Magazine Name and Font

My magazine font - header

For my magazine, I came up with the name "Blackened" I got this name from a very popular Metallica song and did some research and found out that is not used as a magazine name yet, though it is used for Blackened Records. 

After finding the perfect name that matches the style of my magazine, plus being influenced by the magazines biggest role models, I decided I needed to find a suitable font. I looked online a lot for font makers and found a great font.

I found this font on the website below:

http://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Skate

I tweaked the design of the original font, for example I changed the colour scheme to suit my house style. Apart from that minor tweak and a few gradient changes, I was happy with the font.

This is what my finished font looks like. I just need to add this onto my cover photo.

Editing Cover Photo 2

My second update

Here is my second attempt at editing my photo cover final. I tried to make the image as dark as I could without losing too much clarity. I wanted the image to still be of good quality, but suit my magazines style. After using various filters, over the top of one another, I managed to get this look.

I found the spotlighting in the image to be rather cool as it is directly on the frontman. The darker, edgier look I was going for was achieved by overlapping different filters to get a good look. I am quite pleased with the colours of this image and also the spotlighting on the band member, without losing too much quality. I may use this image as my front cover, unless I do some more improvements to better suit my magazine.

Editing Cover Photo

My Cover Photo - Option 1 - Editing

Here is one of my final cover photos that I may use for my magazine. I have been messing around with some of the filters on Photoshop to get a kind of darker, heavier look. So far I have changed the colours of the photo to cold colours. Here is what I have done so far, using one filer over another.

I still think that I need to change the style a little more, maybe get the colouring a little darker to match the style of my magazine. For now, I am pleased with this result but I will keep working on this until I am satisfied with the end result.

Final Two

Here are the final two pictures in the short-list for my front cover image:

Both of these images will need a little bit of editing so that they suit the style and genre of my magazine. I briefly started a little attempt on the first image and this is how it looks now:

The editing on this image gives it a much darker, harder look. I was hoping to make it this way as Metal and Rock music match this sort of grunge, dark style.

Cover Photo Finals

The photos in this post are the ones that I have chosen to put into the short-list to being my final cover photo.

The one below is one of my finals as I like the direct address and the lighting is focused on him. His dark clothes suit the profile for one of my typical readers, however his facial expression could be more serious.

 When taking the photo above, we had a lot of fun playing around with shadows, however without the correct lighting, my camera would not focus properly, producing a rather blurred photo.

 This is quite a playful picture, however I may not use it as it does not suit the style/genre of my magazine.

 The one above is one of my favourites and may be used as my final front cover image. With a little bit of editing I can make it suitable for the style of my magazine.

Photo Shoot

Here are some pictures from my photo shoot I did with my friends band.

 The ones above and below quite good, straight on shots. The lighting was a bit of a problem but it couldn't be helped at the time.

 These two shots are quite interesting as you can see the person, and their shadow. However, due to the lighting my camera wouldn't focus properly.

 I am quite happy with the photo above as it is very vibrant and good quality. Even though he isn't directly addressing the camera, I think the way he is looking down is quite cool.

Framing and Angle

Research

In Mr Murphy's lesson we discussed different types of shots and angles when shooting a video.

Framing

• Establishing shot - sets the scene
• Wide shot - small object of character is a small part of the scene
• Long shot - closer to the person, less of the setting
• Three-quater shot - most of the persons body
• Mid/medium shot - shows the waist and upwards of the person
• Medium close up - shows the persons features and expressions
• Close up - the face, sometimes the shoulders
• Big close up - looks at the emotions of the person, hides the setting
• Extreme close up - shows some of the face, e.g. the eyes

Angle

• High angle - above the person, can create a sense of vulnerability
• Low angle - looking up to the person, can create a sense of power
• Birdseye view - directly above the scene
• Canted angle - everything is on an angle, can make things look odd
• Wide angle - can see a lot of the scene, can create a dramatic feeling
• Shallow focus - only part of the scene is in focus, e.g. over the shoulder shots