. Also doing a questionnaire enabled me to see what my target audience like and expect that I could include in my music magazine. It was very important to get feedback on my ideas because I wanted my magazine to be effective and successful.It was very important to get feedback on my ideas because I wanted my magazine to be effective and successful. Overall, alot of research was done before producing the final piece and everything was thought about beforehand in a lot of detail. For example, when it came to the photoshoot I planned it out detailed beforehand which included locations, clothing, make-up, poses, hair, lighting, props, backgrounds and what pages it would be on. When producing my preliminary task I was quite basic with the use of photoshop and I think that came across in the cheesy and cheap appearance of the school magazine. In comparison, I learnt many skills on photoshop when producing my music magazine including opacity levels, blur effects and the tools I mentioned above such as the dodge tool and burning tool. Little effects like this contributed to giving my final product a smart and realistic appearance. I paid attention to every little detail which included postioning, how much to tilt something and making sure everything tied in together. My final product has a clear colour scheme of black, white and red throughout all 2 pages whereas in my preliminary task there was no continued use of a colour scheme or theme.

Final Pieces

Front Cover

Contents Page

Double page spread

Construction of double page spread

Stage 1: Firstly, the picture wasn't large enough to fit all of the page and it would look to stretched anyway. To solve this problem, using the cutting tool I cut out a section of the grey background and pasted it 3 times beside the photo as shown above. Copying the exact same shape made them all equal and it gave a blind effect. I also added a black border to make the page look smart and professional.

Stage 2: Next I added the title in the font Stencil which gives an edgey and powerful impact. I added a line of text underneath which made the title make sense and it gives the readers a summary of the article. I added a thin black rectangle underneath to clearly establish between the title and the rest of the text. I decided to slightly rotate the title to make it look interesting and quirky. I then added the text which was in keeping with the red and black colour scheme which is used on the front cover and in the contents aswell. I got the white picture frames from google images and then placed my own images over the blank space. I think the photo frames are much more interesting and proffessional then just placing the image on the page.

Stage 3: I thought I had finished my double page spread but I then decided that it looked a bit plain and there was not enough writing. I also made the columns equal sizes as this is a lot more professional. For each of the questions in the article I tilted them to relate to the title and always used the same font as the title. I placed each one in a black box to make them stand out but I didn't want them to be overpowering so I decreased the opacity of them to 54%. This made them look not as harsh. I also added the website and page number in the bottom left corner to make the page look realistic and it is a convention used by existing magazines. I made the page numbers the same as how they are on the contents, a white number in a red box, to keep with continuity. I also added a little ERA logo at the end of the article because I have seen it used in existing magazines and also a quote to draw the readers in.

Stage 4: For the last little touches I burned the corners of the background using the burning tool. This makes the page look more dramatic and dark which relates to the rock genre. Using the dodge tool, I removed the shadow from the top of the model's hair and in doing this I made her hair slighlty brighter. I wanted to make the photo frames more realistic so I duplicated the layer, then made the underneath layer completely black. I then clicked on filter, blur and then gaussian blur and increased it to 7 pixels. I did this to each photo and it gives a slight shadow round them. On the previous stage, the quote was too small and didn't fit in at all so I enlarged it, changed the colour to stand out on her skin and slighlty tilted it so it was similar to the other text. The positioning actually looks like it's coming out of her mouth. This is quite clever because it is words from her mouth, a quote. To finish it off I added another page number in the same style as the one in the left corner.

Construction of contents page

Stage 1: I didn't want the word contents to take up a lot of space and I also wanted it to be unique so I placed it vertically down the page. I got the font from dafont.com and I cut out each letter seperately so I could rotate them individually. I then added a thin red rectangle to section it off. I tilted the main image and then added a border that didn't exactly fit to make it look edgey and modern.

Stage 2: I then added the text and followed the pattern of having the title of the story in bold capitals in the font Impact and then a little summary of the story in lower case in the font Rockwell. I wanted to incorporate more red as it is vivid and draws you in so for the page numbers I used white numbers in a red box. I wanted to maintain professional by making each box the same shape so instead of making a new shape everytime, I duplicated the layer several times. I also added the pager number on the main image to make it clear to the readers where it is and it is also a covention used by existing magazines.

