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Large Posed Image of The Cover Star, Overlapping the title (Portrait) An obvious Studio Image which is High Key The Cover Star is looking straight at the camera and has been heavily made-up to create a feminine image The image is in colour but the black and white of her hair and costume link with the background and the black font, and give a slight monochromatic look The main image is pretty passive with the plain background, focusing purely on the Cover Star A variety of Live images at the bottom of the page with the star taking up the majority of The Cover Star has a large amount of Head Room around in order to fit the text around The white plain background draws attention to the Cover Star and also is a good base to add text over the top

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Page 1: Photograph Analysis

Large Posed Image of The Cover Star, Overlapping the title (Portrait)

An obvious Studio Image which is High Key

The Cover Star is looking straight at the camera and has been heavily made-up to create a feminine image

The image is in colour but the black and white of her hair and costume link with the background and the black font, and give a slight monochromatic lookThe main image is pretty passive with the plain background, focusing purely on the Cover Star

A variety of Live images at the bottom of the page with the star taking up the majority of the space in each photograph

The Cover Star has a large amount of Head Room around in order to fit the text around

The white plain background draws attention to the Cover Star and also is a good base to add text over the top

Page 2: Photograph Analysis

Variety of Live Candid Images, in a mixture of Portrait and Landscape

All the images seem to have a dark gloomy look with all the photographs in black and white to fit with the black text and the images are low key to emphasize their grey gloomy qualities

The images have quite a busy look with their layout and the photographic content with the images not been taken in a studio there is the surroundings which we notice and doesn’t make the star stand out as much, unlike that of the front cover

The main centre image looks like a paparazzi type photograph of the cover star in her everyday life and her facial expression image shows that not everything is as good and glamorous as we, the audience, expect as we most often see well made up stars having photo shoots done in a studio

Page 3: Photograph Analysis

An obvious Studio Image which is High Key

The Cover Star is looking straight at the camera but is facing away from the camera with her head tilted on a side, and has been heavily made-up to create a feminine imageThe image is very colourful and vibrant and the contrast is high to contrast her face and the flowers being bright in comparison to her dark hair and dressThe main image is pretty passive with the plain colour background, focusing purely on the Cover Star

The Cover Star has a large amount of Head Room around in order to fit the text around

The pink plain background works in a similar way to that of Smash Hits draws attention to the Cover Star and also is a good base to add text over the top

Large Posed Image of The Cover Star, Overlapping the title (Portrait)

The Image is following the rule of thirds with the image placed towards the right of the page

Page 4: Photograph Analysis

A large variety of images of different articles and the image represents the article, with all 3 images at the top of the page are square with the images overlapping the words ‘Contents’

All the images are colourful but in different ways reflecting the personalities of each of the featured stars

All the images are posed, than the live image of Katy Perry (the cover star) in the top right of the page, has a variety which reflects the variety of music in the pop music genre and the large target audience they are reaching out to.

All the images reflect the different areas in which the magazine is split up into and shows us what type of articles you will expect to find within the magazine

Page 5: Photograph Analysis

An obvious Studio Image which is High Key and bright

The Cover Star is looking straight at the camera but like Billboard Magazine she is facing away from the camera with her head tilted on a side, and has been heavily made-up to create a feminine imageThe image is colourful but has a large contrast with the dark of her dress and her hair in comparison to the pale background and her pale skin The main image is very passive with the plain white background

The Cover Star has a large amount of Head Room around in order to fit the text around

The white plain background follows the way of the Smash Hits cover drawing attention to the Cover Star and also is a good base to add text over the top

Large Posed Image of The Cover Star, Underneath the Masthead (Portrait)

The Image is following the rule of thirds with the image placed towards the right of the page, following the look of the Billboard Photograph

Other surrounding Posed images

Page 6: Photograph Analysis

Large Posed Image of The Cover Star, using the same image featured on the front cover, but the darker patterned background doesn't catch the audiences attention as easily as the white background on the front cover, making the image seem more busy

The article also features other images, some posed some live to give the audience an insight into who she is and what she does.

Like Billboard’s Contents Page the images are laid out in a way in which they fit with the text but all the images are colourful to reflect the mood of the article/ interview

Page 7: Photograph Analysis

From this analysis of the Photography featured within the 3 pop music magazines in which I have researched, I will use a High Key, Studio image on the front cover of a feminine made-up female pop star, and will most likely use a plain white background to make the image stand out from the page more and is a perfect base then for the text to overlap the image. I may also feature a few live images on my front cover in a similar way to Smash Hits for other articles within the magazine but with the only one main Studio image of the cover star.

For my own contents page I will use a variety of live images and will use one and only one studio image of the cover star but using a different image to the front cover and will have the appropriately placed within the text in which they are listed on the contents page. I will use colourful images and a mixture of High Key and Low Key images to reflect the mood of the article, for the contents page.

For my double page spread I am going to use a variety of Live and Studio images, some of the star posing and some of her performing to make the audience aware of who she is. All the images will be in colour and the background will be plain but reflect the costume featured in the main studio image and will make a good base for text to layer over.