Research and planning: Mise-en-sene Associated With Indie

Mise-en-scene Associated With Indie

Props- 

Props used in indie magazines are often vintage, such as old cameras and stereo's. Other than this instruments are often used in images in indie magazines, for example an artist holding a guitar, also cigarettes often appear in indie magazines to give of an indie attitude/look. 

Sets/Decor- 

Sets associated with indie are either a blank background such as white or black, also places with graffiti or an old abandoned location. 

Makeup-
Indie make-up seen on magazine's are often natural, for example like this:

However some people in indie wear more eye make-up, such as eyeliner or eye-shadow, although most models in indie magazine's just wear natural make-up.

Costume- 
'Indie' has a very iconic style. I have previously done a full post about the style and costume of 'indie' and my model. For example casual indie style is skinny jeans, baggy shirts, baggy tee's, big jackets, vans, five panels etc. Whereas smart indie is skinny suit pants/jeans, shirt, bowtie/braces, bowl hat etc. 

Poses- 
There are 5 main poses used in indie magazines/the indie genre:

Dark:

For example, this pose has a stern face, with plenty of back in the picture and plays on achieving a dark/more gothic look. A dark look is also usually created when people are showing a triangle gesture with there hand, which is a gesture of illuminati, this can also create a dark image as people just look through the triangle with a stern/emotionless look.



       

                                                                                 
                                                                                  Cute:

This image uses a 'cute' pose, to make her look almost doll like and to play on and to achieve a 'cute' look. This could be achieved by having my models hands near her face so that it makes them look shy and unsure, as when people have there hands around there face it usually shows shyness and shows childlike features.






Fun:
This model has created a fun looking pose by doing a dance motion and an 'Ok' hand gesture. This creates a feeling that the model is having fun and doesn't care what others think, as long as there having a good time, therefor that portrays the 'indie' genre, of being an individual. A fun pose could also be created by having a group of friends laughing etc.


                                                                    Natural:

 A natural look is achieved by the model doing a blank and emotionless face, when a natural look is used it is usually used with a prop, gesture or something to make the image stand out as the face is just blank. A natural look can also be used to suggest the model is sad or stern looking.