PHOTOSHOOT PLANNING

1) What emotional impact do you want your photography to have upon the reader & how will you achieve this?
- When the audience view the front cover of my music magazine, I want them to be able to identify the genre and purpose of the magazine. For example, I want them to recognise that it is a music magazine based at a specific genre. To achieve this, I will use colours that reflect the genre, so possible black and white/red, and I will also symbolise that it is a music magazine by having the model holding an instrument, such as a guitar. 

2) What personnel do you need? Who are you going to photograph?
- I will be photographing a close friend, and also some of my photography classmates (for extra images on the contents page). However the main image on the front cover and the article focus will be images of my friend. This is because I have photographed her for previous work and it worked well.

3) What props will you need?
- I will need an instrument, such as a guitar, to symbolise the purpose of the magazine, and a backdrop (white/black/outdoor) and also possible a stool/chair, depending on how I want the model to be placed. 

4) How are you going to emphasise colour?
- I think I may keep my magazine very low key, to consistently emphasise the genre of the magazine and the audience it is aimed at, and therefore may have the photographs in black and white - possibly with some selective colour of dark colours such as dark red.

5) Have you briefed your personnel/models?
- I have explained to the model which makeup I will apply to her, and also that she should wear a black top on the day of shooting (to contrast more if I turned the image black and white). I have explained what kind of images I want, and how we can try to achieve them.

6) What lighting will you need? Any other equipment?
- I may use light sources such as flash lights/soft boxes, however if we film outside I may just use natural light. When working in the studio to photograph people for my contents page, I have the advantage of gaining accessibility to artificial lights and backdrops. I will not be using a tripod as I will be taking the images freehand.

7) Where will you shoot? Will you need a backdrop?
- I plan to shoot both indoors and outdoors, and then decide which images I like most. When shooting indoors, I will use either a black or white backdrop, and when shooting outdoors, I will attempt to find a suitable and effective location.

8) Mise-en-scene? Makeup? Costumes?
- I will be using makeup (specific colours) and casual clothing, but again specific colouring to emphasise the genre.