FINAL IMAGE
Having planned what I wanted my main image to look like, I knew that I needed to take the pictures in a bedroom which looked fairly masculine and which showed the TV whilst a boy was playing a violent video game. My brother was my model and therefore taking the pictures was easily done in my own house. I wanted to make sure that you could tell the person playing the game was a boy however not show his whole face to create a sense of enigma. I also wanted the room to be dark so that the TV image really stood out and was the main focus. Initially I was going to have a light shining behind my models head so you could see the outline of him however when I started to take the pictures I realised I did not need this.
This first picture was the first image I took which was without the light behind and without the camera flash on. This was similar to the type of image I was looking for as it is clearly focused on what is on the screen which is the main focus of the image. The problem with this image was that it was a little too dark as you cannot really see the outline of my model and you cannot tell that it is a boy which is an important feature in the image.
After this I then tried with the flash on the camera which I thought would work as it would highlight my model more however as you can see from the image below it was way too light and it took the focus off of the image on the screen and lit up the whole room which I didn't want. Also as the room is not stereotypically masculine like you would expect with items such as a football or cars or even the colour blue, it did not really fit my article. I wanted to then take a picture which would have the same look as the first one which has the TV as it's main focus but also be able to see the outline of my model.
This first picture was the first image I took which was without the light behind and without the camera flash on. This was similar to the type of image I was looking for as it is clearly focused on what is on the screen which is the main focus of the image. The problem with this image was that it was a little too dark as you cannot really see the outline of my model and you cannot tell that it is a boy which is an important feature in the image. After this I then tried with the flash on the camera which I thought would work as it would highlight my model more however as you can see from the image below it was way too light and it took the focus off of the image on the screen and lit up the whole room which I didn't want. Also as the room is not stereotypically masculine like you would expect with items such as a football or cars or even the colour blue, it did not really fit my article. I wanted to then take a picture which would have the same look as the first one which has the TV as it's main focus but also be able to see the outline of my model. 
For the third image I slightly changed my camera angle so I was more forward and I went to the right of my model so you could see the face slightly better. This image came out a lot better and rather than using an extra light, from the side you could see my brothers face slightly better as it was lit up from the television screen. This image was perfect as again the TV was very clear and you could see that the game was violent as you see the gun on the screen. This was the picture that I chose to put on my article and it was put in the top left hand corner of the double page spread with the title 'are children still as innocent as they are made out to be in horror films?'. This further anchored the meaning of the text and suggested that the video game was going to influence the person playing it.
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