DPS Image Planning

I have pretty much a solid idea on what I want my images to be like, unlike my cover and contents. After exploring layouts and writing my article, I've focused on promoting my preferred reading of the 2 separate areas of serious music stuff with a more social side, so I've already planned how to encode this into my 2 images. If I have one sitting looking fairly laid back or quite timid it represents the artist as themselves or just a normal person, depending on how my reader interprets it, and the other image can be carrying through my house style of musical props to try and encode my magazine is credible isn't just a flighty pop magazine. I've also had an idea for my back up image if my layout backfires. The stances are;

Sitting on the floor - This is similar to something I planned for my cover and I thoroughly stick with my decision not to use something like this on the cover as I think it's a much more intimate style and so definitely more suitable for the relevant interview, not for the cover. I think this would look casual and laid back, and hold empathy with my reader as it may be how they sit when they're chilling out or maybe even feeling vulnerable, so the level of connotation can vary greatly depending on the individual reader. I think it will contrast well to my more musical shot, as it's just so simplistic and won't draw too much attention away from the article, but will frame it accordingly. It taps into the artist revealing themselves in the interview, even though my interview isn't too personal, so it should encourage my reader to read on.

Headphones full length - This would be carrying on the house style perfectly, as it would be the headphones from the contents and matching the amp on the cover. I was maybe planning to have a crazy facial expression, like a yell, as it would be like a progression from the calm, simple look on the cover, to the enthusiastic smile in the contents, to the scream in the DPS. It again suggests to my reader that the artist is becoming more open, and it's an idea used on the Spin example of a cover, contents and DPS with Duffy, as she's blank faced on the cover, smiling widely in the contents, and going wild in the DPS. Using a full length shot would be a contrast to the intimate curled up image on the other side, as where that shows a personal side a full length shot with a musical prop would represent the star and her career, again showing the 2 sides and balance.

Birdseye view - This is my backup shot, and as I felt I needed an unusual element to my 1 image to keep the house style, I've decided on an interesting camera angle. Hopefully, this would present the 2 sides of my artist as it's personal as it's a full lying down shot, like signifying she's open to anything, although it's a pretty unmotivated pose, but then because of the camera angle it's also very obvious it's an artificial pose, showing that she's a professional artist at a photoshoot. I'm thinking I won't have to use this anyway, but it's good to be prepared.

These are all my definite options for each part so I'll take a range of shots for each, and pick out the best.