Make up and Hair trial

To save time, and make sure we get it right on the day of filming we decided to 'practice' the hair and make up. 

I used Sketchbook Copic Edition to cut
out the background on these photos.

The Hair:


We read a step by step guide of how to do a 'behive' up do.
I then tried it out on sarah's hair. I feel it went well considering it was a first attempt. I now feel that I can style the actor quicker on the day of the shoot.


The Make up:


I found applying make up to someone else's face quite tricky (especially to the eyes). I had tried to create our design on myself at first, to be sure it worked in real life as well as on paper. The eye liner did not turn out as i had drawn it, however, overall thick eye liner effect looks very 1950's.  I am very pleased that we had a trial run before the day of the shoot!

To save time and materials, I
only applied it to one side

Locations

We have finalised the locations we want to use for the narrative and used google maps to virtually travel between them, seeing how long it will take to move from each one.


This first photo is of the cafe 'Rocotillos'. We have chosen this cafe because of its 50's diner theme. will take photos of inside on day of shoot

We wanted a pathway that was fairly neutral, and didn't have any modern references. This is the closest we could find. we will have to frame the shot carefully so as not to get any cars in.

We will also use some neutral green spaces with trees for some of the build up shots.

This fountain in bristol provides an interesting location for some of the 'hiding' sequences. The pillars will also be useful for a 'Scooby-doo-esque' jump cut sequence. Where the actors appear to move between the pillars unseen.

Real Costume Pieces

These are photos (some we took ourselves, some from the internet) of the costumes for each character, performance and narrative. I am pleased with how close most costumes are to our designs. Unfortunately finding black and white mens brogues for our 'That Man' was not possible.

Make up Design

One of the most famous fashion icons
of the 50's  gave us a lot of inspiration

The image with a red circle is the photo we took 
our inspiration for our eye liner design. 

(click to enlarge)

I drew out this make up design for 2 reasons. To make sure that both sarah and I are working from the same image and as a way of collecting all the inspiration and ideas from the mood board and our individual web research. I used a mixture of 'pro-marker' pens and water colours to achieve as professional design as I could. I have also written out a step by step guide of how the look would be created so that if I was doing something else on the day of the shoot, sarah could follow the instructions and get the actor ready, saving time.

(the hair design is only for the performance costume)

Planning Checklist

COSTUME


Caro - Ashlea Brooks 

• blue/white spot dress with 50's style big skirt, get net underskirt if needed
• Red necklace and bangle 
• Red/white 40's spot tea dress 
• Perl necklace and bracelet
• 50's style glasses
• Beige mac
• Black and white brogues (not matter if heels or flats)
• Tan tights 
• Brown trilby hat 

''That Man'' - Arron Shaw

• White shirt 
• Thin 50's style tie 
• Black trousers 
• Black and white brogues (or if too expensive = black shoes)

MAKE UP AND HAIR

'Caro'

• Foundation 
• Concealer
• Pale blusher
• Mascara 
• Black liquid eye-liner
• Red lipstick 
• eye-brow pencil
• 2 natural eye shadow shades 
• Hairspray 
• Grips (blonde)
• Curlers or heated appliance 

That Man - test for light if needed light concealer for shine?

PROPS

• 50's style paper with eye holes
• Photo of ''That Man''
• 50's style microphone 
• 50's style phone
• Dice x2

LOCATIONS

• Rocotillos = 50's diner style cafe = get permission to film there 
• Green screen = for performance 
• Paths and hiding places in bath or bristol. Preferably neutral with no modern references. (Will post pictures when we film)

Male character Mock up

As the costume for the male characters are not as important as 'Caro's' costume I collected the basic images we would be looking for and I have edited the images together in 'Sketchbook copic edition' to create a mannequin of the male costume.  

Costume Designs for 'Caro' Character 2

Using the inspiration from these images, our previous knowledge of 1950's/40's fashions, Caro Emerald's style and our own ideas to draw out the designs for the 3 'looks' for the Caro character. 

Costume Designs for 'Caro' Character 1

We feel that mise en scene is very important in a music video like Caro's, especially costume so we carried out lots of research on authentic 40's/50's clothing and contemporary vintage clothing. We wanted the right mix of authenticity and almost 'rose-tinted' nostalgia about the era to come through in the costumes. Here are some typical images we drew inspiration from...

We will take inspiration from both 40's and 50's style of clothes as Caro's music incorporates both eras.  Recurring features include:

1940's

• Open collar or v-neck 
• Short sleeves 
• Pale colours in various flower and spot prints
• Belts or ribbon
• Knee length

1950's

• Sweet-heart necklines, halter -necks or 3/4 sleeves
• Full skirt - often using a net skirt to add volume
• Bright or dramatic colours.e.g. red, blue and black - often with spots, stripes or some kind of ditsy pattern
• Belts of contrasting colours to 'sinch in' waist
• Knee length

Storyboard

We decided to draw out our storyboard by hand, as we both think visually rather than with words. This means that our story board is on paper and more than 20 pages long. This is why we have scanned the first 3 pages into our blogs, to give an idea of how it looks, but not to waste time scanning. 

Mood Board Inspiration

We decided that before we started looking for what was available to us for our small budget, we wanted to get a clear idea of our themes on paper. 

Her music is a mixture of 40's and 50's inspiration so the mise-en-scene will reflect this.

Our main colour scheme (which is very important in

Caro's videos and for the specific era) will be red and blue. 






One major prop that we would really need to find is the 50's style microphone. (pictured bottom right hand corner)





The setting: ideally we would love to find a 50's style american diner, however, this will be difficult on our budget. 

Decisions Decisions!

It took quite a long time for us to decide on which song we were going to use for our music video. Mainly because we wanted our research to inform our decision. However, we narrowed the shortlist down to...

• Raise your glass       ---  Pink
• Put your records on  --- Corrine Bailey Rae
• That Man                 --- Caro Emerald 
• Song for whoever    --- The Beautiful South 
• Teardrops on my guitar --- Taylor Swift 

And eventually... we decided on ... Caro Emerald's That Man!