Preparing for your 1st Cover Shoot – Production Meeting Agenda

Music Magazine, Year 12 Coursework

In order to plan your studio shoot of your main cover star, you will need to be REALLY ORGANISED.

Use a Production Meeting Agenda to plan out exactly when and where you are doing the shoot. Who is responsible for bringing various props, MES and who will be doing hair and make-up.

You will need to think carefully about who your model is and plan with them when they are available for the shoot. Plan to have a free before so that you can get them ready and maximise time in the studio or use breaktime or lunchtime to get everything ready. Use your Media lessons too.

Task 1 – plan your shoot

PRODUCTION MEETING AGENDA (make a copy) – and include photos of the costumes/make up/props from your star image slide to remind yourself and the models what they need to bring etc.

Task 2 – book and do your shoot

The link to the Photography Studio booking chart is in linked in here.

  • You will need to liaise with your model to ensure that you are all free and available.
  • You should aim to do your shoot anytime from MONDAY 8 NOVEMBER TO FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER.
  • You can use Media lessons.
  • Do not book more than 1 lesson. 
  • YOU CAN USE THE SAME MODEL AT THE SAME TIME AS A FRIEND IF THE GENRE IS THE SAME  but you have to take your own photos.
  • Use breaktime, lunchtime, free periods before to get your star ready – if you leave it until the actual allotted time, you won’t have enough time. Use Props.

REMEMBER THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL:

  • Check:  Nails, friendship bracelets, bad hair, weird hair toggles, school shoes and school shirts, random jewellery and earrings.
  • Also, avoid clothing with logos or branding.
  • Do really good mid and close up shots. Long shots won’t work for the cover but take some for the contents and DPS.
  • DON’T FORGET TO USE THE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT and use the lighting.

THIS IS A COSTUME! Casual clothing – will not cut the mustard!  You are making your star ‘extraordinary’ for the cover and ‘ordinary’ in the double page spread article.

 

Remember the cameras should be on the right settings. Bring your own SD card and then download them asap after the shoot onto your D Drive folder – Front Cover shoot.

The settings Aaron suggests are: 8f, 160ss and 100 ISO.

 

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