The band - The majority of bands within the indie rock music genre usually wear dark coloured clothing. However there is usually some element of colour somewhere in what they wear.
Trousers: Dark coloured jeans (not necessarily black).
Tops - Plain shirts that are usually one block colour. Some have prints, or more than one colour.
Jackets - Band members seem to all be wearing some sort of jacket. Most are darkish colours. e.g denim, green, black and white, cream/white with black detail.
Shoes - Brown, black shoes.
Accessories - glasses, bowler hats
Hair & Make-up - The majority of the hair is messy and looks 'unstyled'. However, the one picture shows that their hair has been clearly styled. Members of indie rock bands don't usually look like they are wearing any make-up.
The performers in our music video (for the band) will wear clothing along those lines. Clothing that isn't bright yet stands out. Depending on the acters we get for the video, we will then decide how to style their hair to make them look like they belong in a indie rock band. The performers will most likely wear dark coloured jeans, a shirt and a jacket/coat of some kind. Shoes will be along the lines of the likes of converse.
The Stalker.
The stalker of the video will most likely be dressed similar to this collage of images (laid back clothing). At the start of the video he will look healthy and happy so we won't need to use make-up to change his appearance. By the end of the video we may need to use a bit of make-up to make the actor look tired and worn down to suit the stalker role.
We may need to have two or three different outfits for the stalker. This is because we see this actor become more of a stalker over time. To make the video more realistic and to show events happening on different days, changing the costume will help express this point. As the video goes on, his clothing could get darker to portray his sadness.
The Girl.
The costumes for the girl will also be normal laid back clothing. The clothing that will be worn will suit the season (autumn) so she will look in place and like she belongs in the video. Possible clothing items could be: jumper, jeans, hats, scarfs, shorts with tights, a dress with tights, a jacket, coat, converse etc.
Hair will be styled as a natural everyday hairstyle - nothing extreme. Make-up will also be basic everyday natural make-up. Nothing overly done as it won't suit the style of the video
Dude Number 2.
This actor will wear clothing along the same lines as the stalker. However this actor won't need any make-up to make him look run down and his clothing could be a bit brighter than the stalker to contrast the two characters against each other.
The actors will most likely wear their own clothes because they already fit in with the Indie Rock genre.
Depending on the amount of actors we manage to get will determine how many instruments we will need. I think we definitely need a guitar for the video. If possible, it would be useful if we could get hold of some drums and a bass to complete the majority of the instruments that are used in the soundtrack. We would like to use instrument
One prop that we defiantly need to use will be a laptop for the stalker when he is looking at pictures in the dark. This will be easy to get as there are already laptops at the location a laptop will be needed in.
We will be needing a camera for the stalker for when he is out taking pictures of the girl. We already have a camera at hand that we could use for the video.
The band - The majority of bands within the indie rock music genre usually wear dark coloured clothing. However there is usually some element of colour somewhere in what they wear.
The costumes for the girl will also be normal laid back clothing. The clothing that will be worn will suit the season (autumn) so she will look in place and like she belongs in the video. Possible clothing items could be: jumper, jeans, hats, scarfs, shorts with tights, a dress with tights, a jacket, coat, converse etc.
- Using shots like these would help connote the creepy stalker theme. This idea should be effective as it's not a common theme throughout the Indie Rock genre. My group have also discovered that our target audience like things to be original and not mainstream and already done.
