2. Ideas for the male band members’
costumes
Audience research – the male group commented briefly stating they would reflect
‘modern day indie’ and wear ‘chinos’
Talking to our band members, they said they don’t have access to chinos, so jeans
might be more suited to the casual look. However, they had simplistic t-
shirts, implying they don’t put much effort into their look (indie convention)
Also in my similar artist research, the band members wore casual clothing –
sometimes crossed with smart clothing (often Irwin did so)
4. Female in the videos narrative
Lyrics imply she is promiscuous- “Falling out of
her top” and “Runs her hands through her hair”
Similar artist research showed the female to be
dressed simplistically-nothing with brands or
anything that makes a statement
Speaking to Iman, who will play this role, she is happy to wear a
dress, however, she opted for a jacket as well because of the cold
weather
6. Lighting ideas
Dim lighting – implications of low budget (indie
convention)
Different colored lighting for art deco feel? –
However we don’t have access to this in our
school but we could cover other sources of light
with colored transparent templates or use
projected light filters
7. Inspirations
Low budget implication – one
source of lighting that is visible.
Worried about Ray
Natural lighting
Breakeven
8. Props
For the narrative:
No branding on the props – not conventional
Coffee – to make the surrounding look realistic
Suitcase/bag – for when she leaves the lead singer in the
narrative
Instruments
In our audience research the female
When listening to the song, we recipients said she visualized a ‘man playing a
identified the following guitar’ and why I asked why, she said because
instruments: it sounded like that is what he was playing
Guitar, keyboard, drums and a
lead vocalist (microphone and
10. Aspect ratio
The height may have to be longer than the width if we are to do a split
screen.
Looking at the aspect ratio of our camera, it will allow us to do a split screen
with everything within the frame we shot in to still be visible.
We have decided to shoot the footage and edit it to fit within the split
screen width/height ratio.
Looking at its expressionist meaning, we could draw upon out intertextuality
reference for guidance. In 500 days of summer they had the aspect ratio the
same for either sides- this connotes equal opportunity of both sides being
possible, however the reality was true. It also creates enigma (Barthes’
narrative theory) encouraging multiple views.
11. Filmstock
This doesn’t directly apply to our chosen use of media as we are
using digital technology
However, using my research into art deco style, we could make
out video colorful
The quality of the videos I have seen were good. This is unusual
because if indie music is trying to convey anti-mainstream
values they may have grainy prints.
However, this may just be so that the audience can actually see
the video.
12. Makeup and hair styles
For the female we have decided to use red lipstick as she is implied to be
promiscuous. Also the red represents love with is a theme running in the
song (identified through the lyrics).
Also curly hair implies she has put effort into her look and dressed to
impress. The cast member has curling tongs and red lipstick and is happy
with this look.
For the male band members we thought scruffy hair would look effortless
and possibly make up to emphasize their voyeuristic appeal.
After speaking to the band members, as we suspected, they were not happy
with the make up idea and would not settle for a compromise of a little. We
still feel that they would look fine without make up, so are happy not to use
it.
13. Ideas for makeup and hair styles
The Kooks-Naive Breakeven-The Script
14. Composition
Symmetrical layout – shown to be conventional
Lead vocalist is usually the closest to the camera for his
voyeuristic appeal
The Hoosiers- Worried about Ray
