Mise-en-Scene and lighting ideas

for my front cover I want to use a plain backdrop as this creates focus on the artist rather than than the Mise-en-Scene itself.

A reason for using a plain backdrop is so that the audience knows that the main focus of the magazine is on this artist and the artist alone. It also creates the audiences main focus to be this artist too. 

 To create a theme of my front cover and magazine in general my artist will have a prop such as either a microphone or guitar to show that the feature person on the front cover is a musician and it also makes the audience focus on the actual artist and the guitar or microphone rather than the backdrop.

I am going to use a simple lighting to reflect the mood of the magazine. I am going to light only the face as this is the main focus of my magazine as my artist will be a recognizable artist therefor the face is all that is needed  to be lit to show that my magazine will be based on him and him alone. Although the shot that will be taken will be either a medium close up or a close up shot.