The document discusses the importance of mise-en-scene elements in photography for different genres. It focuses on using mise-en-scene elements like setting, costume, facial expressions, lighting, and composition to create professional-looking pop magazine photos. Specifically, it notes that settings aren't important for cover photos since backgrounds are removed, costumes are casually bright colors, expressions are laid back, lighting is bright with normal contrast, and subjects are centered. The document also discusses using Photoshop to remove backgrounds, enhance skin and reduce defects to make celebrities look better for magazine covers.

1. Technical
Research

2. Photography
A major part of photography is getting mise-en-scene right because if you don’t consider
mise-en-scene then your photos will look amateurish and wont fit in with the certain
genre.
Mise-en-scene focuses on five key elements: settings and props, costume, facial
expressions and body language, lighting and composition. If I get these elements
correct to my specific genre, pop, then my work will look professional and fit for the
purpose.
How I will use mise-en-scene
Setting and props aren’t very important especially for the front cover because what I
found out during my research is that the professional magazines remove the background
of the main image which is what I would do.
Costume isn’t very hard because most of the celebrities posing for the magazines are in
casual clothing that is normally brightly coloured.
The facial expressions and body language of a person tells use what they are actually
feeling, for most cases in a typical pop magazine the celebrity is normally laid back.
Lighting is important because a pop magazine normally tries to make the photos as
bright as possible but keeping the contrast levels normal therefore I will try to follow this so
my product look professional.
Finally composition which is how a person or object is arranged, for pop magazines the
celebrities are as central as possible therefore I will try to position myself in the centre of
the frame.

3. Photoshop
As I have already stated the editors of a magazine normally get rid of the
background off the front cover’s main image, but this isn’t the only thing
that they use Photoshop for they also use to make the celebrities look
better by using tools to get rid of skin deficiencies or blemishes.
Another way they use Photoshop is by using tools that enhance the image
and reduce defects like too much contrast, not enough light.
There are multiple soft wares where you can do the basics or the advanced
features of Photoshop. There are only a couple of bits of software that is
available to me because I am limited to using the school computers
meaning I can only use Microsoft’s Fireworks or Adobe’s Photoshop.