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