The document provides details for an upcoming band photo shoot. It lists the band members and states that photos will be taken in a photography studio against a white backdrop. It discusses wanting to edit some background images for experimentation on blogs. It notes that the band members will wear black and red instead of different colors to look coordinated. Some photos will include instruments and some will have different poses and expressions. Lighting will avoid shadows and various camera shots like close-ups and long shots will be used. Examples are given of album covers that do and do not feature the musicians, to provide inspiration for the shoot and possible cover designs.

1. PHOTO-SHOOT PREP
Band Members –
Matt Appleyard
Doug Macaskill
Matthew Napper
Christian Burton
We are going to do the photo-shoot in the photography studio as it has a
white backdrop. When editing our photos I would like us to try and edit
some backgrounds in just for experimentation for our blogs.
Style
We’ve decided we want the band members to be wearing black and red
instead of them all wearing different things and looking dis-coordinated.
We want to try some different things with this photo-shoot; in some
images the band will have their instruments with them and in some they
will just be stood in different positions trying different expressions.
Lighting and Camera Shots
We will use the lights in the studio and have them positioned so that they create
no shadows through the photo-shoot. We will also use a variety of camera shots
including quite a few extreme close-ups, which will show star image. Other shots
we will use are long shots of the full band, and medium shots of each band
member.
Examples
Most album covers use an image of the band members or the solo artist.
However, there are also some covers that will use images of objects or locations
etc.
Here is an example of an album
that does not use a photo of the
musicians, instead it’s a picture
that in some ways, reflect on
the songs off the album. It
shows a girl breaking out of a
wrecked house, which also
signifies her breaking away
from all of the cruel things in
her life. The colours used on
this cover may also represent
the difference between good
(sky) and bad (ground). This
album cover tells a story with
just one image and it also suits
the name ‘Collide With The
Sky’.

2. PHOTO-SHOOT PREP
This is another example of a
professionally made album
cover. Conversely, this cover
does show all bad members. I
like this because it sticks to a
simple layout, colour scheme
and straight to the point with
only the band name ‘All Time
Low’, an image of all
members and the name of the
album ‘Dirty Work’. This
album cover is just as
efficacious as the last (above).
I think for the photo-shoot, I
am going to use an image of
the actual band as I think it
will look more specialized
than using a picture that
represents what’s on the album. Using a photo of all band members will show
‘star image’ and will be an icon for All Time Low’s fans.
This is not an album cover;
it’s a cover for a DVD that All
Time Low made, which
includes footage from their
concert in New York and
also their everyday lives.
This cover caught my eye
because unlike other
album/DVD covers, all
members of the band are
show just in single images.
This has given me even
more ideas for our album
cover as you very rarely see
covers with singular images
like this. This layout is very
eye-catching and if our
album cover is setout this
way I think it will catch
people immediate attention. As for the background, I still intend on using the
studio to take my images, as it will look more professionally made.
I am using all three of these covers as inspiration for our photo-shoot, this gives
us a lot of options in terms of how we want the band to be positioned and
whether we want them all stood together or separate photos.