Photoshoot

The pictures will be used on the digipak and therefore are extremely important, these will be sold to the audience as part of the CD and need to portray the indie genre to the audience so that indie fans buy the digipak and therefore it is more likely to be more successful as the targeted audience will be buying into it and therefore enjoying it as it is accustomed to their taste. Multiple pictures needed to be taken as it allows us to have a choice of photos for the digipak and therefore use the best possible photos we can, if we have no choice we will not be able to make a really professional digipak as the photos may not suit well.

The first image is our artist on a swing, this shows her innocence and purity and that she has a vibrant personality and stands out from the rest of the music buisness, this will be used within the digipak, this is conventional as it uses a natural setting of a field, this allows the audience to see that the artist is down to earth and that she doesn't need an expensive/flashy background like a party to draw in an audience and can become famous purely through her talent. I personally like how well the natural setting works with the artist and how the tree and clouds match with the theme of nature on the rest of the digipak, allowing the audience to see how it all fits in and suits therefore creating a relationship with the artist as they can see she cares about her work and the audience who listen to it and that she wants to make it as good as possible for them.

The second image is the artist on top of a fence sitting down, she has a natural setting behind her, this is showing the same as the last image, a innocent and caring person, as she is caring toward the environment and cares about nature, this will also be used in the digipak, this is conventional as it uses a natural setting of a field, this allows the audience to see that the artist is down to earth, this lets the audience see that she isn't a show off and that she is an everyday person that can use normal settings to advertise herself and doesn't need thousands of pounds to do it. It allows the audience to see how relaxed the artist is in front of the camera, showing her screen presence and helping the audience see she is a natural, this will help the audience see she is truly a talent and the audience will build a relationship with her as they will see that she truly is good and they will want her to do well as she is a naturally talented artist.

The third image is our artist against a wall, this is used to show how she uses normal, everyday settings, this makes the audience relate to her much easier as they feel that she is an everyday person like them and that she doesn't believe she is better than her audience, making her more likeable, this will be used in my magazine advert and the background will be changed to a more natural setting with clouds and a tree in the background, showing again how down to earth she is. It is conventional as it uses natural and everyday environments to help the audience feel like they are just like the artist and therefore they will the artist to do well as they believe if the artist can do well, and she is similar to them, then they could make it as well. I believe the way the artist is acting natural in front of the camera for this shot allows the audience to see how comfortable she is infront of camera and therefore believe she is destined to be a star in the music industry, this helps the audience relate to her as the everyday setting allows them to see that she isn't a massive star and that she is just a normal person trying to be successful as a music artist, this makes the want her to do well as she is such an underdog and they try to do everything they can to help her succeed.

The fourth image is our artist against a tree sitting down against it, this shows how close she is with nature and that she is a caring and down to earth person who uses natural and shows the audience she can make the most of her talents with little money and she is battling big companies/labels. This will be used in the digipak. It is conventional as it is in a field setting with trees, this allows the audience to see she is a natural and down to earth person. I feel this is good as it gets our artist involved with nature as much as possible and shows the audience that she really does care for nature and is a loving person, this allows the audience to relate to the artist as the field is a common place for normal people and they can relate to it, also, the fact that she is battling big artists with lots of money, the audience root for the underdog and want her to succeed against the odds, this helps her do well as she has lots of people behind her willing her to do well.

We used the setting well as there were numerous shots/ settings within our photoshoot so we didn't stick to one, this gives us a number of choices so that our digipak is boring and repetitive, however we found getting different places fairly difficult as we only could find some places suitable to our genre and wanted a good quality picture so took a while finding the best places.