PLANNING: production for Elton John photoshoot and risk assessment 

Model: Lewis Thorn

I decided to pick Lewis as my model as he is a white brunette male just like Elton John. However, I needed to make sure my model was confident and wasn't afraid to represent a flamboyant and outrageous homosexual in order to create a strong intertextual reference. This would challenge stereotypes and reaching out to a different social group as even though my model is a typical white male, the bold and extravagant clothing and accessories would reflect that the model is representing a homosexual male which is usually under-represented in the media.

Mise-en-scène - Location: Natural History Museum 

Originally, I picked 3 locations: 
- King's Cross Light Tunnel 
- Heal's London Furniture Store 
- Natural History Museum
I thought the King's Cross Light Tunnel would be a great location as the fun bright rainbow lights would enhance the fact that Elton John is gay and create PRIDE awareness. However, I decided to dismiss the location as the lighting would be harder to control, create many shadows, difficult to capture the model's expressions and body language which would decrease the audience connection and intertextual reference. 

I also thought that Heal's London Furniture Store would be a good location due to the simplicity of the staircase would contrast perfectly with the recreated flamboyant Elton John look and could create some unusual shot types to reflect Elton John's stage persona. However, I decided to dismiss Heal's Furniture Store as I thought the strings attached to the lights could get in the way of the model's head which could be distracting for audiences and the spiral staircase could be difficult to find good simple shot types. 

I decided that the Natural History Museum would be the best location as since the museum would have different simplistic walls which could also contrast perfectly with Elton's bold 'stage gear' which would make the intertextual reference to Elton John stronger and since the museum has a lot of windows, the natural light from inside would be easier to control. I also thought that the architecture from outside was beautiful so, I could take some shots outside of the museum using the natural lighting again.