Space Age Pop Photography Brief: Shot List, Lighting and Locations

Q: How do I photograph the Space Age Pop aesthetic?

The future as a clean room with one orange chair in it. Spare, not themed. One moulded object, one colour, a lot of white. If the frame has three period props in it, it has become a costume party. The person in the pod should look calm, as if this is just where they live.

Q: What shots should I get for a Space Age Pop photo shoot?

For a Space Age Pop shoot, capture: Wide shot of a white room with a single fibreglass pod chair, one person inside it in a white shift and flat boots, a round window behind; Close crop of glossy moulded plastic meeting brushed aluminium, a fingerprint-free surface, one reflection of an orange wall; Medium shot of a model in a visor and A-line dress standing in a continuous moulded interior, floor curving up into seat; Flat-lay of a transistor radio, sunglasses, a helmet and a record sleeve on white acrylic, all in white, orange and silver; Wide exterior of an elliptical fibreglass house on legs in a snowy field, one light on inside.

Q: Where should I shoot Space Age Pop photography?

Good locations for Space Age Pop photography include: A white studio with a curved cove, A 1960s pod house or a modern reproduction, A cinema lobby or airport lounge with round windows, A snowy field or an empty beach for the exterior.

SET

The setup

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Brief Int(space-age-po.BRF)
✎Space Age Pop
01 LightEven, shadowless studio light or flat overcast daylight, so the moulded surfaces read as one continuous form. Highlights should be broad and soft; no hard specular hits and no coloured gels.
02 WardrobeWhite, orange or silver, worn as a uniform: A-line shifts, flat boots, visors, zip fronts, PVC. No jewellery except a single geometric piece.
03 LocationA white studio with a curved cove
04 Palette
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Director's note

Spare, not themed. One moulded object, one colour, a lot of white. If the frame has three period props in it, it has become a costume party. The person in the pod should look calm, as if this is just where they live.

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Viewfinder

Live

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Standby50mmf/5.6 · 1/125 · ISO 400

Aperturef/5.6Shutter1/125ISO400White balance5200K

Use your own photo

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LGT

Light the set

3 lamps

Drag a lamp and watch the frame above change. The brief's own note is the preset

KeyThe light that makes the pictureMediumEye level

FillHow far into shadow you can seeHard, closeEye level

BackRound at the front, where it is just another fillOffEye level

On the brief

Contact sheet

00 / 12

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SEQ

Shot list

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Wide shot of a white room with a single fibreglass pod chair, one person inside it in a white shift and flat boots, a round window behindwide24mmthru glass

Close crop of glossy moulded plastic meeting brushed aluminium, a fingerprint-free surface, one reflection of an orange wallsetup50mmthru glass

Medium shot of a model in a visor and A-line dress standing in a continuous moulded interior, floor curving up into seatenvironment35mm

Flat-lay of a transistor radio, sunglasses, a helmet and a record sleeve on white acrylic, all in white, orange and silveroverhead50mmthru glass

Wide exterior of an elliptical fibreglass house on legs in a snowy field, one light on insidewide24mmthru glass

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LOC

Locations

A white studio with a curved coveA 1960s pod house or a modern reproductionA cinema lobby or airport lounge with round windowsA snowy field or an empty beach for the exterior

REF

Explore the aesthetic

Part of the Playfulness & Joy mood, alongside Kidcore and Memphis. Began in the 1950s, on the style timeline.

Style guide Color palette

DOC

About this brief

How do I photograph the Space Age Pop aesthetic?

The future as a clean room with one orange chair in it.

Director's note

What shots should I get for a Space Age Pop photo shoot?

Leave with every frame on this list.

Shot list

Wide shot of a white room with a single fibreglass pod chair, one person inside it in a white shift and flat boots, a round window behind
Close crop of glossy moulded plastic meeting brushed aluminium, a fingerprint-free surface, one reflection of an orange wall
Medium shot of a model in a visor and A-line dress standing in a continuous moulded interior, floor curving up into seat
Flat-lay of a transistor radio, sunglasses, a helmet and a record sleeve on white acrylic, all in white, orange and silver
Wide exterior of an elliptical fibreglass house on legs in a snowy field, one light on inside

What lighting works for Space Age Pop photography?

Even, shadowless studio light or flat overcast daylight, so the moulded surfaces read as one continuous form. Highlights should be broad and soft; no hard specular hits and no coloured gels.

Light

Where should I shoot Space Age Pop photography?

Scout these before anything else.

Locations

A white studio with a curved cove
A 1960s pod house or a modern reproduction
A cinema lobby or airport lounge with round windows
A snowy field or an empty beach for the exterior

What wardrobe works for Space Age Pop photography?

White, orange or silver, worn as a uniform: A-line shifts, flat boots, visors, zip fronts, PVC. No jewellery except a single geometric piece.

Wardrobe

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