How I got the pictures for my ancillary texts

The first thing I thought when thinking about taking pictures for my ancillary texts was that I would do a photoshoot in the green room at college and have my cast member pose for a photoshoot. However I then came up with the idea to use still shots from my actual footage used in my music video as my music video and ancillary texts are supposed to link in order to make the products look like they come from the same artist and are to promote the same thing.

The first thing I did was go through the footage on my music video and picked out any shots that I thought looked particularly good and would allow me to get a good still shot from.

Some specific shots that caught my interest where:

After watching them a few times, I started pausing them on frames I thought looked good. I kept them black and white as my whole music video is, therefore it means my products will link.

These are the still shots I thought looked good:

 Picture 1

 Picture 2

Picture 3 

Picture 4 

Picture 5 

Picture 6 

Picture 7 

Picture 8 

Picture 9 

I then started editing them on Photoshop to see what would look best with my final plan of what I want my album cover and poster to look like.

(post drawn up draft)

This is the edit of picture 1. I felt that it didn't look very good due to the fact that her head wasn't in the full frame therefore I will not be using this in any of my ancillary texts.



Picture 2 also has the same problem as picture 1 and I will also not be using it.

I like picture 3 and feel it would look good on the album cover, however the lighting is a bit off and it isn't like many album covers by artists therefore it makes me think whether or not it would appeal to an audience.

I like picture 5 and think it would make a good album cover. I edited out the microphone as I think it looks better and more professional. I also think that this shot would look great with my drawn up plan.


Picture 6 is a lot like picture 5, the only thing that is different is her facial expression and I feel that picture 4 looks the best out of the two


I like picture 7 because it looks more abstract and I think it would look good on the advert. 


I also like picture 8 because it's an action shot however you can hardly see her face and I like picture 7 a lot more.


I like picture 9 also as it is a lot like picture 7.