Main: Model Choices

Main: Model Choices

For my photos I originally wanted a male artist with preferably long hair.  More specifically, a short back and side hair cut with a long top to get the 80's inspired hair style that I wanted.  I was also looking for a build that was healthy and sporty as most of the artist in Electro music production are of a similar build. The model had to be at the younger end of my target age group (15-25 years old) because this also represents most of the artists in EDM genre. Being 17 myself, I looked for someone within my own year that fitted my needs. Unfortunately, there was one characteristic I couldn't find which was the hair cut. Although there were people with the correct hair cut their build was far too different from the one I wanted. I decided to change my model specification and sacrifice the hair cut.  I decided my model choice could also represent EDM artists who have a fairly short top. 

The first  model that I ended up using was a lad in my year named Alex Rowe, I felt that he was the best suited model for the characteristics that I was after.  He is 17, has a sporty build with good physique. This build represents the youthful majority who are involved in many activities and he had the closest haircut as to what I originally wanted. Also the way that he dresses is very similar to the clothing that you see EDM artist wearing. 

After taking my photos of Alex I began to put my pages together. However, a couple of days later, while I was listening to the radio on the way home, a recent EDM artists by the name of 'NERVO', who are a female duet, came on. Then the idea of using a female model hit me.  By using a female model I could get the slim build I was wanting and would be able to get a very similar hair style to the one I originally wanted if I found someone with long hair. 

After thinking it over for a bit I decided that the best decision was to switch my model to a female. Female artists may be uncommon in EDM but in recent years a lot of good DJ's and artists that are female have been making a name for themselves. Contradicting the stereotypical representation of females in EDM as sexually appealing objects. To push the reality out there I thought that the use of a female model would benefit me and be a new move towards promoting EDM across genders. Using an photo of a female model as the main image on my Cover page would be my own contribution to promoting female EDM artists.

The female model I ended up settling for in the end was my younger sister Taryn Dawson. I picked her as my model because she met all the requirements from my original model specification. She is 16 so is still at the younger end of my target audiences age group and hes a sporty buils also. Although she did not have a short back and sides hair cut, by brushing all her hair to one side a very similar style could be replicated. Her fashion sense is also very similar to most of the new female EDM artists. The switch to the female model also allowed me to create a EDM/80's styled make over using bright colours of blusher and eye shadow, which was restricted by with the use of a male model.