I am going to create a rising star who has quickly broken into the indie music scene and has hit the ground running, they have just released their latest song which has topped the indie music chart, therefore they are the cover story of my magazine as they are a hot prospect. He is a male and he has a very Indie look, he adheres to indie conventions and due to this he is ideal for the indie front cover.
My star is becoming very popular and is being head hunted by many large record companies, he has a very careless attitude and does not care about the criticism people give him for being so young and reckless.
I want to create an image that is stereotypical Indie so people can get a good perception of Indie appearance and an Indie kind of lifestyle. People should instantly be able to tell he is of an Indie genre due to the characteristics I intend to give him.
His prop will be a guitar, whether it is electric or acoustic hasn't been decided yet, I want him have an almost lifeless facial expression, I want him to look like he doesn't care which matches his persona, I also want him to have a pose that makes him look like he doesn't care but also almost as if he is tough and arrogant. I want him to be holding with his guitar showing he is so popular for the reason he is such a good musician, and he wants everyone to know it.
The Indie look is based on messy hair, very dull and lifeless facial expressions, unusual clothing, nothing specific, just clothes that aren't really the common trend, everything here is what I want my star to adhere to. This also supports Richard Dyers theory of representation.
I intend for the location to be in a forest or a wooded area, I think a background including nature makes the front cover a lot more realistic and makes the image come to life, also I would like to break the convention of location of an Indie magazine as Indie front covers usually tend to be studio shots and I want to avoid this.
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