Photoshoot Planning.

My ideas for my photo shoot consisted of wanting to try and appeal to a wide ranging audience in order to give my magazine a unique selling point; blurring the divisions between different music genres and stereotypes over what kinds of people listen to certain genres of music. 


Models:
By asking my group of friends who would be willing to be my models for this photo shoot and then seeing who may be the most attractive and suitable for giving me the kind of welcoming and inviting, as well as professional results in terms of photography and my music magazine. Soon enough friends Rickii and Louise were willing to take part and had the spare time to do it in. Having a mix of ethnicity and a range of different looking models, it allowed me to appeal to lots of different genres and give the tone of the magazine more depth. 

Timing:
Because the time of my construction was very near to Christmas time, I chose to act as though my magazine had been on sale for the entire year and were then producing a Christmas Edition of their usual magazine. This meant I had to incorporate lots of other factors into my photo shoot and the cover lines concerning puns and Christmas themed decoration. 

Location: 
In order to try and make my images easier to manipulate and having the use of a studio t my advantage, I chose to use the black backing of the photography studio to host my photo shoot, this meant I had access to lights, and lots of other facilities that would aid my photos and make them look more professional than if I had just taken them when I had the time and at the last minute. 

Props:
Due to my magazine being Christmas themed, as well as including humors and trying to be more attractive to my teenage target audience, fun and Christmas props were used. I had some fake presents made up, alongside chairs and other items in order to add height and somewhat cuteness to the images I wanted to take. I had my models, including myself holding and acting offended with presents to try and seem funny, alongside favoritism and creating mini story lines about a certain person getting more presents than the others. 

Costumes:
I didn't use full costumes as my photo shoot took place very 'spur of the moment' and I didn't have any intentions of bringing costumes, I wanted my Christmas theme to be subtle within the models and how they dressed, as they were also supposed to look like legitimate new band on the music scene. I chose to have all of my models in Santa hats in order to keep with the Christmas theme but also look like a band, not just a Christmas gimmick or people dressed up in a Christmas fashion.