Media: Photography Planning

By Karen Nguyen

Main Image

Who?

For my main image I am going to be using a 14 year old girl. I am going to be using a teenage girl as my main image because it links in with my target audience which are teenage girls and from my research I found that many on the target audience wanted a female model on the cover of the magazine. The ethnicity of my model is Asian because I am going to make my magazine slightly different from other magazines that usually use white models.

Where?

The setting for my main image would be just a plain white background because I don’t want the background of the main image to interfere with the cover stories it would seem to busy and the audience will not be clear of the cover lines. So by keeping the background simple with just plain white the main focus an be on the main image

When?The image will be taken using natural lighting so the mage will be high key (bright lit image). By using natural the image would be nicer however if lights are needed to improve the quality of the photograph lighting will be used during the photographs are taken.

How?

Contents page: Image #1

Who?

For my contents page one of my main images on my contents page is going to be the same as my main image because the contents page is going to direct readers to where the story is going to be in the magazine. As I am going to use he same image as my main image I am going to be using a 14 year old girl. I am going to be using a teenage girl because it links in with my target audience and my main image story .

Where?

the setting for my main image would be just a plain white background because I don’t want the background of the main image to interfere with the cover stories it would seem to busy and the audience will not be clear of the cover lines. So by keeping the background simple with just plain white the main focus an be on the main image

When?The image will be taken using natural lighting so the mage will be high key (bright lit image). By using natural the image would be nicer however if lights are needed to improve the quality of the photograph lighting will be used during the photographs are taken.

How?

Contents page: Image #2

Who?

For the ‘boy band’ kind of image, I will use model ages 16-17 years of age which are males. The ethnicity of the band would be black males.

Where?

The background that can be used for this ‘ boy band’ image can be a brick wall. By using a brick wall background in this image it would show the type of band it is just showing that it is urban rather than using a boring plain white background.

When?The image would be taken during the day it would be a high key image however the males can pose or naturalistic stand however they would like so they feel free to do what they like.

How?

Contents page: Image #3

Who?

The image would be of a female and a male, posing as if they are in love like pop celebrities for example beyonce and jay-z or perrie from little mix and zayn from one direction. However this will be a posed image because the female the male are not truly in love in this image they are just going acting like they are.

Where?

The place where this image will be taken place would be on a background with loads sponsors and adverts on it just like a premiere couple photo-shoot that celebrities do when they walk the red carpet. There is usually a board / screen celebrities stand in front where paparazzi can take pictures of what they wear and publish them on their magazines. I would be using that type of background to mimic the red carpet of a couple on the red carpet.

When?

Usually the image would be taken at night with a lot of flash however the image can also be taken during the day. For the convenience of the models I will take it during the day so I have high intensity of light to make the image brighter (mimicking flashing cameras) and draws attention to the two main people on the image.

How?

Contents page: Image #4

Who?

The image would be of a young male model. The image will be posed because the young male will be mimicking a x-factor contestant. He would be anyway he wants in front of an x-factor logo like contestants do when the do intro videos for their act on x-factor.

Where?

The image will be taken in a studio where their would be a plain background so it would be easier for me to edit the image onto the actual x factor sign when it comes to me editing the image it would be easier for me also there is no need for complicated background as im going to use another background image anyway.

When?

the image will be take during the day where there is high light intensity so the image appears lighter as the contestant is the main part of the image not the big ‘x’ in the background. The image needs to stand out from the very busy red background.

How?

Double-page spread

Who?For my double page spread I will also be using a 14 year old girl. I am going to be using a teenage girl as my double page spread because it links in with my target audience which are teenage girls and from my research I found that many on the target audience wanted a female model on the cover of the magazine, so I thought that if audience wanted an image of a female model on a cover they would also want a big image of a female on a double page spread. The ethnicity of my model is Asian because I am going to make my magazine slightly different from other magazines that usually use white models.

Where?The setting for my double page would be just a plain white background because I don’t want the background to interfere with the main story it would seem to clash with the text if I decided to use a certain colour background that is not white. So by keeping the background simple with just plain white the image is visible and so Is the story.

When?

The image will be taken during the day so that the image will be produced high key. Because only one image is being used its important that the image draws the readers attention to read the story and also the image would have to have a relationship with the story so if it’s a high key image it would be a happy story as the image is bright representing happiness/joy.

How?