Photo shoot- Miss Miller

Intro

      During the filming of our music video we took pictures of the surrounding setting, such as buildings or other features, we also took photos of our artist in the locations that we filmed our music video in, some photos are out of context with the narrative of the music video but some photos fit in with the music video as that could be where the artist stood during the music video for example. We will be using the photos in our digipak, and our magazine adverts, this will allow us to make a digipak that is related to our music video and have a more personal feel for the audience. We took a variety of pictures as it will allow me to have a choice of what photos to use for my digipak and magazine advert, also some photos might not come out as well as we thought they might so would not be usable so when a variety of photos are taken this allows for error.

Main

    

       I took this picture as I felt that it would be good to use on the cover of the digipak or magazine advert, as the artist in our music video is the focus, the body language and facial expressions as well as the setting and lighting are all conventional to the genre and relate to the narrative of our music video so fans would be able to relate them and this would make the artist seem creative as it is all linking together. This image is very conventional of the genre as it shows the artist and he is still in character form the music video this is what is seen on tame impalas digipak, where the artist is seen as the focus of the image. I feel that this image will help build a relationship between the artists and the audience as it follows the narrative of the music video which the fans would like, also I feel that the image uses lighting and colour well and the body language of the artist is also good, these will all be useful to us if we choose to place the image on the digipak or magazine advert as it wouldn't need to be edited and would fit the conventions of the genre that we are trying to keep to. The representation of the artist from this image is that he is lonely and moody, this is again relating to the lyrics in the song used in our music video.

       I took this image as I felt that it was an exciting image with lots going on, firstly there is a lot of people in the picture and this makes the image exciting, the building in the middle is a very famous building in London so this image will be relate able for the audience. I intend to use this image on a side of my digipak, I feel that this would be good for the digipak as it is an exciting image and tells a bit of a story and is relate-able for the audience, which is important for a digipak as the are supposed to be personal to the fans of the artist. This image isn't conventional of the genre but it also isn't subversive as Tame Impala used a image on their album front cover that is of a park and building with people in the foreground, so in this context is fits into the genre conventions, the image will be good to use on the digipak in this case, but I feel that it wouldn't be good for the magazine advert as it doesn't have any relevance to the artist. The image will not help build a relationship between the artist and the audience but, it will be an interesting image to include on the digipak and the audience might enjoy the image. If used in the digipak we would edit the image to make it more conventional to the genre, this would include adding phsycedelic effects.

      This image was taken as I felt that it was a nice setting and it goes with the narrative of the music video, as the artist is on his own and this is what is shown in the music video and relates directly to the breakup element of the song and narrative. I will include this image on the digipak as it helps create a relationship between the artists and the audience as he is looking directly into the camera, which makes the audience feel as if they are involved in the scene. And the looking at the audience creates the link between the audience and the artist. The image relates to the narrative as he is on his own in a London setting, this would be interesting for the audience as they see the link between the digipak and the music video. This image could possibly be used for the back cover of the digipak this would also have the lyrics on.

I took a picture of this as I felt the clouds were abnormal, and could be seen as conventional to the genre as it is quite unusual and the images of sky have been used on other digipaks that I have seen, so I though that I could use my own image. I have decide to use this image on either my digipak or magazine advert, I think by using it on my magazine advert, it would intrigue people that see the image as it looks different, then they would see the advertising for the album and might be keen to buy it. This image is conventional to the genre as I have seen other album covers use picture of the sky for their album, such as Tame Impala and their album cover for Innerspeaker. What I think is good about this picture is the pattern in the clouds which are unusual so will be nice to look at for people looking at the magazine advert, it also fits the genre conventions as it isn't a 'harsh' image it is a nice picture which fits the relaxing nature of the genre. This image will be enjoyable for the people that see it and it could persuade them to buy the album. This image could possibly be edited to fit genre conventions by using bright colours for example

Conclusion

I enjoyed taking the photos for the photo shoot and I felt that all the photos came out well and could be used in the future on either the magazine advert or on the digipak, I felt that the images were easy to take, but the lighting for the first image was hard to get right so took some time, after that though I feel the image was taken well. The main struggle was people walking infront of the camera when taking a picture, although this wasn't a major problem. The images give the artist a positive representation as it makes him look creative with the different pictures and the picture of him fits the narrative or the music video.
As a group we will make our own digpaks and magazine adverts before joining and working on one joint one where our ideas will come together.