Planning For Photo Shoot

Equipment:

• An electric guitar/ An acoustic guitar 
• A stage
• A white back drop
• A microphone stand
• A microphone 
• Clothing - Black jeans, white plain top, leather jacket, bomber jacket, converse or vans and another set of clothing e.g. different top or jacket
• A camera
• Lights 
• A record 

Front cover.

For the front cover, I either plan to take pictures of the model holding a record or plaining posing, dependent on which photographs I prefer. The shot will be a mid shot, with engaged eye contact with the audience, as this what all magazine pictures use, as this attracts the audience and creates an interest, as this connects with the buyer. The model will be wearing black jeans, with a plain black top and either a bomber jacket or leather, as this is the stereotypical clothes my chosen genre of, indie rock music, magazine would wear. I plan to take pictures of the model in front of a white back drop, as this will look professional and will be easier to include text around. The location of the white back drop will in a classroom with bright lights and I will use the spotlight to take these pictures.

Contents page.

I plan to have a change of clothes for the model, as this will be more effective and will not be boring, the use of the change of clothes will be used as this puts more effort into creating my magazine, the change of clothes also interests the reader by the outfits. For the contents page, I will be taking pictures of the model on the stage playing the guitar, with spotlights on him, as if the model is playing a concert or performing/ practising. This type of pictures will be effective, as it will be a live picture of the 'artist' and would interest the readers, if they were a fan. I will also have to use the microphone and the microphone stand, as this would be used when an artist is performing. For example, the music magazine 'NME' uses pictures of the artist performing live typically on contents page. The location of the stage is in the hall of the Chislehurst school, which I will be taking the pictures.

Double page spread.

For the double page spread, I plan to take pictures of the model either performing/ holding the guitar or posing with either the microphone stand or guitar, for example kicking the the microphone stand down, as this is typically used in indie rock magazines, as it makes the artist look more 'rock and roll'. The pictures will be taken with the model in front of the white back drop, as this allows me to include the text on the white back ground of the picture. I will use the white back drop as this is typically used in magazines on front covers and double page spread.