Location/ Props/ Costumes.

                                                                Location / Props / Costumes

 I will be taking my images in various places. My front cover image shall be taken within a home environment, such as my friend’s musical room and their garage which is where they keep all of their instruments etc. I feel like this would be a good setting for my main cover image because it will show relevance and reference to the genre of the magazine. Also I thought this was quite unconventional as not many magazines have their front cover images taken in places at home, let alone not in some sort of studio. Not only this but having my front cover image taken in a musical environment will mean I will have plenty of product placement and advertising within my front cover, if this becomes a problem I could use this choice of setting and background for my double page spread article as these images conventionally seem to be taken in a more comfortable environment than a studio. This is evident in not just music magazines like Kerrang but also in most genres of magazines also. However, if this plan doesn’t work out and we do not get permission for this, I shall take my images in the studio at college and either Photoshop in an appropriate background or just use photography to create the effect I want in order to position my audience to recognise the magazine and what genre it is depending on the construction of the front cover. This should create the convention of passion for music and the love for what the band do and how they do it. This grunge environment also represents the genre of music quite well as it isn’t the most comfortable and posh environment that pop music magazines tend to have which kind of connotes the style in which the performers of this genre of music live.

 For my props I shall be using the items found within the setting I have chosen such as the instruments around the room and things alike because this will easily represent the genre of music and this is also quite conventional to the music magazine stereotypes. Apart from instruments like guitars and such I won’t be using any props because these don’t have much to do with the genre and I believe that if too many props are used, this will ruin and overcrowd the image, making it unprofessional and not suitable for my magazine. Electric guitars will represent my demographic quite well as these instruments are used a lot within the rock industry and are probably the main instrument for this, which are also used a lot in other magazines such as Kerrang and Scuzz.

 I won’t be using any type of extravagant costumes as most people who perform and listen to this genre of music usually just wear normal everyday clothes such as skinny jeans and a shirt. I believe this will be enough to represent my music genre and will keep the images quite simple and not too busy. This will mean I will be able to reflect my audience and create a good image at the same time. I did think about this quite a lot as I wasn’t sure whether I should change the outfits around but I decided to go with the simple everyday look as this was what appealed to the audience the most and what is used in other magazines. Because this is conventional and stereotypical for these types of magazine, it must work in order for Kerrang to be as popular as it is so I decided to intertextualise and use it too.