Costumes

From my research into the Indie rock genre, I know most of the males usually wear clothing that is black and white, as well as being very casual in order to connote the idea of them being more 'normal' and create a connection with the audience. Most likely our main character/singer will just a plain t-shirt and black trousers, possibly a leather jacket too; these items should be easy to source as the actor will most likely already own them. He will need to have two or three different outfits for the different scenes, but this can easily be achieved through a slightly different top or jacket. The black and white will create a very simple look, but at the same time the leather jacket will create an almost 'bad boy' image that would appeal to the females of our target audience. Examples of bands that wear similar costumes are Bastille and The Script.
 He will not require any makeup at the beginning as he will appear healthy and happy, but as the video progresses we could use some makeup to make him appear tired and worn down, this will reflect his change in emotions as their relationship deteriorates. 

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The band will wear similar clothing to the main stalker boy, with dark clothes and maybe some variation in colour. The actors will most likely be able to wear their own clothing as they already reflect the image of the indie sub-genre.

The girl, in our video, will also dress fairly unglamorously and 'normal' in order to convey a sense that these could be real people and make it more believable. We will probably dress her in pastel colours to contrast with the male and connote femininity and most likely a coat and scarf for the outside scenes so she will fit in with the weather and the video will be more believable. Her make-up with be fairly natural and nothing too glamorous, again to connote the idea of normality, but at the same time most of teenage females do wear makeup so she will have nude colours and mascara. Females of the Indie music sub-genre include Birdy and Gabrielle Aplin, who both wear quite feminine clothing. But, as you can see from the pictures below, Aplin is wearing more casual clothing and so we could also take inspiration from this. Both artists have their hair down with Aplin having some parts pinned up, this again connotes femininity and is simple we could do to our actress.