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PHOTOGRAPHS

Below are the photos I took. I asked a group of four female friends if they would model in my photoshoot and after accepting I told them to dress in a particular way. I asked three of them to dress in all black, such as a black dress, but with red accessories, and the fourth to wear white too as I would use her as the lead artist in the 'band'. I told them all to have their hair down straight and wear heavy black eye makeup with red lipstick. This linked to my original magazine genre of indie/rock.

The mise-en-scene I decided to use was the photography studio at college. This meant I could use professional lighting, a decent camera, and a black backdrop. We brought in props like a pair of drum sticks and a guitar which helped to set the scene. I positioned the 'actors' in a diagonal row, and told them to have a serious facial expression. This would create the right representation for my genre, and made them look serious about their music. It also reflected the appropriate attitude. I stood on a chair to take this picture which meant it was a high angle shot. This meant the band looked vulnerable and put the audience in a position were they feel more powerful.

Another position I chose to use was the one I intended to use as my main image for my cover. The model dressed in white, red and black posed on her knees, holding a guitar as though playing a guitar solo, and skidding forward on her knees. The expression on her face needed to be very specific, and so I told her to look as though she was screaming. This created the impression that she enjoys music and again takes it seriously. When taking this picture I needed to take into consider what angle I would take it from. I decided to use a low angle shot for this photograph, in order for the audience to feel intimation, in contrast to the previous picture. Also, the artist then comes across with more power.

The images i took:

After taking various images for my magazine, to use on my cover, contents page and double page spread. I then decided that the images I had gathered were not working out. I didn't like these pictures as I didn't think the balloons fitted in with the genre. Taking new ones would be a perfect solution. I then asked some male and female friends to dress up in black and white (contrasting colours) as well as another bold colour like blue or red. I took to the youth centre in Withernsea and took the photographs. The setting inside the centre was red walls with chairs, vending machines and a pool table. In order to get the right setting we moved some things around and used three of the brightly coloured chairs. We used these as props for the 'band' to jump off and sit on as poses for the pictures. Other props we used consisted of a microphone, a guitar and a pair of drum sticks. These made the band look more involved with my genre. These images concentrated more on the Indie music rather than Rock. One friendposed as the main singer in my band, acting as the model on the cover of my magazine and they held a microphone to identify this. I planned on using medium close ups, high angle and low angle shots in order to create different impressions. The medium close up was for my main image as was specified on the brief, and the low angle shot was to make the artist seem dominant and intimidating. The high angle shot would give the audience a sence of power. I decided to take most of the photos with all band members included instead of individual ones so that the audience can see which band is been featured. I told the actors to look at the camera on most of the pictures so that they could connect to the audience. When researching existing products, I did not come across any magazine that had a model on the front cover who was not looking at the camera.

The way in which I asked them to pose makes them come across as fun but still serious about their music. In order to communicate this messgae I made sure that there was a mixture of facial expressions and positions.

I took these images during the christmas holidays 2009.