Stage 3: This is where the contents page starts to take place as I added all the photos. Throughout my magazine I have tilted the photos because I think it gives a quirky appearance and makes the change between a simple image and a more interesting image. Using the burning tool, i slightly burned the edges of the bottom middle picture (Alexandria story). This gave the image a darker and dramatic look. I also added little things to make the page look realistic such as placing the website in the top right corner and the ERA logo in the top left corner.

Stage 4: I added a little red rectangle underneath ERA so it relates to the front cover masthead. Then there were little end touches which included putting the page numbers on the bottom pictures. For all 3 of them I used black numbers on a grey background to clearly seperate it from the page numbers next to the text. This is because I wanted the red ones to stand out. I added a shadow around the grey page numbers by duplicating the layers, then filling the underneath layer in black. I then clicked on filter and then blur and then increased gaussian blur to 7.0 pixels which created a slight shadow round the edges. The white background looked to simple and mature. This is significant because I am targeting a young audience, a white classy background would suit Q's more mature audience. To make the page more modern and quirky I used a paint brush with a dappled effect in a very large size, about 500px which created a splattered effect and I randomly splattered it in places I decreased the opacity to make it grey rather than black because black would be too overpowering. Lastly, I included a little image on the front cover in the bottom left corner to make the page look more interesting and it combines all the pages.

Construction of front cover

Stage 1: I found the font from dafont.com and print screened it so it would have a white background. I wanted this so it contrasted to the grey background. The problem with the masthead is that it is too small and if i had it any larger it would cover the model's face. I overcome this in the next stage.

Stage 2: To put the model's head infront of the masthead I cut her out using the magnetic lasoo tool and made a new layer so it resulted in there being two layers of the model's face. I then copied and pasted the the new layer onto the main page and lined it up with the underneath layer. I then softened the edges using the eraser tool. The model's head is now able to be infront of the masthead. In addition to this I enlargened the masthead and added a thin red rectangle underneath it. This clearly seperates the masthead with the background and also gives a professional look. I added a strapline at the bottom of the page using a red rectangle with text ontop of it. I decreased the opacity of the shape so it wasn't too overpowering and I felt that the red looked a bit cheap and trash. The slighty pink rectangle looks more subtle and smart.

Stage 3: I then added the text Harlie Anne in the font Lucida Calligraphy which completely contrasts to the rocky, edgey style of the magazine because the font style is quite mature and girly. However, I wanted to do this because the style clearly stands out in reference to the other features and it is also the only font in a white colour. The girly font style also relates to the main story of how Harlie Anne has changed from a girly girl to a rock chick. I then added a thin blue rectangle underneath the title with a slight tilt to emphasise the title and the colour also ties in with the colours used in the smaller images of her and the pug. I then added 3 smaller images of the main model and slightly tilted them all to create a quirky style. The main reason why I included more images of Harlie Anne because I took so many photos of her in 3 different locations so I didn't want them to be wasted. It also attracts the audience in by seeing her in different locations. I also added red text relating to the main image as the majority of existing magazines do this and it gives the audience more information on what the story entails.

Stage 4: I then added images of other stories because I want the magazine to look like its packed with different features. It wouldn't make sense just to promote the main story because it makes it seem like the actual magazine is only about that. It is important to focus on other stories aswell. I also added the s title for each story to relate the image to a story and therefore make it look like a believable story. I then added a black border around the "Princess of Rock" story to make it look more edgey and it also inkeeps with the contents page because I put a jagged border around the main image on there. I also created a slight shadow around the "Just Friends" story by adding a gaussian blur of 10 pixels. I then added a pug which is the same colour as the blue rectangle underneath Harlie Anne. A pug can look quite cheap but I think it fitted in with my busy front cover and colour scheme. I have also used it because it is a covention used by many existing music magazines. I then added little last things to make to finish off the front cover and make it look more professional. This included adding the date and issue number vertically up the side of the masthead and I also added a barcode in the bottom left corner, again rotated vertically. It is little things like this that make the front cover look more realistic and professional.

Analysis of photos continued

"Princess of Rock" story

I really like this image because it shows off the model's great features. Her hair naturally lays on scattered CD's which acheives a more realistic appearance. I had a problem with other photos because the CD's looked too neat and therefore staged. Another good thing about this photo is the colour of the flower matches her pink lips, cheeks and under garment. Her smokey eyes create a smouldering and seductive image. This is one of my favourites so I will be using it either in the contents or a small image on the front page.

