Rejected ancillary shots

Oliver Bishop

I rejected this image because the pose and facial expression of the actor isn’t a convention of a scripted reality like TOWIE. You wouldn’t associate an expression like this with TOWIE characters, like you would with pouting and posing. Also, the photo was taken when the actor wasn’t looking therefore it was inevitable a re-take was in order.

This image has been rejected for a number of reasons. Firstly, the lighting is poor and too bright, resulting in a bad quality photo as the you can’t see the characters faces too well. Secondly, we’re no longer using a group shot for either our billboard or front cover therefore the photo was deemed surplus to requirements.

Rowan’s pose and facial expression is not affiliated with TOWIE in any way, therefore the audience wouldn’t understand it’s a parody of TOWIE. Her eyes are too bold and don’t look natural. Furthermore, there is too much head space which makes the shot look unprofessional.

This photo has been rejected for obvious reasons; Harley’s eyes are closed therefore the shot couldn’t possibly be shortlisted as it looks unprofessional. In addition to this, I want my billboard shot’s to be close up’s ,yet this is a mid shot therefore wouldn’t work in my billboard.

The pose isn’t a convention of TOWIE, nor does it suggest or connote a character trait. For example, my character Rolex is a player, therefore he should be winking or something associated with being a ladies man. Instead this shot doesn’t tell us anything.

There is nothing wrong with this photo in terms of, lighting, camera work or head space. The only reason I have rejected this shot is because we decided not to use Megan looking down. The initial plan was to have Megan looking with anger at someone as shown in the shot, however, we changed our minds and wanted Megan to pout instead.