Deconstruction Of A Rock Sound Front Cover

Colourpopping

Using photoshop I practiced colour popping for possible effects I could use in my magazine.

Deconstruction #5 (Class deconstruction)

Media Photoshoot photos

Media Photoshoot

Mise-en-scene Research

From the feedback from my audience research, I have found out that people prefer to read Rock magazines as appose to Pop Punk magazines. Using this knowledge, I have now changed my initial idea of a Pop Punk magazine to a Punk Rock magazine.

Because I changed it, I need to know the mise-en-scène for Rock so that I can present my photoshoot in a Punk Rock-y atmosphere.

Mise-en-scène is the arrangement of props on a stage, the direct translation from the french is literally 'Putting on stage'.

In context of music magazines, the mise-en-scène is the positioning, the lighting, the entire composition of the photo. The meaning behind everything in the image which represents underlying messages which in this case will represent the genre of PUNK ROCK.

Punk Rock is obviously a sub genre of classic Rock so I first looked at the conventions of mise-en-scène within the Rock Genre.
Typical of the Rock Genre:

• Black and White
• Tattoos
• Hard Light
• Rock Hands
• Crosses
• Black Clothing
• Long Hair 
• Expression (Passion/Empty)

This is a photo from a photoshoot of the band Muse which make Rock/Space Rock/Alternative Rock.

The image is in black and white/Sepia.

Apart from one or two members of the band, it is quite a candid photo. This is good because a photo like this would show the fans what the band might be like when they are not in front a camera making everything less formal and more friendly.

Their clothes are black and white, this is iconic to rock.

Here is another photo of the band Paramore. Again like the Muse photo, nearly everyone but the lead singer is looking at the camera, it is candid.

Generally the colours are dark. Dark background.

The men are bearded and the woman has bright coloured hair which is different to the norm.

There are tattoos.

He is an edited photo for the band Canterbury. Nearly everyone is looking down. This band is slightly more pop rock than rock but they still have connotations of a rock band.

They have reasonably long hair, some have stretchers.

Here we have the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. 

Black. White. Coloured Hair. Tattoos. Arm movements as if saying "What do you want". Direct Mode of Address.  Hard light used.

Risk Assessment

Hazard	Risk	Strategies for controlling
Icy Roads	>Slipping on Ice >Breaking equipment >Rough driving	>Wear gripping shoes >Make sure equipment is padded and protected >Drive Carefully
Rain (Weather)	>Equipment could get ruined >Models – makeup/outfit/hair could get ruined	>Cover equipment when not being used in waterproof gear >Supply umbrellas/raincoats
Wind (Weather)	>Equipment (tripod) could fall over in the wind >Hair could blow into models’ eyes	>Hold down – don’t leave equipment unattended >Tell models to stand in direction of wind so hair is blown backwards – Tie up hair if it doesn’t ruin hairstyle
Rain damage (Equipment)	>Electrocution through damaged equipment	>Test equipment before use > If wet – wait till dry before use
Cables/wires in the way	>Models/photographers trip over cables	>Label where cables are tape on the ground, move out of the way
Heavy Equipment	>Dropping heavy equipment >Back injuries due to carrying heavy equipment	>Don’t unnecessarily carry more than you need >Carry as advised > if too heavy, ask for help!
Hypothermia/frostbite	>Model too cold to model	>Make model wear warm clothes off camera; only when on camera do they wear outfit.

Deconstruction #4

Letter to Publisher

Publishing Companies Research

I looked at two main companies which publishes magazines:

Bauer is a publishing company that produces music magazines (alongside others):

> MOJO
> Q
> Kerrang 

And also the radio station:

> Absolute Radio
> Planet Rock

IPC is another publishing company. This company produces these music magazines among many others:

> NME
> UNCUT 






Having researched various other publishing companies, I have decided to write an unofficial letter to the publishers of 'Bauer' to pitch my magazine to them. They have the better readership and I believe that the plan I have for my magazine will fit in will with their other music magazines.

Genre Research (Pop)

Types of Genres:






































(word cloud made using tagxedo)

Genres and their top selling magazines..

Genres and their top selling magazines from hannifrieda

3 Colour Editing - Photoshop

I looked into some more photo manipulation processes and found this one. It lets you create 3 colour poster-like images. They work best with portraits but landscapes work also. 

Deconstruction #3

Here is my deconstructed:

1. Front Page
2. Contents Page
    &
3. Double Page Spread

Deconstruction #2

Here is a video of my deconstructing the Converge - KERRANG Magazine Front Cover:

(I have not yet learnt how to cut and trim videos so I have written in the annotations where I would've cut etc.)

 I forgot to mention that every magazine is split into thirds and it's all called "The Rule of Thirds".















This is a usual usage of the rule of thirds in a music magazine. The top right corner uses up the image and the rest of the space is used for sublines/sub images etc.

                                                                                Here we have the way Kerrang set out their thirds in this particular issue. You can see that the Rule Of Thirds doesn't apply. This could suggest that "Converge" are breaking apart from the norm for example.