Research/Planning into clothing/style

Today my group are discussing who we think will be appropriate to be the actors in our music video.


As well as this we are researching what the actors should look like and what they should wear.

 

These are some pictures of 'The Kooks'. In each picture it is clear that the band are an Indie band...

• They are all dressed in skinny jeans
• All wearing darkish clothing
• Their clothing looks thrown together and not carefully planned unlike Pop bands
• They are dressed very casually. Eg - Jeans and casual jacket
• They do not look clean cut as
• The bands poses do not look planned, instead they look chilled and natural.

- The Killers  - Arctic Monkeys

 - Oasis     - The Strokes


Here are some photos of other Indie bands. These photographs are similar to the pictures of The Kooks which shows that Indie bands tend to look a certain way. Just like The Kooks, these bands are dressed in dark, casual clothing and they are simply stood with a blank expression looking at the camera.


As well as what the band is wearing, it also important that we style the female actor in our music video appropriately. Below are some clothing ideas of how I think she should be styled.





Comparison to other genres

 - N-Dubz   - The Saturdays

- One Direction



These are photos of bands of different genres - The Saturdays and One Direction are both mainstream Pop bands, and N-Dubz was a hip-hop group.
N-Dubz are posing in a 'cool' way to emphasise their hip hop background, and they are wearing dark baggy clothing that suggests they aren't too bothered about their appearance.
The 2 pop bands are both  dressed in mainstream fashionable clothing: One Direction in smart jeans/chinos and t-shirts, and The Saturdays in short, girly clothing. The 2 bands are both obviously posing to promote their image.

Conclusion
After researching into different clothing and styles it is clear that style is extremely important to identify what genre of music the artist creates. When we create our music video we are going to pay close attention to what our actors are wearing.