K.H. - Photo shoot reflection

We finished gathering all of the still images we needed for our print work last weekend. The shoot went well and we worked efficiently. We also learnt from our previous shoot at Freya's house, as we experimented with more poses from the actor, which gave us more choice when deciding on a  previously we only had a variety of angles and shot sizes to work with, which was more limiting as it could have been. This was of course easier with this shoot as we were only working with one actor, and weren't as pressed for time. These shots best represent how we organised the shoot and what we intended to get out of it.

This shots demonstrates clearly how we were careful to organise the shot size so that we have the freedom to exclude certain parts of the image if they do not work on a panel of the digipak. We have discussed in a group whether we should crop out Eleanor's eyes from the frame for example, to remove the notion of looking and further maintain the enigmatic air that is typical of Caro Emerald and stars of the electro swing genre, and this is a distinct possibility with this image. Harry also had the idea to use the rings a props that contribute to the artists meta narrative. The "E" on the ring on Eleanor's middle finger obviously ties into Caro's first name, and the ring on Eleanor's ring is actually an Emerald. This ties into the loose sense of pride and self importance Caro shows in some of her promotional material.

This image most obviously ties into our video, since it overtly uses the most distinct visual motif from the video. This will work well for the digipak as it is the only panel image that is a direct reference to the video, and is helped by the fact that the blood is the focus of the image not Eleanor's face so it will not feel to similar to the image above when both are used in the digipak. This was the best image out of all of the one's we captured using the prosthetic blood as the blood hasn't run too far down Eleanor's face. In all the others it had reached her chin, but the composition of the image looks much tighter if the blood close to her lip, as it is here, and it keeps Eleanor's lips and the blood as the focus of the image. These alternative images demonstrate clearly how the focus on the other images is lost:

This was the best image of the feather boa as it has the most defined focal point and has the strongest composition as the arm and glove make up a roughly equal amount of space either side of the boa. The lighting is more low key in this image than it was in the others, which look a little too warm for the tone of the digipak and general electro-swing style. After some editing in post, this image could work well for the track listing pane of the digipak as this not an image that is particularly striking when it stands alone, but it could accompany and compliment text quite well if it were placed in the background.