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Photo Shoot 2

The next photoshoot I took was to get a photo for my contents page and was firstly unintentional but then I realised that it could be an affective photo to use so I took many photos until I decided with the photo below which I used on my contents page.

 

Photo Shoot 1

These photo's are the photo's I took for my front cover page and was the first photo shoot I took, in order to get the best shot possible, the photos above go in order of how I took them and as you can see they are progressing between each one until I got the final photo which is the photo you see below.

Photo Shoot 3

For my last photo shoot I only took two photos, the right photo you see I took with a filter on my camera to give the vintage effect and the other one I took with selected lighting as I wanted to reduce the chance of shadows but ultimately I was able to include both photos within my contents page.

Uses and Gratifications Theory

This theory suggests that people actively choose their media products based on their needs.

Bulmer & Katz discuss that audiences consume the media for different needs and in different ways. The media industry is not the only one to blame, people need the media to fulfil their needs and wants.

Media consumers choose texts that fulfil one or more of these needs:

- To be INFORMED and EDUCATED about the world in which they live.
- To INDENTIFY personally with characters and situations in order to learn more about themselves.
- To be ENTERTAINED by a range and variety of well contructed texts.
- To use the media as a talking point for SOCIAL INTERACTION or DISCUSSION.
- To ESCAPE from their 'daily grind' into other words and situations.

Magazine Front Cover Mock Up

 

This document is a mock up for my magazine I will be producing over the next couple of weeks. I have bought many different magazines that will suit my magazine genre of Indie/Alternative and I have come to a conclusion of using the magazines that 'Q' designs as my inspiration and magazine style.

1st Front Cover and Content Page Analysis