In order to create our Magazine Poster, we utilised another Adobe Software, Adobe Photoshop CC 2017. Our previous design was critiqued for its yellow colour scheme being "too bright" and therefore not representative of the stereotypical colour scheme of the indie genre. We decided therefore to create a colour-scheme chart of the colours that reflect the indie genre, and from this chose the most appropriate hue of yellow to use throughout our poster and digipak.
Magazine Photoshoot:
In our initial ideas, we decided to stray from the convention that band's typically use a picture of themselves on their promotional material, as it is notable that indie bands tend to use infographics, logos and recurring motifs instead on centralising on themselves; this is typically due to the passion for the music which is deemed more important than the artists themselves. We wanted to ensure synchrony between our music video and our promotional ancillaries, therefore the pictures we took were of our male protagonist's hand holding the polaroid that is a reoccurring motif throughout our music video.
We purposefully took the photos on a plain white background to prevent any colour contrasts which would appear distracting. Similarly, the plain white background will allow us to superimpose the yellow text onto the poster, as a yellow is a colour that is difficult to make visible if surrounded by other colours. We decided to try out natural lighting within our photography, as we particularly liked the 'indie' and natural, homemade vibe that was provided by the reflection of the sunlight through Amy's shutters. We felt that the dimensions of this specific image worked the best out of our shortlisted images, as the text written on the polaroid is clearly visible.
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| The chosen image amongst the shortlisted images. |
VLOG of the photoshoot and thought process:
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