Analysing my music photos

By Shaun Watkiss

• The photograph has been taken for a double page spread in a music magazine.

• The photograph is in the studio and is a portrait.

• The shot is a long shot, showing the entirety of the two people. It’s been used because it’s artsy and different to most other music shots. The white parts is where the writing would be.

• The composition is purely just an image of two people, no background, no props.

• The focus is a sharp focus.

• The image is of two people, not smiling so it shows it’s a more edgier indie image than a happy pop image.

• It promotes the artist by showing who the band is and you can immediately tell it’s an edgy indie band so people would be more drawn to want to read it.

• It appeals to it’s target audience because of the way the people are positioned, they’re edgy and artsy so people who like that sort of thing would be more drawn to it.

• The photograph tells the story of two people sat down, looking to the side as if they’re watching something in the distance.

• It will make people want to buy the magazine because it’s edgy, similar to many Indie images in other Indie magazines.

• The photograph has been taken for a magazine double page spread.

• The shot has been taken in the studio and is a portrait photograph of two people.

• The image is a mid-long shot and taken straight on

• The image is purely of just the two people with a plain white background, acoustic guitar and microphone.

• The focus is sharp on the two people.

• One person is looking at the camera whereas the other is looking away in the distance. This is shown to be an edgy trait with Indie/Alternative style band images.

• It promotes the artist because one of them has an acoustic guitar, showing that they use that instrument in their music. People may be drawn to an artist with certain instruments.

• It appeals to the target audience of teenagers/young adults because they’re the main audience of Indie/alternative artists by showing the instrument and the style of clothing they’re both wearing (the skeleton hoodie for instance).

• The photograph tells the story of a musical duo, one with an acoustic guitar and the other with a microphone, showing what their roles in the band are. One isn’t looking at the camera, showing he’s rebellious.

• It will make people want to buy the magazine because they have the instruments showing what they use in their music and one isn’t looking at the camera, kind of in a rebellious way like a lot of Indie/Alternative people are.