The document provides research and plans for styling an actor in a music video for an indie rock genre. It calls for a simple, natural look with minimal makeup to emphasize features, black skinny jeans, a black shirt, and possibly a flannel. Hair will be left natural and long with some stubble to appear carefree like typical indie rock artists.

1. Costume, Make-Up &
Hair Research
ACTOR 1 - TEENAGE MALE

2. SummaryI want the actors style in the music video to be reflective of the indie
rock genre. Therefore I will style the actor in simple clothing, such as
black skinny jeans, a black shirt and a flannel. However as I don't
plan to use any long shots in the music video it probably doesn’t
matter what the actor wears on his lower half as it might not be seen
by the audience. However just incase I will make sure that it is simple
and reflective of the genre. When it comes to makeup, I don't want
the actor to wear anything drastic; instead I want it to look natural.
Therefore I will only use a minimal amount of makeup, just to
emphasis the actors features and make parts of his face more
prominent. Throughout this powerpoint, I am going to collect
different images of makeup looks and outfits that are similar to how I
want this actor to be styled or give me inspiration for how to style
her. I shall then conduct some research into the different makeup
products and clothing items that are available for me to use when
styling the actor.

3. Makeup Inspiration:

4. Makeup Research:

5. Makeup:
Throughout the music video, Jonathan’s makeup will remain
the same. The makeup will be very natural and will only be
used to cover any blemishes and highlight his features. I will
make sure to use a mattifying translucent power on this actor,
to ensure that the lights don’t cause his skin to appear shiny in
the music video. By using minimal makeup for this actor, it will
make it appear as if it is ‘natural’ face in the music video which
is often what male music artists have in their music video. I will
use bronzer to contour the actor, this will make his check bones
and jawline a more prominent feature and make him appear
slightly older than he is.

6. Outfit Research:

7. Costume:
The lighting in my video is going to be coloured and the colour
filters are going to be shown on the actors skin. Therefore I
want the clothing that the actor is wearing is plain and simple. I
think that I want the outfit that Jonathan wears to be all black
because it will blend in with the black background and will
allow the colour filters to be shown on just his skin. In the shots
where I show him playing the guitar, I might put get him to
wear a dark coloured flannel. This is because flannel are often
worn by indie rock artists as well as by my target audience.

8. Hair Inspiration:

9. Hair:
Jonathan has got relatively long hair; this is quite popular
amongst indie rock artists and bands. This will therefore make
the artists style somewhat reflective of the genre. I don’t do any
styling to the actors hair, I want to leave it natural. This is
because it will make it seem like the artists is quite carefree and
doesn't overly care about his appearance which is often the case
with indie rock artists. I want the actor to have some facial
hair/stubble. This is to reinforce the carefree image as well as to
make the actor appear slightly older than he is. The stubble will
also help to define his cheekbones and jawline meaning that not
as much makeup will be require there.