This image did not exactly plan out how I intended it to. I wanted to create a sexy and cheeky mood by getting the model to bite a CD. However, I did not initially realise that by doing this pose, you will get a reflection of her nose as seen above. This ruins the picture and makes it seem unprofessional. It would definitely work better with a non-reflective CD. Another problem is that the model's hands look too large in comparison to the rest of her. This takes away focus from the model's face.

The problem with this image is that there is not enough CD's enabling you to see a lot of the wooden floor. This looks slightly unprofessional but it can be solved by cropping the picture and trimming some of the top off. I like the model's pose in this photo because she is creating a girly image aided by the pinkness but at the same time you can see her dark, mischevious side. She has a cheeky, sexy mouth expression combined with her smouldering dark eyes.

The problem with this image is that the CD's look to neat and precise so therefore staged which I really wanted to steer clear from. Also I think her faces looks a bit uncomfortable which will come across to the audience. Again this makes the image and situation unbelievable. Having a longer shot enables you to see her pink underwear which looks great due to it's striking colour. I also like the way she is holding her jacket but as her hands are closer to the camera, it does make them look quite large.

I also did some images on a pink bacground to emphasise girlyness in contrast to her black jacket and leggings. It also enables you to see her amazing figure which is likely to attract a male audience. I really like this how this image looks natural and just caught in the moment which I think is due to jacket being off one of her shoulders and her causual pose. She looks innocent and vulnerable which makes her look even more attractive because you feel sympathy for her. There is no eye contact but that is not as significant because it's not going to be used for the main image on the front cover.

In contrast to the picture above, in this image there is great eye contact. I really like the simpleness of this photo because it's still effective and she looks very pretty. She has a sexy pose in addition to her long, lushious hair. Again, her figure looks amazing. The good thing about this model is that obviously men will be attracted to her but at the same time women will not be intimated by her because she looks friendly and down to earth. The use of the black photo frame makes the backfround look more interesting but doesn't take focus away from the model, it compliments her. This is one of my favourite images so it is likely I will use it for either a small image on the front cover or in the contents.

"Just Friends?" story

I wanted the images for this story to be in black and white to add to the sexy and mysterious ambiance. However, I wanted elements of colour, as shown in the above right image which meant I had to firstly take the pictures in colour. I then desaturated the images and used the magic brush tool to bring back the original colour of the flower. The two images above show the transformation. I really like the image above because their facial expressions show the intimacy between the two. Also the female tugging the male's shirt expresses the passion between the two. I will either use this as a little image on the front cover or in the contents page.

Again I changed the image to black and white but kept the colour of the flower to make the image more interesting and unique. It still creates a sexy mood without looking cheesy and fake. This image expresses intimacy and love. I really like how comfortable the models look because I was afraid that awkwardness of being photoed and also the freezing cold would come across in the photo. Instead the photos all look realistic and natural. The female running her hands through the male's hair looks sexy and passionate. I really like how they both have white shirts on because it stands out in the black and white and also contrasts to the dark background. They also look quite similar but the pink flower clearly seperates the female from the male.

This image is before the transformation process. The picture shows a fun and mischevious side of their relationship. This is expressed by her cheesy grin and pulling of the shirt. There is great contact with them which adds to the cuteness. However, I think this is a disadvantage to the picture. This is because I wanted the images to portray a seductive and sexy embrace between the two. This image is too cute and therefore will not be suitable for my magazine.

This again shows a cheeky and mischevious side portrayed through the biting of the shirt. I really like the female's pose but you cannot see the male very well as his dark hair blends into the dark background. This will particularly be significant in black and white. The female is the main focus in this image as you cannot see any of the male's face but I want to express a relationship so therefore they are both as important. They are supposed to be a band so it would make more sense to show both of them. The male also looks quite hunched and therefore uncomfortable. Overall, I don't think this is a suitable image for my magazine.

In contrast to the previous image where the focus was on the female, this image clearly shows both of them and therefore expresses them as a couple. This is one of the images that are quite close up. This enables you to clearly see their facial expressions and good looks. Their attractive looks will attract both sexes as you'd expect the male readers to like the girl and female readers to like the man. I really like the female's pose because she looks naughty, cheeky and sexy. This is the ideal impression I wanted to create. I wanted a lustful embrace, not a romantic situation.