Examples of photoshoots

I have been looking into what it takes to get the perfect album cover image. I have been looking at videos but on YouTube by established artists to gain some inspiration. I have also looked at magazine photoshoot to also gain more of an idea of what needs to be considered for the photoshoot.

These first five videos are taken from One Directions 'Take Me Home' cover shoot were the boys uploaded a new video in the lead up to the album, doing this attracted the audience more and drew attention to the fact that the album was soon to be released. These videos acted as a teaser and kept audiences interested in the release of the album.



This is Niall's video which was uploaded 6 days before the album release. Each video represents one day closer to the albums release and therefore the fans have a count down to the day. In this video we see how many locations and different ideas for set ups are thought about. We also see one problem that can occur due to shooting outside; the weather. In this video we also see how the boys are changed into various costumes to fit with the various range of ideas that come from the shoot.




This was the second video uploaded but this time Louis takes the leading role introducing the photshoot. In this video we see how Louis explains the location they have chosen as well as talking about their various costume changes. We also see one of the locations of a bus were he explains that they are trying to capture 'fun' in the images.



This video comes courtesy of Zayn as he explains the early start to the photoshoot. He also talks about the progression of this album and how the boys are looking forward to the release of the album. In this video Zayn is showing the fun side to making the album cover keeping the fans entertained and showing the bands sense of humour which they are all known for.



In this video we see Liam explaining the querciness of the shoot and how the boys are trying to reflect their 'Britishness' throughout the shots. In the video he also hightlight the potential health hazrds, such as climbing on the phone box and of course this needs to be considered when I do my photoshoot.




This video was the last video to be released the day before the album release. This video comes cuortesy of Harry.Again this video just explains the concept of the shoot and again shows the hard work involved in making the shoot successful. In this video we also see how they take the album title 'Take Me Home' as a reflections of their international success and the British theme again reflects the album title.







This next video comes from Kelly Rowland's album cover. In this videos we see the people who are involved in the process from hair and makeup to costume and directors. The video shows the different outfits which are used for the shoot but this album cover is shot in one location, against a white backdrop.