Costume and Make-up

Costume Ideas 

After listening to the track which we have chosen, we both shared ideas of the images of the actress who will play the artist in our music video and what costume she will be wearing. The style of the song 'Summertime Sadness' reminded us both of the vintage fashion from the 50's, and how it is being rediscovered in fashion now. We decided to construct a mood board of photographs and images we found in fashion magazines such as 'Look' and 'Now', which represented the style that we want to portray through the actress in our video. There will be various costumes in our video due to our idea of shooting in different locations, and therefore, we need inspiration of what costumes we will use in the different shots.

Hair and Make-Up Ideas

As we had decided to style the costume around a vintage theme, we needed to make sure that the hair and make-up also worked with this style. We created another mood board using images from the fashion magazines, but this time showing inspiration for make-up and hairstyles which we could use on our actress. The theme of make-up which we want to use is generally summer tones, however with a hint of dull colours to convey the idea of her being sad and alone. The red lipstick was something we thought would be a good idea as it is similar to fashion icons in the 50's such as Marilyn Monroe who wore bright red lipstick, as it looks glamorous, which is important for a female artist in a music video. The vintage hairstyles that stood out to me are the rolls in the hair as they also look glamorous and I feel that we need to show our actress in that way.

Make up and costume from Cloburrows

Experimenting with different costumes for Wollaton Hall and Park

As we were planning the Wollaton Hall and Park scenes, we felt it would be a good idea to plan her costume and hair and make-up. She tried on a variety of dresses, although we knew which shoes and make-up and hair we wanted.