R+P Post 25: Costumes, props and make-up

Costume, props and make-up are all key parts of production and they can complete change the representations of your character brand. As a result, I have decided to create these various documents below in order to ensure that all the costumes and make-up will work in symbiosis to further secure the band's marketing.

Rooftop Shoot:

Costume:

Firstly, Luke (lead singer) will wear the costume on the left.

We have chosen the top and jacket very carefully as we wanted him to wear something quite current and edgy without it being seen as too weird/ unstylish, as that could easily cause the audience to loose interest. Initially we planned to use a plain grey t-shirt, however we decided it would be more effective to us a graphic tee that could further enhance his representations. It was for this reason that I suggested this pizza slice t-shirt which is quite cool yet also offers a sense of comic relief. The chino trousers and the black leather converses we slightly more straight forward. We wanted something plain that did not conflict with the other connotation and enhance the overall representation.

Overall, I am very pleased with his costume and I think that it will work in symbiosis with our brand identity.

'Foals'
-Harrington Coat example

'Sleeping With Sirens'
- example of the use of graphic tees.

Here are the two main references I had for his costume. Although they were more inspirational for the top and the jacket, they also reaffirmed our choice of the black trousers and black shoes.

The image on the right depicts both shay's and my own outfits for the shoot. We have specifically chosen my beanie and Shayam's shoes in order to connote skater representations and help identify with that cool and quirky counter-culture. In addition we have created a color co-ordination between Luke, Shay and I, using black and checked red. We feel that this will help gel the band together and create a sense of synergy.

This band 'Haim' were our primary influence

Overall, I think that our carefully composed costumes will be very effective and will portray the necessary connotations to the audience.

Finally, this is the costume for Seb, our drummer. We have chosen the leather jacket as it is a very strong convention of the rock genre. In addition, we have decided to use the Royal Blood T-Shirt. At first the other members of my group were worried about using mercy from another band, however I showed them my research that suggested it is quite conventional, particularly for the drummer and furthermore, the name of the band was not denoted clearly, meaning most people would assume it was just a graphic t-shirt.

Matt Healy from 'The 1975'
- Leather Jacket Inspiration

We also thought that Shayam could wear a leather jacket as well, however after getting some audience feedback, the large majority said that may risk the over saturation of the convention.

Hair and Make-Up:

We are all keen to make sure that our band were not overly made-up as we want to protect certain representations. In order to ensure this I have created a table that depicts our band member and then a couple of references for their hair and make-up.