Media CamTech - Task 2 - P2+M1 (1)

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Task 2 Media Cambridge Tech

• By Luke Munro

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Vanessa Pauletta Sleepless nights

• Overall theme for all the book covers of
  Sleepless Nights by Vanessa Pauletta will be
  insomnia, about a guy who did many tours of
  Afghanistan as an infantry soldier who is
  suffering very harshly from insomnia, and also
  his wife who have a baby daughter.
• In all the photos, I will try to convey the
  struggle of living with an insomniac but also
  show the love that they share. My first few plans
  are to have a silhouette of the man sat at the
  end of the bed holding his head in one of his
  hands with his other arm stretching to a cot and
  the woman on her knees rubbing his shoulders.
• Then I will have one of him leaning his back
  against the bedroom window with his wife laying
  in bed and the cot next to the bed, and finally
  of him laid wide awake with his wife laid asleep
  on his shoulder. He is just looking upwards
  towards the ceiling whilst she lays against him,
  his eyes are bloodshot and wide open, he looks
  really tired. For this photo I may use the black
  and white effect as the style.
• My last two ideas involve the first being fairly
  similar to the last one I mentioned, with the
  main character holding his sleeping wife except
  the camera and his head are repositioned so the
  baby is in the photo, and he is looking over at
  the baby. I would for this photo use the blur
  effect with the baby blurred and the man looking
  at her.
• My final idea is the protagonist sat up on the
  bed with his arms together on his lap, looking at
  his spouse and holding her hand whilst she looks
  up at him, with the black and white effect being
  used to bring the emotion out in the cover.
• The man will be the centre focus and dominant
  element of the book covers.

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Inspiration for Sleepless Nights book covers
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Planning a photoshoot
The purpose of this photoshoot is to decide a
cover for Sleepless Nights by Vanessa Pauletta,
and the types of photographs will range from
silhouette stills to full set page shots of the
main characters in their bedroom. For this, I
will organise a photo-shoot to find which of my
10 planned photos would be best to use. I will be
selecting and editing five of these photographs
for the finished piece. The types of photos I
will take will focus on the theme of insomnia. I
believe I will be using for all of my 10 photos,
a large depth of field, however this could change
at any time and other effects may be unique to
the particular photo I plan to take. What I want
the audience to see is a man who is struggling to
cope, a man who truly cant see any way out of
this torment hes going through but he feels
responsible to the happiness of his wife and
daughter, who he loves. I believe that for these
photos, I would need to use a bedroom more than a
studio so it would honestly depend on whose
bedroom it was and if they had a part within the
actual photo itself. We would need probably
minimum lighting, perhaps just the lights in the
room itself, and just the one camera to take the
photos, and we will make a risk assessment due to
the possibility of somebody getting hurt. We
will also be making notes to prove who we have
contacted and got permission from, and detailed
plans throughout the photo-shoot in case we ever
get delayed or need to postpone the photo shoot
itself. The equipment I will be using involves a
camera and perhaps a soft-box light or two to
make it look as authentic as possible.
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Planning a photoshoot
Photographer rates and charges vary on the
particular task at hand that you ask for the
photographer to do.
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Planning a photoshoot
The only real legal issue that we can really
think of is making sure we have the consent of
the people who we photograph and the people who
owns the locations of the shoot. Ethical issues
involve respecting certain aspects of the people
you involve within the shoot itself, such as
dressing and representation of the character
within the shoot itself. I imagine if I had to
use any editing software, I would end up using
Adobe Photoshop, but I really do not know if I
will be needing to use it as I plan to make my
photos as photorealistic as possible. Ill
develop them by putting them onto the computer
and if and when I am satisfied with them, I will
print them out and showcase them.
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Recce check

1. The potential hazards involve wiring if we were
   to use lights, especially if they are just lying
   all over the floor, along with many of the other
   obstacles on the floor. The lights themselves get
   really hot and use a lot of energy.
2. To minimise the risk, we will make sure there is
   a clear path and the wires and lights are taped
   down and pinned in place to ensure they dont
   move around and catch us unawares. We dont touch
   the lights and we switch them off when they are
   not being used.
3. The weather may not particularly effect the
   outcome of my photos because we dont plan on
   going outside, the time of day would have to be
   after sunset. It would be more helpful if we did
   this photo-shoot in the winter as the nights come
   earlier so we wouldnt have to arrange for
   everything to happen later on in the day at
   unreasonable hours.
4. I am sure that I will get the background I need
   as the setting I will be using wont change
   backgrounds other than outside the window.
5. Personally, I am not sure if I would need any
   lighting since my idea for the book cover is dark
   and shady, but if there is lighting issues Ill
   edit them out on Photoshop.
6. I would need permission from the person whose
   room I would be using for the photo, and
   permission to use certain props.
7. To answer this question, I would need only the
   permission of who gives me their room.
8. Honestly I dont expect crowds to be an issue at
   all, we will be in a small area and if anyone
   needs to interrupt us, they will knock on the
   door and let us know.
9. I am reliant on favours from other people,
   whether it be to organise a location and
   particular props, I havent asked anyone just yet
   though.
10. I dont think there is anything else I need to
    consider because Ive discussed lighting,
    equipment and a set.

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Risk assessment

• We will be shooting in the bedroom of someone who
  is kind enough to let us use their room, and the
  reason we would be filming there is because we
  would need a bedroom and for it to look as
  authentic as possible. Description of this place
  would be, a double bed, a cot, a big open window,
  evenly spread out space for us to walk around. I
  still am very much in the early days of deciding
  who to include let alone how to transport them to
  the shoot location, so that I really cannot
  predict if I need transport yet.
• Risks that are to be raised to concern include
  when inside, make sure there are no loose wires
  on the ground, taking care when using the
  equipment and making sure there isnt much sun
  exposure to the camera.
• These risks will be prevented by making sure
  wires are taped down and/or out of harms way,
  making sure the equipment is only on when it
  needs to be and not touching the lights because
  of the heat, and placing the camera in a safe
  location whether or not the sun is out. As far as
  human threat goes, I see it being at a fair
  minimum, I dont really see anyone threatening
  this shoot on a very significant level.
• Example scenario If we were to be shooting on a
  cliff in Saltburn and Whitby, Id make sure there
  wasnt any uneven parts on the surface close to
  the edge of the cliff itself, so nobody could
  fall off. The weather will play a significant
  role in a photoshoot, with anything as bad as
  rain or snow making the trip to and onto the
  cliff itself a very uneasy experience and those
  going up, as they might slip, with the equipment
  most likely being damaged or faltered in any way.
• Clothing would play a part in this as we would
  have to wear clothing that suited the weather.
• In a studio, wed ensure any wires and hazards
  such as an uneven blue/green screen would be
  taped down or evened out, unplugging and wrapping
  up the wires of appliances when they are not
  being used.

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Shooting schedule

• I would preferably like to start shooting around
  hours that suited me and the people around me,
  but outside of college hours and honestly I would
  like it to be once its dark. This schedule would
  be very tight through to the end of the day, so
  we would have to spend a lot of pre-planned time
  waiting, so either whoever needs to be on set can
  turn up early and discuss with me regarding input
  or turn up late and just get told what to do and
  where to be.

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More legal issues

• Whilst my idea is inspired by many stills from
  films, or from the front of other books, this
  will not be a carbon copy of indeed any book at
  least that I know of cover. We will ensure
  everyone who is in the shot, we have their
  permission otherwise they wouldnt be in the shot
  at all, and we will try and avoid offending
  anyone, especially as in this shot, the girl
  involved will have to wear skin tight shorts. The
  picture will not be sending any further negative
  meaning within the photo.