Photos

This is the image i plan to use for my front cover, it was created using a by slowing the shutter speed on a digital camera and moving a light in front of it causing the light to become blurred and distorted. The image did start out as individual letters but i used Photoshop to merge them together. I choose to this image because as with most genres of music my genre has strong links with art. I feel that this image is more artistic than having someone posing for a photo. I also found hard to find someone to photograph that i could link to my genre well. Instead of trying to focus an artist from my genre i thought it would be easier to take a photo such as this.Also i wanted my front cover to be different from other music magazine front covers, after researching magazines from the same or similar genres i discovered it was hard to find a conventional front cover like a traditional band photo, this is one of the reasons i decided to use the photos i did. In my opinion the photo works well as it incorporates both the controversial and artistic side of the genre. I thought it would be useful to examine some of the album artwork of two artists in the genre too see if there were any trends or themes i could incorporate into my magazine.
Studying the artwork from the two album covers has help me confirm that the photo on my front cover is relevant to Dubstep, i
have found that a lot of the artwork associated with the genre or used by artists has a 'Technological' influence, often featuring mechanical imagery or some form of electronics. This is why i think my photo on the front cover fits in well with the genre as it has a similar look to the album covers i have looked at. And hopefully it will appeal to my target audience because of the similarities it shares with the artwork of already successful artists in the genre.












I plan to use one of the these three photos as the image on my double page spread. The images are supposed to represent a 'party animal' as my main article asks what effect dubstep is having on its listeners. I think the non serious style of the photo will appeal to my target audience. I plan to edit these photos quite heavily in photoshop before putting them in my magazine by this time hopefully the images will look fairly surreal. From research into the genre i have found that it is not uncommon to see something unusual or unconventional in either magazines or artwork, this is why i have decided not to use photo of a human and instead use a subject that doesn't necessarily fit in with a traditional double page spread photograph, this is something that i think will appeal to my target audience.

Below i have featured a cover from Mix mag, a dance music magazine that often features articles on dubstep. This particular cover features subject matter very similar to mine so i believe it is relevant to include this as evidence because it shows that the image i have featured on the front cover of my magazine will both represent my genre well and appeal to my target audience since i have already established that my magazine and mix mag share very similar target audiences.

Below i have an example of a front cover from DJ magazine, since most Dubstep artists will also perform live Dj sets as well as produce music, i think it is fair to say that my magazine and this one will share similar target audiences. I have used this example because this front cover also doesn't feature a traditional photo of a person. I believe that because of the fact that my genre and genres it is associated aren't always conventional it allows me to use the images that i have and still appeal to my target audience.