Prop/Costume ideasGeorgia Leaper

Planning

Main model

For my main model I want her innocent image to be reflected, but also want her to look ‘pretty’ and be looked up to be my readers. Considering this, I will have to ensure not to sexualise my model, and make her wear stereotypical ‘girlie’ clothes such as pink items and dresses.

Outfit 1Dressing my main model

This is a very fun outfit which has a variation of bright, and outgoing colours. The baby pink has connotations of femininity and contrasts to the bold, blue skirt, portraying the models diverse personality, as she mentions in the article about how she appears very confidence and high maintenance on stage, yet is very shy and down to earth in reality. I’ve decided to use simple silver jewellery as the outfit alone is a big enough statement and I still want my model to look very approachable. Considering this, I chose a plain necklace with the word “wish” on it and a simple crystal. The word has connotations of hope and foreshadows the content of the article which is about how the artist became famous.

Outfit 2Dressing my main model

I like this dress because of its simplicity. It is only one colour, and the rose-y shade of pink denotes the target demographic of stereotypical young girls. As well as this, the swishy “skater skirt” makes the dress look less casual and would add an element of glamour to my shoot. However, as my artist explains in her interview that she is just like any normal girl, I will add a pair of Converse for her to wear, to ensure the outfit is not too eccentric and appeals to the target demographic of mainstreamers. The party dress also denotes the genre of the artist’s music which is pop, as the outfit is something that many of my readers would wear to a party.

Outfit 3Dressing my main model

My last outfit I will make my model wear is the most casual. The outfit is something that a lot of my readers would wear and is not too dressy or sexual. The white dress is similar to the one Taylor Swift modelled during her photo shoot which I found during my research, and I know the outfit was popular with their audience, which is the same as my target readers. Taylor’s dress was much longer, however I have chosen to clothe my model in a shorter dress, as she is only 18.

Dressing my main model

I have decided to include a microphone in some of my model’s poses because I am trying to create a believable, successful and world famous singer that will be featured in my magazine. I believe photographing my model singing into the microphone will look very effective and interesting for my audience.

Dressing my main model

By using blowing bubbles in my photo shoot I can introduce a fun side to my model and reinforce her youth and innocence which will appeal to my young target audience. With the bubbles, I plan to recreate an image of Katy Perry, who is an admired pop singer. I thought the photo of Katy Perry blowing a bubble was a good representation of the pop genre as it denoted the ease and happiness of the music.