Ideas for glow make-up

For one of the main sections of the video we are planning on doing glow in the dark make-up. Here are some of the sort of styles of make-up we all discussed trying out, that I made on photoshop. Some things that we discussed around this topic were either more simple make-up - going off the less is more theory, or more extravagant as the artist is meant to not care and just want to have fun and so it would seem to suit that she would have over the top make-up on. We were all in agreement the make-up should focus around the artists eyes and lips so as to accentuate her beauty. We also thought it would be good to give it some sort of artistic flare even with the simple make-up so that it still looks interesting and shows off the singers style. We also discussed the idea of using glitter on the eye-brows and lips, however, there were disagreements as to whether this would look too much.  






The first photo is a representation of the slightly more simple make-up with just two colours. Focusing around the lips and eyes. It also shows the idea of having a bottom colour under the eyes as the more artistic, out of the ordinary make-up style. I think if we were to use glitter this would be the best make-up style to use it on.

The second photo shows the more extravagant make-up style with lots of different colours. It is meant to represent the characters more unusual, quirky style. Again the style focuses around the eyes and lips to help accentuate the artists feautres. I do not think glitter would be a good idea for this look as it would definitely look too over the top. For both looks we were thinking of having slight paint splatters around her face and body. This is to make the looks less precise and regimented, and keep up with the whole idea of the video of having fun.

The final look was something that I was thinking would be good for the backing dancers, if we went through with the dance number. I thought it was still important to focus around the eyes and lips, however, the colours are less bright and the design is less feminine, therefore not detracting from the main artist, but still visually interesting.  

These looks were somewhat inspired by the make-up as seen in the recent music video to Neon Lights by Demi Lovato, which accentuate the artists features and beauty in a similar way to what we envisage.

Flour test

Today we tested out how flour would appear on camera to mimic what the powder paint would look like. Overall it went well.

Questionnaire

This is the questionnaire we will be using to asses consumption of music video.

 

Planning

Group Mood Board

Today we created a mood board as a group in order to merge all of our ideas and make sure our creative outlooks for the video were the same. The main themes we all settled on were having bright costume and make-up (e.g. nails, lips, eyeliner), the fashion style of the video to be soft grunge (quite edgy-looking but still mainstream clothes (not too alternative), the glow paint to be quite artistic and creative looking, the paint dust to be bold, colorful and fun, and the locations to be picturesque.

Location Spotting

While out in Kingston we spotted a location which might be good to film at as it shows bright and colorful images of well know, popular themes (e.g. my little pony, lego etc) and therefore would link into our video by keeping it bright and vibrant and appealing to the pop audience who would recognize and identify with the images.

Cast photos - Lead Singer

We chose to cast Katy Williamson as the main artist as she has the typical pop artist look (slim, beautiful, fashionable etc.). Katy has also had previous experience with photo shoots and being on camera and therefore we think she would be a charismatic, photogenic and cooperative character to shoot, which is ideal.

Planning

Today in class we continued work on the storyboard. We decided to get down all of our ideas for shots or sequences that we think would be effective and then try to order them and merge them together, rather than doing one linear storyboard for the whole thing as it allows us to be more creative and stop thinking in a narrative based mind set in that one shot must follow another logically. Therefore allowing us to properly brainstorm each section and how they would link together in a creative fun music video.

Copyright Message

Today we sent an email concerning the copyright of I love it by Icona Pop to the record company.