Shoot - 12th November - Publicity Shots

Whilst shooting the band scenes, we also took some publicity shots of the band.
We decided to take individual shots of each band member, so we could use them for the bio pages on the website, along with a band photo where the band is posing.

We did both fun and posed shots of Chrystal and Audrey, so as to get more than one type to use, and to show that they could be energetic but also powerful, which appeals to the female audience who would look up to the female members, and maybe base some personality traits on them.

For the guys, we decided to again do both fun and posed, to again show that they could be 'cool' yet playful, which would appeal to the target audience, who may want to base their lifestyle choices on the members of the band.

Jacob doing a more 'moody', typically indie pose, where he is avoiding direct address with the audience.

We also had the band members pose with their instruments, so we could again use these on the website, and so we could anchor the character and role of each member.

The pose on the left connotes the indie genre, as the band appear to be cool and powerful, yet the poses below also show their 'fun' side, which would appeal to the target audience, as they could copy this attitude.


We had the band do the planned shots that we wanted, including the band holding up Jacob which we plan to use for the inside of the album art.

This image is what we want to have on the inside cover, as we feel the costumes connote the indie genre, and the pose shows the band to be 'cool' but also quirky and fun.

These photos clearly show that Jacob is the lead singer, due to him holding the camera, but the pose also shows that he is equal to his band mates, and also that the band have fun.

These poses are interesting due to the different levels, and we thought it again connoted the more upbeat attitude of the band compared to the more posed shot, where the band's 'cool' attitude is more clearly connoted.

I also edited the chosen photos in Photoshop before we put them on the website, so as to make them look more clean and professional. For example, on the image to the right, I removed the border between the floor and the cyclorama,  as well as increasing vibrance and contrast to make the colours more bright. On other photos I also removed any stray hairs that may have made the photos look messy.

Above are publicity shots of an influential band (San Cisco) - we referenced the way they have both serious and more goofy poses, which conveys their band image as cool but quirky, which is what we want our band image to be.