Planning the front cover image

Planning the front cover image

Magazine Name	Rave
Models	Alisha, Laura and Marie
Camera height/angle/distance	I have decided that I would like to have the camera reasonably close to the model. This is to follow the convention of ‘typical’ magazines. Also gives the model and the look of the magazine a sense of importance. I am going to keep the camera at the normal angle, so the horizon is level. This will allow me really focus on the Model and not so much on the angle of the picture, but of them.
Location	The location of the photo shoot will not matter too much. I would like one of the images to have a naturalistic background, to add some reality to the magazine. Other than that, I want to take my images in front of a plain, preferably white background. This will allow me to edit out the background, to give the magazine a professional photo-shoot look.
Lighting	I would like the lighting in the photo-shoot to be quite bright. I think that would make the images look better with the magazine look good with the bright colours of the magazine.
Mise-en-scene (incl. props, costume)	I will not use any props in the production of the images. I have decided to do this to place the main focus of the models and not just the props that they carrying.  Also I would like the models to be wearing fashion items, that will be relevant to their ages, as I don’t want the magazine to display negative images to the target audience.
Attempted connotation	I wanted the model to look happier than some of the other magazines. I wanted the models to look like normal children, fit and healthy and I wanted the models to represent of all ages in the target audience and to be good role models at the same time.
Planned denotation	I wanted the models to display appropriate clothing, and for the images to look bright and look good on the magazine. I used a flat angle, to give the impression of reality.
Contingency (in case of model absence/weather)	I will have a contingency plan, by asking more than the models I have put at the top of the page as I though then I would have models, for if they were ill or unable to attend.  I have no issues with the weather as the images will be taken inside, and I will be taking them in October, so snow should not be an issue.
Thinking points:  I have yet still to think about the makeup usage on the models, however, I may not use much makeup to make the models look natural and good, so they are not going to be heavily altered and photo shopped like they probably would be on competing magazines.
Comments:  I have decided that I will take a few images of the models, a lot more than I will use. I think that this would be the best way as then I can fit the images to the pages and not the pages to the images as this may look a little rubbish.