Photo Plans / Proposal

For this assignment we have to create a published book, using at least three different types of camera.
I am going to theme by book on an album that I love called 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' by Kendrick Lamar. My plan is to read trough all the lyrics to every song on this album and pick out a at least one quote or more of my favourite quotes from each song. I will then create pictures to go with these quotes, turning them from lyrics into captions. The pictures that I will take will  either be inspired from the lyrics, meaning of the songs  and the album in general. I'll be putting my interpretation of images along side Kendrick's lyrics.
There are 14 songs on this album, but I am only going to take pictures for 11 of them. This is because two of the songs are remix's from an original song on the album and the third song I'm just not overly keen on.
To make sure that I fill my assignment criteria I am going to take pictures on 3 different cameras for every picture. Meaning that every photo-shoot I do will be taken on my digital camera, my phone camera, and also on a disposable camera.
Here are plans for each of the pictures I am going to take and the quotes that I am going to use...

For the song  'Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe' I'm  going to be creating photo's to go along with the quote... 

                                                                                'I am a sinner who's probably going to sin again, 

Lord forgive me, Lord forgive me for the things I don't understand 

sometimes I need to be alone

Bitch don't kill my vibe bitch don't kill my vibe' 

 This photo will be taken on location at my models house, as we need to create the feeling that her bedroom is the characters bed room. This picture is going to consist of my model Holly as her character asleep in her bed. Although we can see that she is asleep and isn't really doing anything but then when you look around the rest of the picture you will notice more. Because she is a 'sinner' we will see things around her room that represent this such as weapons drugs and alcohol. But also because she is saying ''lord forgive me'' she will be posing asleep holding rosary-beads, this then creates the impression that she has fell asleep saying her prayers.
for this picture I am going to need a few different props. I'm going to need a realistic looking fake gun, pills and tablets all different to look like drugs, and also rosary-beads. I may need more but this is all I can think of at the minute.
For this picture my model will have less make-up as it is a night time shoot, as not many people go to sleep with a full face of makeup on, for this my model is also going to have her natural hair out.

For the song 'Backseat Freestyle'  I am only going to create one photo, this will still have a quote from the song to caption it.

The quote that I'm going to use from this song is..

'I've got 25 lighters on my dresser, yes sir

Put fire to that ass body cast on a stretcher

And her body got that ass that a ruler couldn't measure'

My plan for this quote is to take a picture of Holly on location. The location for this picture will be a bedroom at my house. This picture will be taken at night, using only the bedrooms lighting. It will appear that my model is leaning over her dressing table, double checking her make-up in the mirror before leaving the house, she will be fully dressed up, once again in all black, as if ready to go to a party. She will be staring straight down the camera lens trough her reflection to create eye contact. to match the quote, there will be 25 lighters included in this picture. 24 will be on the dressing table and one will be in her hand as she gets ready to spark a 'pre-rolled blunt' this is where the term cast will be included. And she will be leaning over in a way that makes her bum appear larger. As the quote explains that the character has a large bum. I will have to experiment with different angles ect, but I am planning on taking this picture landscape. This will work well as Holly will be leaning at an almost horizontal angle.

4) For the song 'The Art Of Peer Pressure' I am going to create two different images each with there own quote from the song.
The 1st quote I'm going to use from this song is...

'Hot-boxing like George Forman grilling the masses of the working world'

This picture is going to be taken on location, I am planning to go round to my friends house who has a large shed in his garden. I will then ask a few more people to come round so it appears that there is a group of friends all hanging out together. Each friend I invite for this I will have to make sure is a smoker. This is because I need to create the illusion of the 'hot-box' I am going to do this by asking everyone to roll a cigarette in the shape of a joint and then everyone will have to blow their smoke out at the same time, to create a really smokey effect.

The 2nd quote I'm going to use for this song is...

'I got the blunt in my mouth, usually I'm drug free but shit I'm with the homies'

This picture is going to be taken on the same location as the previous quote location as these two tie together nicely. This picture will consist more of Holly than the rest of the people on the location. This will be here with a few of her 'homies' with a blunt hanging out of her mouth.  

For the song 'Money Trees' I'm going to be creating three different pictures, each with their own quote from the song.

