For my photos that I intend to use as main images for my magazine B-people will differ from one another and will create different vibes. They will differ and create contrast within music industry, and magazine's diversity.
For my first cover, I will use a male model that will play the role of prototype of a hip-hop artist who experiments in hip-hop by using different sub-genres to create a pleasing flow. For the picture I’m willing to create a street type of surroundings which will include graffiti, pictures and so forth, all the potential stuff to make it interesting for the audience to explore the picture. I will make the cover itself stand out. The picture itself is more likely to be black and white with some shadows, as well as some bits might be outlined with the use of colors. I'm planning to create one image with the use of two, so it creates double layers which just looks interesting and will have connotations to the 'old hip-hop' which was more likely represented in black and white. The background will match with the artist’s and his costumes. The model is more likely to be pictured with drumsticks and headphones, in order to create this similarity with the genre and the whole point of the cover. As well, as to create a musical sense and link it to the meaning of the magazine’s goal. Drums are about bouncing, bass, and energy, if there is lack of these factors then hip-hop will not sound right. Drums as an instrument have a direct link to hip-hop history and have been one of the first instruments that have created hip-hop as genre. So, with the use of drumsticks which are the main tool in order to make sound, it could quite easily create a familiarity with hip-hop history for the reader.
For my second picture I will use two female models as a prototype of a duo. The picture already differs from the first one by the number of people in the frame and gender, I reckon it’s important to diversify the image of the music stage and to touch this topic by creating a cover. The cover will be colorful because the 'duo' will represent a different side of music. If in the first case, the model is representing more of underground, cloudy rap and side of hip-hop, with the bits of jazz, in this case, for this cover, the 'duo' will have let slide in some r&b side mixed with proper female rap, so they need to stand out and express it through the colors. The background will be less busy in comparison with the first picture, it’s more likely that I will experiment with white wall and ill add calmer colors on it to match with the model’s costumes & makeup, to make them stand out. It will somehow create a puzzle for the audience, and the match in colors creates a good sense of understanding the creative point behind it, and by that giving a chance for the reader to explore it further on by reading the magazine. I will also try to experiment with some graffiti or writing around the models on the cover, to modernize it and make it stand out. The models are more likely to give a direct stare to create closeness with the audience and confidence.
Both covers will match the style and will embody the meaning of the magazine, it will perfectly match and suit its meaning. Models will differ from each other by gender and origins, ethnicity which could perfectly work with the idea of diversity and universal message of the music. Models will be put in the suitable for their music style atmosphere which will work better for analyzing them further on.
In terms of other photography and videography that I will use on for my content pages for both versions, and as well for my website, for this I’ll use pictures that I have taken before at some concerts, maybe in other part of the world that will match the colors of the magazine and the style of it. Works the same with videos, I will use my phone to film interviews of artists and teenagers. For background and other pictures, I might use vinyl records or CDs, cassettes and vintage clothing to match the topics. Will create slide show in the video and collages for an aesthetic pleasing. Will make sure that images match between each other and creates positive sense of viewing the page and front covers.