Plan of photo shoot
Costume: The costume needs to represent the genre of the magazine, so I put my artist in casual jeans and a striped polo shirt to represent my indie magazine. I want him to look like he doesn’t really care about his clothes that much and is wearing something that he would wear everyday. It needs to look like those are his clothes that he likes because indie music is about being independent.
Props: George will be stood with a guitar in his hands for the image on the front cover, I will take other pictures with him sitting and playing the drums so that I have a variety to choose from and various images to put in the double page spread and contents page. The use of the musical instruments makes it clear that the magazine is a music magazine.
Setting: The setting was in George’s music room where he keeps his instruments, however I will edit the background to fade from red to white to keep with the colour scheme and make the figure stand out so there is no clutter in the background ensuring the is the first thing you look at, and so that my magazine fits with the conventions of other music magazines.
Facial expression, pose, body language: George will be standing so that we can clearly see him holding the guitar as if he was playing it, so he will be looking down at the guitar. In many indie magazines the figure is not always using a direct mode of address or smiling, they often look away. George will have a neutral pose that makes him look like he’s concentrating on the music he’s playing rather than posing for a magazine cover.
Hair and make - up: His hair will be messy and styled too look like it didn’t take long, he will look casual, this is quite a common look for indie artists.
Shot types: A medium shot has been used to allow most of his body to be visible so we can see how he is standing and the clothes he is wearing.
Lighting: The lighting won’t be very dramatic on the figure; the bright background will make the figure appear darker and the light will have come from behind the figure so he’s fairly dark, making him the main focus on the cover.
