Factory Girl.

For the music video and image of the band and debut single as 'Rickie & the Islanders', a 1960's warholian image and vision comes to mind.
I have become very inspired by the 2006 film 'Factory Girl', about the life and death of American 'it girl' and muse of Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgewick. I feel that the image of Edie is something that could be transfered onto the image of 'Rickie & the Islanders', referring mostly to the two female band members with the huge eyes and demure excitement, captured in Edie's personality.
The shots used in the film are hand-held alot of the time, with soft focus, using close-ups of the actors' feet and face which I find very inspiring and a technique I may test out before filming the final music video.
The video above is a montage of clips from the film, including examples of hand-held camera techniques and unique camera angles.





I feel that the two close up shots of edie, edited side by side, are a clear representation of the type of character Edie is. The fact that she is applying make-up and smoking a cigarette at the same time is entriguing as I find the smoke gives a vintage and unique feel to the shot, which is something I think I should consider when shooting. Also, I like the fact that the two shots are filmed of edie's reflection in the mirror, I feel that it adds interest to an audiences point of view.
The fact that the editing is fairly fast between the shots here adds a pace to the clip and could imply the free-living lifestyle that Edie leads as she gets ready, without wasting much time, although she is calm which is shown through the smoking of a cigarette.