Styling.

Female Band Members - (Catherine and Joanne)

For the female band members, styling, in my eyes, should be inspired by the likes of Audrey Hepburn and of course Edie Sedgewick, who were both huge icons of the 60's era.

To begin, I think that the styling of the hair should be a 60's inspired up do, much like the one seen in the photo of Audrey here, as both girls have longer hair and if their hair is up, I believe that the theatrical make-up and huge earrings will be shown of more and have a bigger impact in the video, all the time thinking about the individual band member and styling them suited to their personal 'look'. The huge eyelashes on both of these icons is a must, as I feel this will add a huge amount of drama and a vintage aesthetic to the visuals. I think that Twiggy is another inspiration for this part of the styling with her huge eyelashes and pixie-like image.

For the styling of dress in the video, I have been thinking of how to distribute the outfits that I have already found between girls and each location.

For the studio shoot, I feel that 60's inspired party shift dresses and huge earrings will be most effective as they will be in a studio environment, so the background will be simple and so I want the costume to be bright and stand out. I also believe that at this point, the band performance is going to be filmed, along with the shoot for the album artwork, so the band needs to look good together. There is also no limit to the extravagance of the styling on this location as it is inside and the studio setting shows no restrictions for dress.

I also had the idea at this point to show one of the girls, I am thinking Joanne, to be wearing black tights and a striped t-shirt during the 'David Bailey inspired' shots of the photoshoot, where Rickie is imitating Andy Warhol and Joanne would be immitating Edie. Here is a photo I have for the inspiration behind this look.

r the 'Warhol's Factory' location, I was thinking that the girls should still ahve the updo's and Edie inspired makeup, however, their outfits would be more relaxed, perhaps with tights again and some sort of dress/top. I am yet to go to Goldrush and pick out clothes for the video so therefore, I am hoping to find something for them when we do that.

For the park w/ fountain location, I was very inspired by a previous clip montage I watched from the film 'Factory Girl' and embeded it in a previous post.

I was thinking that at this point in the video, the girls will both wear their shift dresses and tights underneath fur jackets, of which I am now in possesion of. I think that the obvious think to do when filming in an outdoor location is to dress appropriately, to make the styling more believable from a visual point of view.

Male Main Artist -(Rickie)

For Rickie, I had to take in mind the previous styling from the last magazine project as my artist has evolved, although still maintaining some of the edgy rockaholic style that was developed last time.

The Idea of styling also relates to the amplication video style with Rickie, as for part of the video, he imitates Andy and to a viewing audience, I need to make it clear of the link with Rickie and Andy as well as the switch between each persona in the video.

With Rickie's individual style, I think the 60's influence could still be present, with a possible vitage blazer from Goldrush and I'm thinking a black poloneck, which I have found to be a classic 60's styling for men with Chelsea boots and tailored trousers. I think that by swapping the trousers and boots for jeans and doc Martens will link well with Rickie's signature 'look' and fans can relate.

I have taken inspiration for the 'Andy Styling' for Rickie from photographs I have found from the factory shown below. What is apparent is Andy's own signature 'look' with a striped white t-shirt layered with a leather jacket and Ray-Ban style shades. I have everything sorted for this outfit already and I believe that it will represent Andy correctly as well as not clashing with the style of how Rickie dresses.

The classic combination of Warhol's leather and stripe reminded me of Elvis Presley's styling for the music video 'Jailhouse Rock'. From this image, of Elvis standing infront of a white studio screen, I can visualise the studio concept of my video and this image is something I am aiming to achive for in the final shoot.

For the inside 'Factory' location, the 'Andy look' will be continued, perhaps without the leather jacket to add interest to the overal visuals.

For the park location, I think that Rickie needs to match well with the styling of the girls, however his look being slightly more slicker and tailored. My tweed blazer we used in the shoot for my music magazine at AS proved well on camera and I think that this would be a good idea to use again perhaps, depending on what we find on our group trip to Goldrush.