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- 2. Existing Product • The location of this image has been shot near some council building, with rubbish on the stairs, a down rail and council housing in the back ground of the picture. • The picture has been made in to black and white, this has been one because the title of the magazine is in a bright colour, so with the bright colour of the magazine title against the black and white photo it makes the title stand out on the front cover. • Some props are already in the photo such as the man, the BMX and the man with his shopping. There has also been a comical prop added in to the photo, on the bottom left corner there is barbed wire which has been adding in after the photo had been take for effect. • The angle of this photo has been taken at a low angle, this has been done because it create an illusion that the BMX rider is jumping higher than he actually is. • The audience will want to buy this magazine because of the bright illumines blue stands out and catches your eye, this will make the audience pick up the magazine an buy it.
- 3. Existing Product • The location of this image has been shot near some modern smooth concrete, with big long rails. This picture must have been shot near a road because on the left hand side of the image there is some traffic lights. • This image of a BMX rider is called a action sequenced photography, this is when multiple photographs are taken of a moving object however the images background does not move, this give us the effect of a live photograph. • Some props are already in the photo such as the man, the BMX, the camera on it bipod, traffic lights and the other BMX bikes behind the rail. • The angle of this photo has been taken at a long angle, this has been done because it allows he photographer to take an image, ad manage to fit in all the aspects which is needed. • The audience will want to buy this magazine because of the bright illumines orange stands out and catches your eye, this will make the audience pick up the magazine an buy it.
- 4. Existing Product • The angle of this photo has been taken at a low angle, this has been done because it create an illusion that the skier is jumping higher than he actually is. • The audience will want to buy this magazine because of the bright illumines blue, and yellow stands out and catches your eye, this will make the audience pick up the magazine an buy it. • The location of this image has been taken just below the drop off a cliff, with bright blue sky's and white vibrant snow. Towards the bottom left of the cover we can see the rich browns of the rocky edge which is slightly coved by the thick snow. • The picture includes many different colours ranging form deep navy blues, to bright illumines yellows. The designer of this magazine has done this so that certain aspects of the front cover stand out, such as the magazines name/ title and the skier. • There are not many props including into this photo, the only props used are the skiers equipment and clothing. This make the image really simple yet effective to the audience.
- 5. Research Analysis • What common features do the researched products have? – All the existing products which I have researched have multiple bright colours, this is because the magazine company's need people to buy their product, so they introduce bright colours which will grab the audiences attention. • What aspects of the research will you include within your on work? – I will also include bright colours for he same reason, and I will take a action sequence photograph which will be the front cover on my magazine.
- 6. Audience
- 7. Audience Profile Category Demographic Content to appeal to this audience Age Range 15+ • This will appeal to this audience because people aged below this range wont really be interested into the type of photography Gender All • This is because my magazine will appeal to both genders because there is gender related parts to the magazine. Psychographic emulator • My magazine will be aimed at an balanced because it will attract people to learn how to take those types of photographs Social Status A,B,C1,C2 • Because everyone in these social status’s will mostly have access to a camera which will allow them to take these types of photos
Editor's Notes
- #3: Choose a recent product similar to your own and annotate it Type of image- studio/location, angle, effects, post-production Use of lighting/composition/mise en scene/costume/props/location/colours/fonts etc. Audience appeal- how does it make its audience want to buy/watch/play it?
- #4: Choose a recent product similar to your own and annotate it Type of image- studio/location, angle, effects, post-production Use of lighting/composition/mise en scene/costume/props/location/colours/fonts etc. Audience appeal- how does it make its audience want to buy/watch/play it?
- #5: Choose a recent product similar to your own and annotate it Type of image- studio/location, angle, effects, post-production Use of lighting/composition/mise en scene/costume/props/location/colours/fonts etc. Audience appeal- how does it make its audience want to buy/watch/play it?