Royal Wedding Guests

The angle of the majority of these photo's is shot from the front. Showin the full length of the celebrity/guests.
Each outfit is elegent an tends to be floor lengh.


When taking the photos for m media production i will stick to these main criteria;
1. Full lenght images, not posed for as the guests are not there for the press but to go into the church.
2. The style of the outfits are classy so when replicating these pictures i will need to find oufits that are just as elegent and posh looking. Not nessearilly exactly the same but within in the same style.
3. The photos are from a short distance therefore they are not takend directly, shouldnt matter if they are "messy" as its about catching the image.

Front Covers

 

Above is an average layout for a typical front cover of any magazine.  The majority of the pages is based around information to draw in the reader. Tag lines and information is key to showing what they have to expect if they buy the magazine.
These quotes and information about the stories within the magazine, are the exiting line to draw in readers. The main story is based around the main image of the page. Doesnt have to be one photo, can be two or three based around the same event.

In relation to my production piece this is the type of layout to use. The basic headlines are there and they fit in with the design of the Gossip mags im producing for.

 
Heat Magazine

There is a clear pattern in the way Heat magazine lays our there front pages on their magazines. Their Masterhead is always in the same place on each front cover produced, however its not always fully visable with photos overlapping on some of the letters. The use of white font is clear to fit in with the colour scheme of the magazine. Above the Masterhead is the smaller stories of the magazine usually with a coloured background to make it stand out slightly less than the rest of the page.
Photos are usally not possed for and ones that have been taken out in public so are in action shots, of the celebrity/ celebrities out in public. If the photo is posed for their is a theme and and the pose is model style, with over sized font sometimes bigger than the masterhead. More than one story per page, witht the smaller stories being based around the outside of the page.

 
Closer Magazine

The masterhead for this magazine is in the same place on every front cover, as with heat magazine the letters are not always visible completley and the magazines headline can take over it. Main Headlines are placed in birght box's not allowing them to blend into the rest of the page and to stand out. The colour of the page is predominatly pink background with orange and yellow being their choosen choice of colour for the text.
Like heat magazine, the smaller stories of the magazine are placed along the top of the page.
More than one image per story is applied to the main item of the front cover.


 
New Magazine

Masterhead in the same position on every front cover of the page. Headlines in bold box's that stand out on the page. Choice of font colour is black majority of the time. Fewer photo's on this magazine with there being a photo in every top right hand corner of the pages. Price is largely displayed in the top left hand corner of the pages. In this magazine the smaller stories are placed on the bottom of the screen predominatly.

Similarities of the three magazines

• Masterhead is in the same place on all three of the magazines.
• Masterhead can be covered by items on the page.
• Photo's are large and borken up by headlines
• Headlines are in large box's to stand out
• Smaller stories have different coloured backgrounds

Differences of the three magazines

•  New magazine shows the price of the item laregly in the left hand corner of the page
• Heat magazine is slighly more simpler than the other two covers
• New and Closer is bolder in colour to stand out compared to heat magazine
• Less text on the heat magazine

Polls and Statistics

Polls
 The polls in my production piece will be in addition to the Best and Worst dressed layout. They will be placed randomly around the page to add in extra information and opinions to the choosen subject. These poll include things such as;

• Was she a Princess ?
• Did you like the Wedding dress ?
• Will it last ?
• Do they suit each other ?
• Did it live up to expectations ?
• Should they be the next King and Queen ?

Statistics
Like the poll answeres these will be placed around the double spread to add to the highlights of the day, except these will be more related to what the magazine viewers are more interested in. These may include things such as;

• How much hair spray was used on the day
• How much everyones outfits cost combined
• How many glasses of champaigne were drunk
• How many hotel rooms were booked
• How many alarms were set throughout the day
• How many taxi's and private cars were hired

If i want to link it to the best dressed and the worst dressed style on the page i could relate statistics and polls to the outfits that have been worn. This might include things such as which designer was favoured and which designer got it very wrong.

Heat Magazine

 Heat Magazine

This magazine uses the term "Best Dressed"

Each photo is taken at seperate events from accross the week, and their is a range or casual and smart outfits. Set rules have been applied to the page that should be followed;

• Speech bubble explaining every outfit and celebritiy
• The photo's are full length shots either stationary or in action
• Each photo is taken from the front of the celebrity, no back shots.

From this i can also say that when i do my photo shot, any casual shots of celebirites i may or may not include tend to inlclude sun glasses. Shots of smart dresses tend to have their hands on thier hips and posing directly at the camera. Other shots seem to be in action with the subject walking to wearever they need to be.

The speech bubble that are placed on each outdfit stand out on a full white background making it hard for them to be ignore and blend in.

The colour theme is reds and whites, nothing to dull and the red highlights the magazines primary choice of colour.

In comparision their worst dressed section is fairly similar with the photo's remaining to be shot in the same way and the lay out to be similar. However the colour scheme is fairly different, a dark blue is used instead of the red to indicate that the difference between good and bad.

Celebrity Twitter Quotes

 Twitter is the new social network most popular amongst the celebrity world. They use this a base to voice their personal opinions, and keep in contact with their fans.

Magazines now use twitter quotes to improve and add to their articles, its common to see a choosen number of celebritites views on events of the page. "New" magazine uses twitter alot in their magazine, for instance they have twitter quotes from choosen celebrities along the bottom of a page. This allows them to use the popular site to their advantage and gain quotes from celebritites without actually interveiwing them in person.

For my production piece i can use this idea to portray the veiws of the worlds "Royal Celebrities" on the events of the wedding. Just like Now magazine i can place them along the bottom of my double page spread and reference them to the wedding day.

Not all quotes that i use will be praising the day, and in relation to my research i can use this form of design to create an the view of  an American and what they really think of the Royal Wedding back home and away from all the press drama.



The above tweets are in relation to the royal wedding.
It would be these types of tweets that i would use at the bottom of my production piece as they vary in humour and opinion. Also in nationality as two of the above are Amercian and their views on the Royal Wedding differ.


Even the house they went to for the few hours of the day to rest joined in on the twitter campaigne to keep its followers informed of the events. A way of people knowing what the couple were up to without it being pre-told. They acted as if they was the official informer of the Royal Wedding from the Royal Family themselves.