For this shoot, my intention was to take some funky photos for my double page spread so I played around with the idea of my star being crushed by a cowboy boot because my article is titled ‘Too Big for my Boots? Never’. Unfortunately, I had Covid the week that I planned to do this shoot so the actual shoot strayed from my Production Meeting Agenda. Regardless, I got images that I like and that I needed. I struggled with the depth perception of the boot image and couldn’t get the lighting correct to go along with it but overall I think that I’ve used Mise-En-Scene well to portray the country genre- my model wears a dark cowboy hat to give the slightly harsher vibe that I intended paired with black flared jeans and boho aesthetic flowy top.

I used camera angles and framing to get some interesting shots, such as her boot up close to the camera lens and lower angles to make it seem as if we should look up to her as a country idol. I also used props as I didn’t in my previous shoot, I think this was a good choice as the guitar and retro mic make the images look more natural and relaxed as well as further emphasize the genre.

Here are my contact sheets from the shoot…

Below are some of my favourites from the shoot, I like these because they portray the model as friendly and trendy.

I’ve learnt from this shoot that props are a very significant part of mise-en-scene and how much they can change the entire narrative of an image.