2. Planning images
• In this presentation, I planned out some shots that I would like to
approach while taking the photo-shoot for my music magazines. I
need to look in depth and use the correct props and costume and
know what they signify and connote. I will be aiming to take as many
shots as I can, so when it comes to conducting my magazine I will
have a variety.
4. Image 1 Image of three people ( Amel, Amann, Soraya)
Description of image The image will be a long shot of Amel, Amann, Soraya) looking directly at the camera and standing next to each other. Amann will be standing in the middle as he is the only guy. Amel
and Soraya will have their hands in their pockets and Amann will have his arms crossed.
Connotations/ Signifiers That fact that Amann will be standing in the middle, which signifies that he is the main artist in the band and as he is the only guy between two girls, which will make him feel
significant. Moreover, as Amann will have his arms crossed and the two girls will just be standing there with their hands in their pockets also symbolises that Amann is the significant
character in the image. Furthermore, they will all be wearing fully black (mostly leather black) this is due to the fact from research on rock music magazines they mostly wear black
leather clothes. This is similar to Classic Rock where they have an image of three artists on the front cover and they are all standing close to each other wearing fully black and looking
directly at the camera and a long shot.
Shot/ Angle Long shot
Actors Amel, Amann, Soraya
Costumes Leather black jacket, Black Jeans, black leather trousers, black top and black shoes.
Amel – she will be wearing black leather jacket, black leather trousers, black shoes and a black top.
Soraya and Amann- same as Amel, however they will be wearing black jeans instead of leather trousers.
Props No props
Location Studio
Equipment needed DSLR Camera, lighting set, photographic background.
5. Image 2 Image of three people ( Amel, Amann, Soraya)
Description of image This shot will have the same actors, however Amann will be sitting on a music box with his arms and legs crossed and Amel, Soraya will be standing behind him and will have
their elbows on him from both sides and looking down at him and he will be looking directly at the camera.
Connotations/ Signifiers In this image, as Amann is going to be sitting down and Amel and Soraya will have their elbow on him and looking down, connotes that he is the main artist in the image and
that he sits their casually while they are looking at him and not looking at them. Moreover, the fact that he has his arms and legs crossed suggest that he is confident and
doesn’t care about what is happening around him. Moreover, I will use a music box similar to the one used on the front cover of Q magazine as if I used a normal chair it will
not fit in with the rock genre.
Shot/ Angle Long shot/ wide shot
Actors Amel, Amann, Soraya, and Katia
Costumes Leather black jacket, Black Jeans, black leather trousers, black top and black shoes.
Amel – she will be wearing black leather jacket, black leather trousers, black shoes and a black top.
Soraya and Amann- same as Amel, however they will be wearing black jeans instead of leather trousers.
Props No props
Location Media
Equipment needed DSLR Camera, lighting set, photographic background.
6. Image 3 Image of band ( Amel, Amann, David)
Description of image This shot will be of Amel, Amann and David where Amann and David will he standing behind Amel and Amel is at the front looking
directly at the camera with black sunglasses.
Connotations/ Signifiers The fact that David and Amann will both be standing behind and Amel is at the front and that she is the only girl suggests that she is the
important person in the band.
Shot/ Angle Medium shot
Actors Amel, Amann and David
Costumes Leather black jacket, Black Jeans, black leather trousers, black top and black shoes.
Amel – she will be wearing black leather jacket, black leather trousers, black shoes and a black top, shades.
Amann and David- same as Amel, however they will be wearing black jeans instead of leather trousers.
Props No props
Location Studio
Equipment needed DSLR Camera, lighting set, photographic background.
7. Image 4 Amel – Front cover
Description of image This shot will be a medium close up of Amel looking directly at the camera.
Connotations/ Signifiers This connotes that she is a successful artist and important as it will be a photograph of only her taking the whole front cover. It is a similar shot to NME
front cover where it was shot of David Bowie and he is a very successful person in the rock music genre, so this is why they used him. So, I am planning
to do a similar shot so it will suggest that she is a significant artist. Moreover, as most of my magazine audience from my questionnaire are male
readers, so if I have a shot of a women they would more likely to buy it.
