DPS Analysis

These two images are the structures I felt like using for my double page spread.By placing the text in the certain boxes it made the page look neat, organised and professional. I also placed the letter 'B' in a large black font to show who the article is about again appealing to the target audience straight away.This idea is also used in Q magazine. I chose the image where the subject is facing away from the camera in a close up shot,the background is dark and therefore this challenges the usual conventions of magazines where the celebrity or person usually looks at the camera creating a connection with the reader. I decided to not use a usual shot as I wanted my magazine to be different,unique and exciting and not fit in within the norm. With the subject facing away it shows vulnerability, innocence and other emotions that allows the reader to relate to the article or their idol more easily. The uses and gratifications theory could be applied to my ideas (although generally used for advertising). 

Using Photoshop I created boxes to show where the text should or could be placed on the pages.My ideas changed and have developed since.I tried placing the text in a similar way and used the same image in the same size, however I felt this did not really show much potential. It looked very basic and lacked a 'wow' factor. I feel this was achieved later on after making changes to my double spread. I found different ways in deeply attracting and forming a connection with the readers of my magazine.

Here are the experiments I created using Photoshop again and using images of lights, then changing its opacity and selecting the 'overlay' option. This made the lights fade out and blend in with the image.The blurry images of light were taken using the slow shutter speed on the camera. This meant the lights were not as clearly seen. I experimented using different coloured lights. Using the original,red and even blue. However i felt this seemed slightly un-natural and did not correspond with my colour scheme.