Plan For Photo Shoots

Plan For Shoot 1
For this shoot I will be taking photos of two models. I want tem to wear casual, fashionable clothing so have picked out some suitable outfits. I have chosen jeans, pink top and a cardigan for the first outfit, and for the second a black, blue top and black cardigan. As I mentioned before, I will take this shoot in a empty room which will act as a studio. The equipment I will need for this shoot is my Canon 60D Camera and some lamps that will give correct lighting in the room.
Plan For Shoot 2
I will be on a photography trip for this shoot so I think I will get some good shots. Obviously I can't look at the location until I get there, but as I mentioned before I will go back to my previous post to create a location recce. It would probably be best to take this shoot at the hotel where there wont be alot of people but interesting veiws, so I will look around for where lighting and enviroment is best. For this shoot I again want to use casual fashionable clothing so have picked out a black skirt and orange top for my model to wear. The equipment I will need is my Canon 60D camera and I should think the lighting will be good so might not need any lamps for extra lighting. However I will consider that I might need extra lighting before taking my shoots.

Organisations of Locations

I have created two location recces to organise and explain why the places I have chosen to shoot are appropriate. My location of an empty room at my house (which I will convert in to a short of studio) is perfect for my front cover shoot because I wanted a blank background that wouldn't distract from the text. I will do two shoots here of two models and decide which photos are most suitable for the front cover. Location Recce - Empty room (studio)
I am also planning to do a shoot when I am in Italy over half term on a photography trip. I will have to create a location recce once I am in Italy so I can give a proper analysis. I will edit this post once I have visited the location...
This is my location recce I made in Italy. I chose to take the photos of the balcony because the lighting was very good. The background was also interesting and worked very well. Loacation Recce- Italy

Timeline

This is a timeline to help me plan what I need to do and when. I have included photoshoots, time to create my magazine and deadlines.

Table Showing Organisation

I have also created a table including dates, when my shoots with the models will be and their contact details. I have also included the location of the shoots.

Research in to Magazine Institutions

Research in to magazine institutions

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Uses and Gratifications Theory

The Uses and Gratifications Theory on mass media consumption. It focuses more on the consumer and what they do with media, rather than the actual content and what it does to people. Unlike some other theories, it assumes that the audience are active rather than passive and decide how they use and interpret media products in to their lives. It also suggests that the audience is responsible for the media they choose and how they decide to use it in order to meet their needs.

This theory follows a basic model that the audience actively seek out media products in order to gratify a need. For example, they may watch a weather forecast in order to find out the weather for the day. Why people consume media is divided in to four sections:

1. Surveillance - acquiring information, knowledge and understanding
2. Personal Identity/Individual Psychology - reassurance, self-understanding, reality exploration
4. Personal Relationships - information in conversation, media for companionship
5. Diversion - Escape, release from everyday life

After researching this theory I thought about how it applies to magazines. I feel that people read music magazines for all these reasons. For example, someone may read an article on an artist in a music magazine gaining information, which is surveillance. They then may also use this information in conversation with friends, which is personal relationships. They may have read this article due to the artist representing a particular social group which they feel they fit in to, giving them reassurance and self understanding, which is personal identity. Finally they may have read the article just to relax, which is diversion.

I will keep this theory in mind when creating my magazine in order to make it suitable to satisfy my audience's needs.

Research

Here is my research for my media foundation portfolio. In this slideshow I have looked at magazine front covers, contents pages and double page spreads from various magazines and analysed each one individually. I have also included my results from my target market questionnaire and my "find your tribe" results. I evaluated my research to show my reflection and how it will help me with further development.

Media foundation portfolio research

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