Shot/ Angle Medium shot
Actors Amel
Costumes Leather black jacket, Black Jeans, black leather trousers, black top and black shoes.
Amel – she will be wearing black leather jacket, black leather trousers, black shoes and a black top, shades.
Props No props
Location Studio
Equipment needed DSLR Camera, lighting set, photographic background.
8. Image 5 Amel and Amann
Description of image This shot will be a medium shot of both Amel and Amann where Amann will be holding his jacket behind his shoulder and looking directly at the camera and Amel will
have a serious face where they will be
Connotations/ Signifiers This shot connotes that the magazine is not only for males as most rock magazines are aimed at male readers. Moreover, from my questionnaire results as it both males
and females so I used both a girl and a boy so it will give a reader a sense that it is for both genders. When Amann is holding his jacket behind his back it signifies that he
is a successful artist and wearing sunglasses on the front cover will attract women to buy the magazine. Furthermore, when Amel is dressed all black with make up on it
will grab the male reader’s attention to read the magazine.
Shot/ Angle Medium shot
Actors Amel and Amann
Costumes Leather black jacket, Black Jeans, black leather trousers, black top, black shades and black shoes.
Amel – she will be wearing black leather jacket, black leather trousers, black shoes and a black top, shades.
Amann same as Amel, however he will be wearing black jeans instead of leather trousers.
Props No props
Location Studio
Equipment needed DSLR Camera, lighting set, photographic background.
10. Image 1 Katia contents image
Description of image This image will be a medium close up of Katia where she will be looking directly at the camera and holding a microphone and wearing
headphones.
Connotations/ Signifiers This connotes that she is an artist as she will be holding a microphone and wearing headphones while she was recording her new song as
it will be one of the main features on the contents page. This also connotes that she is an important artist as she is one of the features on
the contents page and her image will be included.
Shot/ Angle Medium close up
Actors Katia
Costumes Black leather jacket and black top.
Props Microphone and Headphones
Location Studio
Equipment needed DSLR Camera, professional lighting, photographic background.
11. Image 2 Amann contents image
Description of image This will be a long shot of Amann holding a microphone and on stage as if he was in a concert and making it look like the main artist. He will be holding the
microphone and looking at the camera directly at the same time as it will make him seem as he is looking at the audience at the same time as singing.
Connotations/ Signifiers As it will be a long shot of Amann holding a microphone on stage which will take up to half of the contents page and linking it to the cover story. It connotes that
he is the main person in the band as he is significantly located on the contents page. This is similar to Classic Rock where they have an image of the artist that it
taking up more than half of the page and he is on stage wearing a black leather outfit with sunglasses. This suggests his importance as he is linked to the cover
story. The black leather outfit that Amann will be wearing will link to the rock genre as from my research most rock artists are dressed in fully black clothes and
mostly leather.
Shot/ Angle Long shot
Actors Amann
Costumes Black leather jacket, sunglasses, black shoes, and black jeans/ black leather trousers.
Props Microphone
Location Performance Hall / studio
Equipment needed DSLR Camera, professional lighting, photographic background.
12. Image 3 Amann wearing a hat and a guitar
Description of image This image will be of Amann wearing a hat and a guitar on stage.
Connotations/ Signifiers He will look as a proper rock star while holding the guitar and wearing the hat on stage which will suggest as if he is actually proper into rock music and a
respectable artist on stage. I will think about using different lightings focused on his face which will make him seem as if he is in a concert and the lights
are flashing on him. I will probably be using colours like red and blue as they will reflect on his face and which will suggest he is the centre of attention in
the image. Most of rock artists usually play the guitar on stage while singing which will suggest it is ‘Hard Stuff’ according to the people interested in rock
.He will on the contents page because he is one of the main features. I will be locating it in the performance hall as it will that he is in an actually concert.
Shot/ Angle Medium Shot
Actors Amann
Costumes Hat, black leather jacket, sunglasses, black shoes, and black jeans/ black leather trousers.
Props Guitar
Location Performance hall / drama room
Equipment needed DSLR Camera, different colours of professional lighting, photographic background.
14. Image 1 Amann, Amel, Soraya and Katia - DPS
Description of image Amel and Soraya will be holding guitars and Katia and Amann singing; Amann will be standing in the front as he is the main artist of the
band,.
