MOODBOARD

Everyone was allocated a genre and my group was pop. As a group of three we made a pallet and inserted images of costumes, makeup,hairstyles,lighting and setting all relating to the genre pop. A pop star usually stands out because they were very bold bright costumes and have funky hairstyles and very well detailed makeup, this is because most of pop songs are upbeat so they have to support their songs with a bold appearance to engage their audience.

POST IT NOTES

I did a bit of audience research and they came ack with connotations that the genre pop star is very energetic. ‘Young’ was repeated a few times suggesting that pop is targeted at a younger population. Another post it said ‘fun’ which is how we as a group overviewed the genre pop. This is why we have used bold colors and fun poses into our photoshoots, so that we gain a wide target audience.

I presented my model to be in a pop star pose, where Lucy is singing into the microphone with a smile on her face, allowing her to engage with the audience. In this shoot we focused on props and lighting, we used the natural sunlight because it was nice and bright reflecting off Lucy’s face like she is on stage with stage lighting. How Lucy is posing is the typical pop star pose where they are putting everything into singing into the microphone or opening up their body towards their audience. The aluminous pink jacket reflects on the boldness Lucy is trying to project whilst performing and the sunglasses represent a trendy vibe that popstars carry.

FOCUS FORWARD

I now understand that there is a great amount of detail that is important  to execute a photoshoot. In the future when I undertake a photoshoot I will know to focus on the setting, costume, lighting angle and accessory. Focusing on these aspects that relate to a genre will be distributed to the correct target audience and sell successfully.