Photoshoot Planning

Models/Cover star:
Some models that would be included in my photos would most likely be a couple of people or from my media class for different pages such as the front cover and double page spread. This would help to prevent any confusions, if I pick anyone else the probably will be busy in a different class where as I know the anyone in my class will be available if I book the location at the same time as my media class.


Other images: I will take multiple photographs at many different locations which will mean that for my final images I will have a large variety of choice to choose from, again, this means that my final images will be of higher quality rather than the fact that they may possibly look rushed.


Location: The main location, where the photographs will be taken will be situated in the studio due to the fact that it would look professional mainly because of the expensive equipment such as the lighting and the cameras, this will be mainly for the front cover. on the other hand for pages such as the DBS or other ones apart from the front cover don't need the images as high quality, because of this I would like to visit other locations apart from the studio which are related to the genre such as graffiti represents hip hop, so I will visit many places that have a lot of graffiti, this will help with the background, but if the graffiti is too colourful, it may suggest that the model wont standout as much. Also due to the fact that the cameras cannot leave the college building I would have to use my own phone to take pictures which would still be okay but still not as good as using the DSLR's.


Costumes/Equipment And Props: Because my genre is hip hop some clothing that I would like my models to wear may include tracksuit bottoms or jeans but more preferably jeans as they are more conventional with hip hop artists where as tracksuits are commonly worn by grime artists. Secondly I would prefer them to wear a large top which is too big in length as again it is very conventional, especially with American hip hop artists. Lastly for the clothing, the model needs to wear any trainers, and also all of their clothing should be the same colour as the front cover/ magazine three colour scheme, which is; Grey, White and Blue. Finally some props that the model needs to wear includes jewellery such as; ear rings, chains, watches etc. all these are glorified by hip hop artists and they all relate to the money/ hip hop theme.


lighting:
I'm not too sure about the lighting and which lights too use, but once I get to the stage of taking the images I will get there early and play around with the lighting and see what positions of the lights are the best. also when in other locations apart from the studio I will make sure it late morning/ early noon which means that the sun will be out and at its brightest, especially due to the fact that it is winter it will get dark relatively quickly and the weather may not be too great, so the earlier the better.


Positions of the model(s) for different pages:
 for the front cover I would like too get a medium long, this will make it easily clear to see the models clothing and props where as if the image is taken close up then you wont be able to see the clothing, but on the other hand this doesn't really matter when it comes to other pages.