Connotations/ Signifiers This connotes that they are a band and they work together and that they are performing their first song on stage as they are unknown.
The guitar signifies that it is a rock band as it will be an electric guitar. Moreover, Amann and Katia will look like they are singing which
makes it look like they are a successful band as they are all together on stage.
Shot/ Angle Wide shot
Actors Amel, Amann, Soraya, Katia
Costumes Hat, black leather jacket, sunglasses, black shoes, and black jeans/ black leather trousers, white top
Props Guitar
Location Performance hall / drama room/ media studio
Equipment needed DSLR Camera, different colours of professional lighting, photographic background.
15. Image2 Amann looking at the microphone
Description of image Amann will be standing and looking down at the microphone and he will be wearing sunglasses.
Connotations/ Signifiers This image connotes that he is singing as he will be looking down at the microphone. He will look as he is into the song which
creates a sense of professionalism in the magazine. I will use this image on the double page spread as it will make the audience feel
that they are interacted with the artist and they will perceive how the artist.
Shot/ Angle Medium Shot
Actors Amann
Costumes Hat, black leather jacket, sunglasses, black shoes, and black jeans/ black leather trousers.
Props Microphone
Location Performance hall / drama room
Equipment needed DSLR Camera, different colours of professional lighting, photographic background.
16. Image 3 Amann and Amel
Description of image Amann and Amel will be standing next to each other where Amann is holding the guitar and singing into the microphone and Amel is
holding a microphone also singing.
Connotations/ Signifiers This connotes that the two artist are working together as a team and they are successful artitsts as they will look professional. The
audience would like to see many shots of the band as they are newly introduced to them.
Shot/ Angle Long shot
Actors Amel and Amann
Costumes Hat, black leather jacket, sunglasses, black shoes, and black jeans/ black leather trousers.
Props Microphone, guitar
Location Studio
Equipment needed DSLR Camera, different colours of professional lighting, photographic background.
17. Image 4 Amel, Amann and Soraya
Description of image This will be a long shot of Amel, Amann and Soraya where Amann will be sitting on the floor with his guitar and Amel and Soraya are
standing behind him with their microphones singing.
Connotations/ Signifiers The fact that Amann will be sitting in front of Amel and Soraya connotes that he is the main artist and that they are standing behind him.
The use of props suggest that they are a band together preforming, but in that stage they were taking a photoshoot.
Shot/ Angle Long shot
Actors Amel and Amann
Costumes Hat, black leather jacket, sunglasses, black shoes, and black jeans/ black leather trousers.
Props Microphone, guitar
Location Studio
Equipment needed DSLR Camera, different colours of professional lighting, photographic background.
18. Image 4 Amann and Soraya
Description of image In this shot Amann will pretend that he is hitting Soraya with a guitar on her head.
Connotations/ Signifiers This shot signifies that as it a magazine for young people, there is a sense of humour in the magazine and it will make the audience more
interested as it will be more exciting. As the audience are young they wouldn’t want to look and read dull articles throughout the
magazine so it would be good to add in a funny shot inside, so they will be more engaged and would want to read more.
Shot/ Angle Long shot
Actors Amel and Amann
Costumes black leather jacket, black shoes, and black jeans/ black leather trousers.
Props guitar
Location Studio
Equipment needed DSLR Camera, different colours of professional lighting, photographic background.
19. Actors List
Name of Actor Role Images to be used in
Amel Part of band – artist Front cover and double page spread
Soraya Part of band – artist Front cover and double page spread
Katia An artist (maybe part of band) Contents page, front cover, double page
spread
Amann Part of band – main artist Front cover ,double page spread and
contents page
David (maybe) An artist Contents page
20. Props
Prop/ Costume Where to source from Sourced?
Guitar Music department Yes
Microphone –x2 Music department Yes
Music box Music department Yes
21. Shooting Schedule
Time Monday 16th
March
Tuesday 17th March Wednesday 18th
March
Thursday 19th March Friday 20th March Saturday 21st March Sunday 22nd March
P1:
P2: Shoot 2
Breaktime:
P3:
Lunchtime: Shoot 1
P4:
P5:
Evening:
