I have taken a screenshot of my main model used on my front cover and double page spread feature, and compared this with a photograph of Sid Vicious (John Ritchie) from the Sex Pistols.
My double page spread feature was based on this era of music along with the punk genre. I took a lot of inspiration from the sex pistols such as their logo, the colour scheme and their mise en scene.
Firstly I changed my image to black and white to work with the punk style, and added pink to continue the well mown colour scheme. The photos of my model were take against a brick wall to show a slightly urban atmosphere, this can also be compared to the photograph of Sid Vicious because of the punk/urban background.
Sid Vicious has dark messy/spiky hair, a motif style ts-hirt and a leather jacket on in the photograph, so I tried to mimic that by making my model wear a leather jacket, a guns n' roses ts-hirt and also styled his hair very messily. For my magazine however I decided to use a younger artist than an older artist in order to appeal to my audience better.
Construction of my image
I originally took a mid shot of my model which was similar to the photograph of Sid Vicious, however to work in the style of a Kerrang! magazine I enlarged the image slightly to cover the full A4 side of the double page spread. My model is stood quite straight and awkwardly unlike the photograph of Sid Vicious, because my model is a lot younger and in-experienced I wanted that to emphasise his "innocence" and this would also appeal to my younger target market as they could relate to him. I used natural lighting to take my photographs to produce a clearer image as the photographer would have done when taking the photo of Sid Vicious. My models expression also shows his slight "innocence" because he is partially smiling, which shows he is care free like the other artists in the punk genre.
