1) The actress will start with neat hair and professional makeup to look ordinary and normal, reflecting the indie genre look. 2) Throughout the video, her makeup will be increasingly smudged and hair destroyed to show her character's destructive thoughts and self-destruction as well as subvert expectations of how young girls should look. 3) By the end, her makeup will be a complete mess and hair wildly frizzy and backcombed, reflecting her passionately depressed emotions and feelings of ruin and regret.

1. COSTUME/MAKE-
UP/HAIR RESEARCH
SEGEMENT A - ACTRESS 1 STROBE LIGHT AND
DESTRESSED BEHAVIOUR

2. THE BRIEF
 For this narrative section of my music video, my actress Millie will be playing the
character of a young destressed teenage girl. I want Millie’s style to reflect the
typical indie genre look, including baggy oversized jumpers, flannel shirts, ripped
jeans and generally casual clothing. I have chosen to present Millie like this in
order to make her appearance familiar to the audience, making her relatable in
order for the audience to feel a connection with the character. At the beginning of
the video Millie’s hair and make-up will be styled perfectly by having both appear
neat and professional. During the video Millie will appear increasingly more
destressed causing her to smudge her make-up all over her face and destroy her
styled hair. By doing this I aim to show Millie’s destructive thoughts (due to her
‘regret’) taking over and worsening, causing her to almost self-destruct. By
messing up her hair and make-up Millie will also be subverting the stereotypes of
how a young girl should be presented due to societies expectation provoked by
how women are presented in the media, especially in magazines.

3. INSPIRATION

4. RESEARCH – MAKE-UP
BOOTS
BOOTS Urban Decay
BOOTS
MAC
DEBENHAMS

5. MAKE-UP
 At the beginning of the video Millie will wear trendy but highly skilled make-up
giving her a perfect complexion. The make-up look worn by current young women
today involves black winged eyeliner, dark ‘smoky eye’ (style of eyeshadow), bright
lipstick (usually red), thick eyebrows and a contoured face (use of foundation,
bronzer and highlighter. By displaying this make-up look on my actress she will
appear very ‘ordinary’ and ‘normal’ adding to the style and personality of the
character. By having a heavy, dark make-up look it will make it easier to later destroy
and smudge, making Millie’s face overall look as if she has been abused or is severely
upset/angry. I feel the red lipstick will look very effective and dramatic when smeared
across Millie’s face in addition to the black mascara and eyeliner, giving the
impression Millie has been crying. The end result of the make-up at the end of the
video will overall be a complete mess, reflecting Millie’s passionately depressed
emotions and feelings of ruin and regret.

6. INSPIRATION

7. RESEARCH - HAIR
Amazon Superdrug
YouTube Tutorials – ‘how
to curl your hair’

8. HAIR
 Another way to express my characters inner emotions on the outside, making it
obvious to the audience is through her hairstyle. Having Millie’s hair tightly and
neatly curled at the beginning of the video, using a heated curling wand, gives
the impression the character cares about her appearance and is calm. In order
to show her inner thoughts I will destroy her hairstyle by using a brush to
backcomb the hair giving her a dramatic amount of volume and frizz. Her hair
will no longer be orderly, but of control making her seem almost crazy and full
of stress. I will use hairspray in order to maintain the look created throughout
the filming session. During preparation before filming begins I have been
watching online tutorials on YouTube to gain inspiration and knowledge on
how to create the ideal hairstyle.

9. INSPIRATION

10. RESEARCH - COSTUME
URBAN OUTFITTERS
TOPSHOP
CATS GOT THE CREAM
H&M

11. COSTUME
 The costume is not a vital part of the mise en scene of my actress, as the lighting
will be very dark making the outfit hard to identify. However it is still important
that the character looks apart of the indie genre in combination with her hair and
make-up styles. After researching the typical ‘indie style’ and trends, I have
gathered the most common items of clothing which are; flannel shirts, oversized
jumpers, chunky boots, denim jackets, ripped jeans and band t-shirts. I aim to
apply some of these items onto my model to reflect the genre and make her look
fashionably trendy. The clothing items will be darkly coloured, i.e. grey, black or
dark shades of colours to connote a sense of despair and anger which would be
subverted if she wore a bright yellow top for example. She will wear the same
outfit throughout this segment of the music video which will not be affected
unlike the hair and make-up.