Mise-en scene: ‘arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted.’

I will plan the different elements of my mise-en scene to reflect the image of my magazine and to make it suitable for my target audience. These have to be carefully planned in order my magazine to look as professional as possible.

The clothing of my models will reflect the image and genre of my magazine as it aims to target teenage girls who like pop/R&B music and have an interest in fashion. Therefore my models will be dressed in girly and fashionable clothing that my target audience would want to wear. A variety of different clothing items such as dresses, tops and jeans will be appropriate.The make-up for my models will look classy and chic as I want my models to look glamorous without the heavy make-up look. Emphasis will be on the eye-makeup especially for the model used for the front cover as I want the image to be striking and stand out from other magazines. Direct address is another important factor that my images will have in order to attract readers to my magazine.

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P R O P SExamples of props that I will use in my photoshoot are:•a bed – model sitting on the bed•Mobile phone – model pretending to be on their phone•a bag – model holding her bag•a hairbrush – model singing into as if it is a microphone

The props will help distinguish my genre of pop/R&B. They will also personify the particular artist and reflect their personality as readers will look at the image first before reading the article and will have already drawn a particular view of them at that point.

P O S T U R EThese are examples of different postures and poses that I will try with my models in order for my images to reflect the genre of my magazine. The poses will be look girly and creative as I want my images to be striking and attractive to the audience who will look at the models in the photo as inspiration and perhaps as role models. The positioning of my models is very important as I want my photographs to look as professional as possible and suitable for my music magazine. The models poses will also be fun and quirky to create a friendly and relaxed feeling.

L I G H T I N GThe lighting of my locations will be bright and clear as they will be taken outside in daylight or in a room where they is good lighting. The lighting is very important as it has an impact on the images and therefore it needs to be clearly bright for my images to look professional and of good quality. For example, for the front cover, I must ensure that no shadows form and fall on the models face as it will ruin the image.