Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Photo-shoot Plan`Tom Spink 2003

Project title:

Project: To design a music magazine of our chosen genre: in my case it is the R&B genre

Project Description: I will be designing a front cover, contents page and double page spread for a music magazine based on the genre of my choice.

This project is designing and the creating of a music magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread for my media studies coursework. Over the duration of the course I will be putting together the magazine and hoping to produce it to the best possible standard that I can.

Photographer:

The photographer will be I, whereby I will also take on the role of Art Director in coordinating and managing the shoot.

Technical Codes – I will not need complicated shot types and angles, just MCUs andMid Shots in order to capture the person who is in the photo. This is important in relation to the genre as a close up or medium close up gives the person in the picture importance. This is a key theme in the R&B and HIP-HOP genre as all the stars want to be the best and most important star out there and so doing this relates it back to my genre.

Lighting – The lighting in the photo will be very dark (Low Key) with a spotlight in the studio shining on the person having their photo taken as

It represents an element of coolness and trend that is commonly associated with the genre of R&B. the R&B genre has always been trendy and popular and so this title needed to match that and I feel that it does as it connotes something that is. This makes it more appealing to the consumer of the magazine as it is far more relatable to them. It also makes the magazine relate to its target audience as trendy things appeal more to those in the late teens and young adults, the target audience of the magazine rather than people of a younger and older age.

Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Photo-shoot Plan`Tom Spink 2003

to help them stand out as well as giving it more ‘star appeal’ (Richard Dyers Theory) as the light makes it look like a concert or at an award ceremony.

Post Production – There will be minor effects and retouching made, possibly reducing any blemishes on the persons face and whitening teeth.

Reference images and ideas:

Casting:

Pictures (Close-Up Head Shots and Full-Length) of potential people you will use for the shoot.

Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Photo-shoot Plan`Tom Spink 2003

This person has a mixed race skin tone, with a curly afro type hair style. This is the best suited person for my magazine as they suit the typical conventions of both artists in the R&B industry but also they fit the typical conventions of people who are fans of the industry. As it is a mostly African American industry, most of the fans and followers of the genre are of that ethnicity. Therefore, it would be more suitable to have someone of that ethnicity than someone with white skin as that would make it un relatable to the genre and for the fans.

Model requirements:

Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Photo-shoot Plan`Tom Spink 2003

The model in my photos will need to look trendy and hip to fit with the social climbers that are the fans of the R&B genre. This makes it relatable to them and will allow for more fans to be attracted to the magazine if they can relate to the cover artist. They must also be of an African American race this is because again it helps make it relatable to the fans of the genre as most of the artists in the genre are of that ethnicity. Linking to that, the fact that most popular artists in the genre such as Trey Songz, Frank Ocean and Miguel are of that ethnicity and so if people see that the cover artist on my cover is of the same ethnicity then it will make it more relatable and popular with them.

Wardrobe and Look:

Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Photo-shoot Plan`Tom Spink 2003

The clothes as shown above must be of a trendy and also stylish look. I would like them to fit with the current popular clothes of young adults today. This is because firstly young adults are my target audience and also because the artists of the R&B genre will be wearing hip and trendy clothes. Therefore in order to make it relatable to the genre and for it to be a respectable R&B magazine the person must be wearing the proper outfits otherwise it looks unprofessional.

Hair and Make up:

The hair and makeup is most likely the least important aspect of the outfit. This is because they will not need makeup unless their skin has blemishes. Fortunately the person I have chosen to do this does not and so makeup will not be required. In terms of hair, it will not be on show in many of the pictures as they will be wearing a flat cap however if the cap is removed to create variety in the photos, then their hair will need to be combed up and shaved at the sides as that is the trendy look at this current time. M sources of inspiration for the hair style would be the R&B artist Miguel as he is currently very popular and has a look that I wish to base my cover star around.

Where:

The photo shoot will take place in the photography room of my secondary school. There is a photo studio in the room and so all the photo’s can be taken in there. When:

The photography will take place after school on the 20th November 2014 between 3:10pm - 4:20pm as to give me enough time to get a good amount of quality photos.

Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Photo-shoot Plan`Tom Spink 2003