LO2 - Production plan

Work plan 

I will be needing models for my photo-shoot, of whom I am hoping will be friends and family- this way they will likely aid me for free and will be more pliable for me to use as models. All of my shoot will take place in town as it is easily accessible, in locations such as the winter gardens or inside stores (for instance plantology may be an appealing location for photographs). I will need to do both location recce’s and risk assessments for these areas so I and my models are aware of any potential dangers and I can refer to the locations when planning the shoot in further detail. As well as this I was, of course, obviously need the props and costumes that relate to the sub-cultures I wish to study via my project. As an example, for the goth outfit I will need dark clothes such as a black hoodie, skinny jeans and effective makeup. I may also need props for them, a ‘nerd’ may stereotypically carry a book for instance. I will also be needing a Velbon DF-61 tripod and canon 650 DSLR camera in order to actually take the photographs.

Activities/tasks

The tasks included in my project will be: gaining models, do the location recce and risk assessments, taking pictures of them (JPEG) dressed in different stylistic outfits and finally altering them using photoshop to end up with the miserable effect. Set out in the style of a work flow (order in which I’ll complete my tasks), it’ll look like this:

• Finish planning camera settings and lens’
• Recruit my models by asking around 
• Complete a recce of the potential locations and take photographs
• Do risk assessments of each location
• Consider if I will be needing any extra lighting within them
• Buy/borrow the necessary props and outfits for the shoot
• Make a shoot schedule at my model’s convenience
• Take the photos over a period of (hopefully) two weeks
• Choose five of my best
• Edit them using photoshop until they meet my vision

Hopefully, this wall all take place within a two to three week period (lasting only six hours in total) as I will be shooting majorly at weekends because of the convenience of the natural light.