Location
As I wanted to go for a more real
feeling photo shoot of a release for a popular video game to tie in
with my double page spread I decided on using the GAME store in Great
Yarmouth as it was perfect for what I was going for and as I am close
friends with the Management Team they allowed me to be the
photographer for the event, snapping pictures of staff members who
were posing as the other band members and of course Mr Luan Vetoreti,
front man of my fictional band “The Vets”. I wanted this to feel
as real as possible so we chose the “Aliens: Colonial Marines”
launch to use as a backdrop, by allowing customers to shop while this
was going on I felt we got a great feeling of interaction and realism
in the pictures that could not have been achieved by using a simple
studio.
Props
Props were something we really splashed
out on, we wanted this to be as inventive and powerful as possible so
we took the time to build props for it, we created movie accurate
“Pulse Rifles” which are the main gun in both the game and the
movie which the game is based from. We did feel that maybe the props
would have taken away from the whole feel of the photo shoot turning
it into a display simply of kick ass Alien cosplay but I think we did
very well and made it look both interesting and professional
Costume
The costume was the most enjoyable and
powerful part of the whole shoot, we constructed movie accurate
armour to go along side the weapons, we did this multiple times
allowing staff members to feel right at home, giving it a sense
camaraderie in the “band” and we felt that when we combined all
three elements it created something amazing that we feel works well
as a front cover.
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