Meeting 10

Members present: Bethany Reilly, Lewis Robinson and Ciara Walton
Topics discussed: Film poster cover and magazine front cover
Actors present: Lewis Robinson and Ciara Walton
Directors/Photographers present: Bethany Reilly, Ciara Walton and Lewis Robinson

When it came to the point in our project where we had to start designing our film magazine covers and our film posters we had a fairly basic draft and idea of what we wanted to achieve, however as we were designing one each we wanted them to all be fairly different so we decided that it would be best for us to take some more photographs; although we were happy with the promo shots that we took of Lewis and myself together, we wanted them to be better quality and Lewis also had the idea of the magazine front cover being a 'premier special' - we then spent a day choosing clothing, make up and hair styling, as well as location, to make sure that these photographs would be the best they could.

We used my proffessional DSLR camera to take the photographs, as well as a tripod so to keep a steady hand and not produce a blurred image. We used a studio in which there was a blue carpet and a white back drop; this was to create the correct atmosphere and it would also block out any blemishes in the back ground, also making it easier for us to cut around the subjects using photo shop if needs be.

Beth was our photographer and we all played a part in directing the shoot; we used different techniques and settings on the camera to produce a wide range of images, giving ourselves a variety to choose from. We experimented with black and white settings but decided that it made the picture look to washed out and took away the overall composition of the image so we came to the conclusion that if we wanted a black and white element we would change it on Photoshop.

We acted as though Beth was a papparazi photographer and we were on the red carpet, so we analysed typical couple poses that celebrities do whilst on the red carpet for a premier - changing positions, making eye contact and physical contact, changing the angles and the physcial distance between ourselves and the photographer.
We used different camera shots including a close-up, portrait, side-on, landscape, horizontal, two-shot.

Equipment used: DSLR Canon EOS1000D camera and tripod
Location: Photography studio with a white backdrop
Techniques and shots used: Close-up, portrait, depth-of-field, landscape, horizontal.
Time taken: Approximately 4 and a half hours in total, including hair, make-up and styling.
Shots taken: 83