Mise-en-scene research Lighting, clothing, make-up, setting, props and colours
Lighting:
Lighting tends to be dark/ dull and vague colour but not so dark that you can’t see there faces
Sometimes lighting can show a unique contrast which NME do regularly in there magazines
Shadow reflections may be added to add a diverse effect
Shadow effect on side of his face
Clothing: Clothing is usually very dark colours such as blacks, browns and darker shades of
other colours. Leather jackets and black skinny jeans is a very precise look which many indie-rock
artists would be seen to wear (stereotype) Clothing is also sometimes uncommon but indie-rock artists can pull it off!
The Kooks The Killers
Make-up Make-up can vary with indie-rock as it can come from two different views: Rock: black eyeliner (top and bottom), pale face Indie: bright colours/ or pale colours (eyeshadow), bright bold lipsticks or
pale again, pastel colours When they’re put together, it can look a little like this…
Florence Welch from Florence + the Machine
Setting:music videos
A typical stereotype for an indie-rock setting would be a trashed house after a party/ and or in natural environment's such as forests, seaside etc
Other settings can include for example skating or car journeys (these are seen very regularly in music videos with indie rock bands).
Some more indie videos can vary from a vast of different but unique ideas
Arctic Monkeys- R U Mine
Vampire Weekend
The 1975- Chocolate
Props: Many indie rock artists have instruments within their
band mainly being the electric guitar or bass Drums are sometimes included but not as often
The Smiths
The Strokes
Colours Within music magazines, the colours
for indie rock are red, black, white and yellow (sometimes)
In terms of clothing, its usually black and dark clothing and very little colour
Even hairstyles tend to be dark apart from red
Lana Del Rey
HAIM