Shot List

I planned the shots below by drawing up an initial design of my college magazine and choosing what type of photos would look good and where in the layout they would go. Here are the shots I chose. I went about using these shots in my photoshoot.

The extreme close up of the young adults face in the double page spread, was actually taken 3 times. I varied the shots used, I first used a close up of his face, but this didn't work because of the lack of detail in facial expressions, so what I did was take an extreme close up of his face, to make sure I got all his facial expressions which is what I wanted.

The medium shot on the front cover showing the male listening to music took some time to get right because, at first it was a long shot, however the long shot image didn't blend in and fit into my front cover. What I did then was refresh the shot, make it a medium shot, so that one, it would fit into my magazine perfectly and two, all aspects of the picture were visible to viewers. Also it was hard to get the person in the image to portray all the right emotions. First I took a medium shot of him just listening to his music, but this didn't give off a good impression, it looked bland and there was no expression or passion in the image, so then I told him to sing to his music, like I wasn't even there. This made the image look much more professional and much better to me.

The long shot in my double page spread of the young male in a black suit was taken several times using different shots, such as a close up, a medium shot. Then I tried a long shot which was the right choice because I wanted all of him to be visible, from head to toe. Also I pictured him looking away from the camera which was better for this image because of where I put it, it gave the expression that he is looking at the text which is next to him, on the double page spread.

The close up of the DJ strutting his stuff was initially a medium close up, however I thought that the close up would be better for the contents page. It took a couple of tries to get the image to the standard I wanted it because I tried catching an image of him actually spinning decks, however the image came out pixellated because of the motion that the DJ was doing, so after this I made him just put his hands on the decks instead of spinning them.

Shots not used: Extreme long shot,

Shots used: Medium shot, extreme close up, long shot, close up.