1. Planning The Shoot

2. Initial Ideas I decided on using Cowdray Ruins for my location portrait shots of the band. This is because it looks gothic and there is a lot of scenery there that would make an interesting backdrop. I also looked at the area around the castle, and the plants looked interesting enough to place the band in between. This would challenge the conventions of a generic band shot, but also make the shot seem more interesting.

4. Words like “dude” and “rad” – street slang, airy.

6. Smokey eyes

7. Red lips

8. Nose ring – not as ‘safe’ as ear piercings, shows rebellion.

10. Leather Jacket

11. Band/slogan t-shirts/tops

12. Skinny jeans / leather look leggings

13. high heels

14. Leopard print – bringing 80s punk rock back

18. Castles are generically gothic and the band we are trying to portray does not fit in to the stereotype of goth.

20. Cowdray as a Location. The other band members could be in knights hats/ king crowns, with the lead singer wearing a historical princess headdress or tiara. This would then anchor the band to why the location is the castle, and also anchor the image to the article. It would also add humor and a quirky edge. This would add humor and irony because in reality we know they are not royalty, and in fact they are just normal people but produce music for a living. For example, we know the dog in the picture is just a dog in a costume, just because it is in a costume doesn’t mean that it is royalty. The band don’t want to be known as pop royalty, and if they use an image like this, they would in a way, be making fun of the people who want to be known as music royalty.

21. Mise-En-Scene For Shoot After more research, I developed more ideas and decided the princess/royalty idea was more appropriate for our our demographic/psychographic. Therefore the costume will be slightly different to my first ideas. The lead singer will be in a over-the-top floaty dress, like a Cinderella prom dress.She’d wear dr. marten’s/converse with the dress, as they are stereotypically ‘punk’. This brings out her natural style.