STUDIO / CONCEPTS CONCEPT 01 · OFF-DUTY · 04.26
CONCEPT · IDEA TARGET — KING KONG

OFF-DUTY

MODELS WITH THEIR GUARDS DOWN. BEDROOMS, KITCHENS, NO STYLING. THE FIVE MINUTES BETWEEN POSES.
— THE BRIEF

FIVE SUBJECTS.
ONE DAY EACH.
NO STYLIST.

DIRECT FLASH AT 24MM PROXIMITY. THE POINT ISN'T THE CLOTHES — IT'S THE CIGARETTE BREAK, THE UNMADE BED, THE HALF-EATEN BREAKFAST. THEY KNOW THE CAMERA IS THERE. THEY DON'T PERFORM.

EACH SUBJECT GETS A DAY. THEIR PLACE OR YOURS. NO HMUA, NO STYLIST, NO ART DEPARTMENT. ONE CAMERA, ONE LIGHT.

THE EDIT IS THE WORK. PULL TWO TO THREE FRAMES PER SUBJECT. FIFTEEN FRAMES TOTAL. THE PITCH IS A SET OF CONTACT SHEETS WITH ONE HERO PULLED.

EDITORIAL OUTTAKES, NOT EDITORIAL. THE FRAMES THE MAGAZINE WOULDN'T USE.
— THE MOOD

UNDONE. AWARE. CLOSE.

HEDI 2003-2007 FACE-FORWARD COMPRESSION. TELLER'S MARC JACOBS RUDENESS OF FRAME. TERRY'S DAYTIME FLASH. AS LITTLE BACKGROUND AS POSSIBLE — THE ROOM IS THE MOOD, NOT A SET.

HEDI · DIOR HOMME 04
TERRY · SUPREME 06
TELLER · MARC JACOBS
REF · BEDROOM
REF · KITCHEN
REF · MIRROR
— CAST · IN MIND

FIVE SUBJECTS.
FROM THE SCENE.

@STORMMCCORMICKKSTORM · CONFIRMED INTEREST
@GIPSYDEBDEBORAH MASINI · ALT MODEL · COLD
SUBJECT 03 · TBD
SUBJECT 04 · TBD
SUBJECT 05 · TBD
— LOCATIONS · IDEAS

THEIR PLACE.
OR YOURS.

DAY 01SUBJECT'S OWN FLAT · LDN
DAY 02CARDIFF / FAMILY KITCHEN
DAY 03SHOREDITCH STUDIO HIRE · FALLBACK
DAY 04HOTEL ROOM · HOTEL CAFÉ ROYAL · PITCH
DAY 05CAR / EXTERIOR · BUS STOP
— KIT

ONE BODY.
ONE LIGHT.

CAMERASONY A7IV · 24MM
LIGHTSPEEDLIGHT · TTL · DIRECT
FILM ALTCONTAX T2 · BACKUP B&W
NONO REFLECTORS · NO MODIFIERS · NO STYLIST
— WORKING NOTES

WHAT YOU'RE STILL FIGURING OUT.

WHETHER ALL FIVE SUBJECTS NEED TO BE FROM THE SAME WORLD (NIGHTLIFE / NINE8 / FASHION) OR WHETHER MIXING TIGHTENS THE EDIT.

WHETHER THE FINAL PITCH IS A KING KONG SUBMISSION OR A SELF-PUBLISHED ZINE FIRST. PROBABLY ZINE FIRST — KING KONG WANTS PROVEN BODIES.

WHETHER TO INCLUDE B&W AT ALL OR KEEP IT COLOUR. LEANING COLOUR FOR THE GRADE TO READ AS DAYTIME-FLASH-FORWARD.

FLASHBEDROOM24MMNO STYLISTFIVE-DAYKING KONGZINE-FIRST