The 1st quote I'm going to use in this song is.. 'Everybody gon' respect the shooter
                                                                           But the one in front of the gun lives forever'
My plan for this picture is to have my model Holly staring straight down the camera holding out a prop gun witch is also aimed straight down the lens. This shot will be taken from a low angle to make my image more visually appealing. I am also going to take this shot over someones shoulder so it makes it clear that the gun is being aimed at a person. Not being able to see the victims face will make my picture more mysterious as we do not know who they are, and also why are they on the floor? I'm planning to have some sort of light weather it be sunlight or set lighting shining from behind my model Holly. This is not to make her appear like an angel, but so that we are seeing the picture though the victims eyes. They can't see anything but Holly, and this bright light witch could potentially be light coming from heaven as this is the end of their time.
To create this picture I am going to work in the studio, this way I can play with different lighting and also get that bright light coming over my models shoulder that I wanted. I'm also doing it in the studio as there doesn't necessarily need to be a background in this picture as I want the focus to be on the story that the picture is telling, too much going on the background could distract this.
In this picture I'm going to have my model with straight hair, wearing dark eye make-up and lipstick. She is also going to be dressed all in black. I have chosen to this, as the character that my model is portraying is not a nice person, she is a dark person, and the colours that she is wearing reflect that.
Props that I am going to need for this photo are a realistic looking prop gun. I'm going to be borrowing a BB off my friend for this.

The second quote I'm going to use from this song is..

                      'Money trees is the perfect place for shade and thats just how I feel, now, now'

My plan for this picture is
Holly sat in-front of tree but cropped so you cant see the whole tree, just the trunk.
Will have money falling down from out of shot, so that in shot it looks like the leaves off of the tree are falling down on holly. because its a money tree, its notes of money instead of leaves.
I'm going to take this on location there is a nice spot on the outskirts of Barton that I know of, it's a nice quite area with a huge isolated tree. I think this will be the perfect place to use for this shot.
I'm going to use the natural lighting for this picture, I like the lighting at sun down. good colours in the sky in the background.
Models hair will again be straight in this picture, also with dark hair and make-up. theme trough out the series for dark portrayal, also adds to character as is more recognisable. Will wear a black dress as sitting under a tree for shading.
Props that I am going to be using for this picture are fake money, I'm going to print off loads of different UK money notes to the correct size and then cut them out and use them. This way if any blow off in the wind or anything like that it doesn't matter. I haven't lost any money.

The second quote I'm going to use from this song is..

                   'Drop that work up in the bushes, hope them boys don't see my stash'

For this picture I am going to have Holly on location, walking down a path with bushes either to the left or right of her. When you look twice at this picture you will then notice that she isn't just walking down the path but that she is dropping something into the bushes. I will then also have two boys walking down the path towards holly but far in the background so that there is no detail of them, just silhouettes. These will then represent 'them boys'.
This shot will be a full length shot of Holly from behind at a landscape angle so that all the landscape around can be seen in shot. This will then mean that the viewer can see everything, meaning that they are looking at this picture as if they are walking down the path behind Holly
I have not fully decided on what location I am going to use yet, I have a couple of potential options. Option one would be near the wash-lands by college. There is a long path down there surrounded by trees and bushes, this would be a good spot. But there are also good locations where I live in Belper to take this picture so I will just have to see.
Although this picture is on location, no location lighting will be used. This is because I want the picture to have a documentary style feel to it, so it may be slightly dark or grainy.
Once again, my model will be dressed all in black, but this time instead of having straight hair I'm going to have my model with her afro out, this will make her more recognisable from behind and also will add more to the picture.

For the song 'Poetic Justice' I'm going to be creating one picture captioned with it's own quote from the song.
The quote that I'm going to use from this song is...

'If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room would you trust it?'

I am planning to take this picture in the studio, creating the dark room that was mentioned in the quote. I will then have someone else's hands appearing out of the dark, looking like they are waiting to receive the host at church. These hands will then have a flower painted on them, and this is the flower blooming. There wont really need to by any make-up or costume in this photo as the main focus will be on the flowered hand and not Holly.  

For the song 'Good Kid' I am not going to be creating any pictures. If I choose multiple quotes from each song, and then try to create individual pictures for each quote then I wont be able to get all of them done in such a short time space.

For the song 'm.A.A.d city' I am going to be creating one picture with it's own quote from the song.
 The quote that I am using for this picture is going to be..

