The Final Spread

Final Images

Final Layout

Page 1 - Title page - image of field and tent with ladybird title and name

Page 2 - Tent shot - Alex and Katy

Page 3 - Playing around - ladder and piggy back photo

Page 4 - Text page in the style of lady bird books with still life of basket and flower

Page 5 & 6 - Double page spread of picnic scene

Page 7 - Text page about clothing with car boot image

Page 8 - Camp fire scene

The Tent Shot - James or Alex?

James on Jess' Film

Alex on Jess' film

James on Jade's Film

Alex on Jade's film

During the editing process we needed to decide whether to use the shots with James or Alex for the tent shot. They both work well in different ways as well as on both films so we had a tough time going through all the images to decide which ones to use.

In the end we decided Alex suited the photo more and also had more resemblance to the illustrations in the lady bird book.

Possibles for the playing around page

The Shoot

We changed our location from Moor Park to a field on the far side of Avenham after seeing how long and open the fields were there. There are trees surrounding the fields providing alot of privacy and long grass up to your thighs that looked beautiful in the images. Jade and Jess both used different cameras with the same film but the outcome of the sets of images was very different even though it should have technically been identically.

This is an example from Jess's camera:

This is an example from Jade's camera:

As you can see the colours are entirely different. We took this into account when deciding our final images as obviously we wanted the same colours to run through all the pages. If we use any from the duller colour film we can adjust the colourings on post production to match the other set.

We needed to choose: The tent image, the camp fire, the picnic and one of them playing around with the rope ladder/tyre swing etc.

Indian Headress

To go with the tent scene we wanted to recreate the main inspiration photo from the Ladybird books:

Jade made our Indian headdress by dying feathers etc, its turned out really well and I'm really pleased with the way its turned out:

We also wanted to recreate the triangular tent so I went in search of one from my parents garage when I went home to Devon for Easter weekend. The triangular tent I found was too modern so I borrowed an old boat cover and a load of wooden poles to try and create our own.

Confirmed Models

Jess and Jade spent weeks messaging modelling agencies and deciding who should be used in our shoot. We all wanted a blonde boy and girl and a brunette boy and girl ideally but had trouble booking them as we were unsure of when the weather would be nice enough to shoot. We ended up with two brunette girls and a blonde guy and a brunette guy.

These are the four we decided on:

Alex Bradley - Maverick Models

James - Model Mayhem

Katy Ramsey - Model Mayhem

Phoebe Mills - Model Mayhem

Possible Scenes and Sets

Scenes and Sets to shoot:

1    Picnic with sandwiches and watermelon etc

2)    Tent with the wellies and toilet rolls stacked up. Duvet etc inside and some of the models playing around.

3)    Tire swing/ rope ladder – I found a fantastic old rope and wood ladder in my garage at home in Devon and brought it back up as an option if we can’t make a tire swing. Its also similar to a shoot I saw in Lula a few weeks ago that I thought we could take ideas from for our shoot.

4)     Bon fire

5)    General running around and dancing with still lifes etc in between sets etc

Styling Ideas

Experimental Styling ideas

Scarf as a cape – on one of the boys with just a pair of chino shorts etc.

(only the boy on the far left is relevant)

Dress tucked into knickers etc – innocent and child like after playing around etc.

Wrapped in blankets – sat around in the grass and dancing around etc.

Scarfs and printed tops tucked into back pockets – contrasting the patterns and prints from the clothing the models will be wearing.

Paper crowns

Dresses and wellington boots

Hair and Makeup

Hair and Makeup

Because of the number of models we’re using and the number of outfits we are dealing with we decided we needed a makeup artist to take care of the hair and makeup for us. We knew what kind of look we wanted and Tara and I thought we might be able to handle it ourselves but we realised the day is going to be hectic enough as it is. It also means we will have a makeup artist to come on the shoot and do last minute touches whilst we’re setting the sets up etc.

Here are some of the ideas of hair and makeup that we’re going for:

We either want long natural hair with little fuss or styled in hairstyles that you’d see on children, plaited hair and pig tails etc. I also really liked the idea of two really high buns tied on top of their heads. I got the idea from a film called Jersey Girl where the little girl called Gertrude has hair liked I’ve described. I tried to find photos but these ones are the closest I could find. They give the right idea and i’ll pitch it to the gang to see what they think.

(P.S I mean to reference only the idea of the hairstyle, not the styling!)

A Few Outfit Options

Female Outfit 1

Female Outfit 2

Female Outfit 3 - just white tights and a top - half dressed as if dressed by a child

Male Outfit 1

Male Outfit 2

We also bought a load of differnt brightly coloured printed scarfs from the market which we will tie in the boys hair etc:

Styled by Clare Buckley