America's Next Top Pho-to Shoots

Welcome to my new blog, 'Villain of the Year'. This shit's just gonna be a catch-all place for me to put stuff, but for now, I'm gonna start out with something I call...

America's Next Top Pho-to Shoots

Somehow, I caught the ANTM bug, and now I can't help but have an opinion on this shit. Since I've seen so many different places doing recaps, and I'm not one to jump on a bandwagon, I'm just gonna stick to the photoshoots, and how ridiculous they are. Here are the rules:

1. I'll critique two shoots per post, two posts per week on Monday and Friday. Most likely, they won't be in airing order AT ALL, so it'll be a surprise what shoots you get. [EDIT: If I feel inclined, I might throw up a post on Wednesdays.]
   
2. Each shoot will be graded on three points:
• Concept: How interesting, innovative, or realistic the premise of a shoot happens to be. Suffice it to say, a dull, outlandish, or outright dumb shoot isn't gonna score high.
• Composition: The technical details of the photos as a whole, such as lighting, element positions, model poses, and so on. One shitty photo isn't going to lower the shoot's score, but if all of the photos have the same problem...
• Execution: How well the photo shoot achieved what it sought to accomplish as a whole. Granted, it might be difficult to know since I'm not the photographer or the artistic director, but I'll give it a shot.
3. All three grades will be averaged together, and an overall grade will be given; I reserve the right to modify with plusses and minuses (duh), or offer extra credit for "interesting extras" (hot male models).
4. All photoshoots and commercials are fair game, except for the final CoverGirl shoots; there's only so much difference between those, and I don't have the skill to make those differences interesting.

So, now that we've got those boring rules out of the way, let's get to the main event in the next post.