For my front cover image I am thinking about breaking a convention for my genre. Generally, front cover images for classical magazines are taken in a studio with plain, monotone backgrounds. However, for my image I want to have my subject stood in front of an exciting background, taken on location. The location I have in mind is my local forest, in front of the lake there. I am thinking about using a medium long shot, however this can be experimented with on location. This shot would be great as the lake would give me lots of whitespace over which to put my headline and sub-headline while still making an intriguing image, and I believe that, given the time of year (autumn), I can create synergy between the colour of the violin and the colour of the leaves both on the ground and still on the trees.
I have a couple ideas regarding my subjects makeup. I believe that following convention and keeping the makeup minimalist and natural would create a fantastic image, however I am also entertaining the possibility of creating further synergy by matching my subjects eye makeup and lipstick colour to that of the violin and leaves around her. I believe this would also create a fantastic image, but it would break convention. I could take photographs with both styles of makeup on location, before coming to a final decision in the editing process.
Again, I have a couple of ideas regarding my subjects hair. I am caught in two minds as to whether the hair should be straight, or slightly curled. I may have to trial the styles with my subjects, as redoing hair on location would be very difficult.
I am thinking about my subjects costume being a black dress with black flat shoes. I have chosen this because it follows conventions, and is stereotypical of the classical music genre, and would therefore indicate to my audience clearly the genre of my magazine.
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