'Cocaine laced in marijuana' - 'Cocaine, weed nigga's been mixing this shit since the 80's'

My plan for this picture is to set up a table with drug related items, and then I am also going to make fake lines of cocaine using Salt, flower, or Sugar. For fake Marijuana I took some herbs out of my kitchen the one that I thought looked the most like it was Oregano.

For the song 'Swimming Pools' I am going to be creating two pictures each with there own quote from the song to caption it.
The 1st quote that I'm going to use from this song is...

'I was in the dark room

Loud tunes, looking to make a vow soon

That I'm a get fucked up fillin' up my cup

I see the crowd move'

To create a picture for this quote I am going to have a row of 3/4 glasses some full and some empty getting poured, I am going to try and capture the liquid falling into the glass. This picture will be taken on location, probably in my kitchen. I am not going to use any location lighting, I will just work with the lighting available to me.

The 2nd quote I'm going to use from this song is... 

'Nigga why you babysittin' only 2 or 3 shots?

I'm a show you how to turn it up a notch'

This picture will be quite similar to the previous picture, but more to match the caption. Now instead of only having 3/4 shot glasses there will be 9/10 and there will be bottles of alcohol in the background. This will then make the previous picture seem really small. This picture will again be taken on location the same as the previous picture.

For the song 'Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst' I'm going to be creating two pictures, each quoted with separate quotes from the song.

The 1st quote I'm going to use from this song is..
                                                                                 'And outside became pitch black A demon glued                                                           to my back whispering "Get em" I got em, and I ain't give a fuck'
For this picture I am going to be on location. I want to take this picture from a low angle with Holly standing under a street lamp looking down the lens. This will then establish that she is out in the street, darkness hiding in the light. I'm not going to use any location lighting for this picture, I will only use my cameras flash. Again my model will be dressed all in black with dark make-up. This make-up will be extra dark, as Holly will be made to look slightly like a demon. I'm going to edit her eyes in this picture to add to this effect, but will not be doing this digitally, I will be using hand manipulation.

The second quote I'm going to use from this song is..

'Judging her past and shit 

Well it's completely my future'

This picture again is going to be taken on location. In my bathroom, but this will appear to be my models bathroom in her own house. In this picture she will appear to really upset and slightly bruised, either in the bath or crying over the sink. This picture is supposed to portray Holly in her characters past. From the bruises and the crying you get the impression that she is in an abusive relationship. My models make up in this image will be quite messy to create the illusion that she has been crying. This picture will be taken on location but I'm not going to use any location lighting as there is not enough space for lighting equipment in the room that I am going to be taking these photographs in.

For the song 'Real' I am going to be creating two pictures each captioned with their own quote from the song. The 1st quote that I'm going to use from this song is...

'I do what I wanna do

I say what I wanna say

when I feel, and I...'

The photo I'm going to take to go with this quote will be a close up of my model Holly in the mirror applying her lipstick as if she is just about to leave the house. Her facial emotions in this picture will be confident and mischievous as if she where getting ready to go and meet a boy. This picture will be taken on location, with no location lighting. Only the lighting that is already in the room, and any lighting on my camera will be used, as the space I am planning to work in is too small to fit location lighting. My models will have her natural hair in this picture as this is signature to the character and makes her easily recognisable. She will have a full face of make-up but will not be overly done up, just a casual daily look. 

The second quote I'm going to use from this song is... 

'I promise that I know you very well

Your eyes never lie even if they tell'

This picture is going to be made up of two pictures placed one on top of the other to crete a single picture. The first picture will be a close up of just my model Holly's eye staring straight down the camera, this will then give the viewer the feeling that we are looking trough their eyes and into hers. The second picture will be very similar to the previous picture but in this picture my model will be looking away at the floor, and her eyes will be quite sad, and will be watering slightly hopefully.

These two pictures together show emotion, as they will show us that eye contact is being broken and that she is starting to cry. This will make you question what has happened, has she received bad news off someone, has been hurt? This will make the viewer think...

I am planning to take these pictures on location, but if I get the chance I will take them in the studio as there will be better lighting for capturing more detail on the eyes.  

I think that I am also going to ask my model to wear 'natural look' fake lashes for this, as they will make her eyes look wider.