Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Styling- Jack

After continually listening to the song my vision for the make up and styling is becoming more clear. I think that the girls should look grunge with dark eyes and messy hair. I think the overall look of Taylor in the group is very try-effortless. She has clearly been styled to her eyeballs to look as though she isn't trying. This in-fact is one of the hardest things to do. Over the next few days I am going to search the girls wardrobes to see what they could wear and to try and pull looks together. I think it would be ideal for the girls to have at least 2 outfits if not more. This then gives more depth to the video and makes it look more planned. I will be posting the pictures of the clothing onto the blog over the next few days.

Makeup- I am also going to do something similar with the make up. I have spoken to Hannah a member of the 'Band' and she has said she will be happy to help with the make up and i know Vic has said she is looking forward to trying out new looks. I am therefore going to post pictures of the girls with the correct make up on as i know the pictures posted earlier have caused concern as the girls look too girls. We are going to prove the power of heavy black makeup and some good styling.

Ideas for clothes......

Heavy biker boots to give a un-glamorous image yet still on trend. I think these are a good choice as i know hannah owns them. I also like the chain/metal detailing as it looks quite heavy and grunge like.













I think that this kind of shoe would look brilliant on camera, all though not exactly the height of fashion, they fit with the rebellion theme we were going for. These would suit Trinny's lead character I think. But after receiving feedback from the teacher i have realised that these may be in appropriate for a school media project even though this is a picture of Taylor's shoes herself. 











The studded leather jacket would be perfect this because they are very on trent making the video appeal to its female target audience and also an easy way to look chic and effortless. This item along with the shoes above may fit into the Male Gaze theory, being leather and something to take off may appeal to the male audience and also the high perspex heel for there height and connotation.



I like this dress, i think it has a dirty look about it which i feel would fit well with our rebellion theme. The studs yet again add a hard girl image to the dress yet the material is very delicate and see through (making her look vulnerable), of course which would appeal to the male audience. 








Hair and Make-Up.


The heavy black eye look i no is strong but i think with the genre of music we have chosen and the rebellious theme we have going on the eyes will look good. I also think that they look haunted and scary which also ties in with the dark theme we wanted. 




The dip dye scraggy extension look is very 'rock and roll' this season, and of course we cant make any of our girls change the colour of their hair but i like this kind of image with the dirty looking messy, un styled (but has probably had hours on end spent on it) look. I think that it will be fitting to the music video. Trinny's hair is white platinum blonde so we could buy different coloured extensions to try and re create the look. 










The Dark plum lipstick is also very on trend and will help the band portray their bad girl image.





In my opinion there is nothing more rock and roll than the artist wearing statement sunglasses. I think that the Rayban clubmasrters portray a rock and roll hard girl image and would fit perfectly with the video.




As a group we understand that we don't have the sort of funds that these professional bands and stylists have but we hope we can make what we have work. Ideally we don't want to have to buy anything new for the shoot as we think it not only would be a waste of money but also we want the items to look old and tattered (worn and cheap). We are going for a very overstated eccentric style of Rock Glamour pushing the looks to the extreme. Hopefully it will all work out. Keep checking for pictures of the girls own clothes and make up shots. 


1 comment:

  1. Jack. I have slight concerns about the second pair of shoes (beyond the obvious health and safety issues). When thinking about connotations, those particular shoes tend to be associated with gentlemen's retreats (the image you have selected even says tips on it) and I'm sure neither the girls or yourself would wich to be associated with that style of dancing.

    Similarly if you could refrain from removing any clothing during the video that would help us get this past the exam board.

    Finally the 'dress' you like isn't technically a dress. Ignoring the fact it is somewhat on the short side it's actually a bodice with suspenders. This would undoubtedly fulfil the make gaze requirements of your audience but will not be suitable for a school media project.

    You have great ideas for hair and make up, simple back combing may overcome the extensions issue and the plum lipstick fits the gothic feel which much rock has.

    You have a very fine line to tread between gothy glamour and just glamour.

    Excellent work though.

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