PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING FOR OUR ANCILLARY (PLANNING)

When planning for our ancillary it is important that we focus on the photographs we take/use because this will make or break the task set of a digipak and magazine advert. When taking the photos we need to remember all the basics and starting adding more complex things in later. The basics include lighting, shutter speed, composition which breaks up into different parts which consist of rule of thirds, changing angles and perspective and several more. When taking the photos we will need a high quality camera to make it seem more professional.

We wont be focusing as much on the lighting that is on the photos we use we will be mainly using natural light. This is because of the use of props in our ancillary meaning that there wont be any hassle with lights from different angles or any over or underexposure. If this is the case we can easily retake the photos due to the accessibility of the props being used in the shooting. The photos we will be planning to take will most likely be of some props that are featured in our music video so the audience can get a slight idea of what the video is about but still leaving that enigma making the audience wanting to know what the images of the props are about and why they are there.

These are two of the pictures we have taken and are thinking about using for our digipak. These are our first takes and we have noticed an area we could improve when retaking these photos for the chess piece we could use more light but we need to be careful of any reflection that could come of the piece. Again we were thinking of adding slightly more light to try and fit the genre better which we have gathered from previous planning that its more brighter colours although on our ancillary we are going to use bright text. That text will take the majority of the attention on the digipak although by having pictures which look professional and also relatable to our music video.