Actor Inspiration

The Artist - We wanted our main actor, to wear casual clothing and not dress up too much.
We based his style on Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran's casual clothing that they wear. Even though both artists have developed a sleeker look as they now have stylists, we wanted our actor to look mainly dressed down.  These two are very influential artists in the music industry scene, and seeing as our target audience are adolescent girls, they would easily identify our inspiration and be able to relate to it.

       


The Boyfriend - We then wanted our 'Boyfriend' to have a suave and sophisticated 'Bad Boy' look, we searched for examples and came across the actor Ed Westwick, and old school style James Dean. James Dean is an icon for the 'bad boy' image, having inspired other people in the media industry including Justin Bieber and James Franco. We found this would be effective as they are influential characters, and fit in well with our target audience.

The Artist and the Boyfriend's actor inspiration both oppose each other. One is a very causal while the other is a particularly masculine look. This is a binary opposition and goes with the representation that Girl's go for the 'Bad Boy' rather than the one that is actually right for them.

                  


The Model - We wanted our Female actress to be styled based on the 'Girl Next Door', examples of this styling include actress Zooey Deschanel and Kiera Knightly in the movie 'Begin Again'. Both of these actresses are very down to earth and not 'untouchable'. The target audience of juvenile girls would be able to relate to this as they are only young and discovering their own style.

           













Star Image
The star image related to this is a casual yet stylish band, that is 'down to earth' and easily relatable, this is shown by the actors inspiration by including other famous people who are known to be 'down to earth' and stylish.

Organic VS Synthetic
The artist is synthetic and is primarily sold on their looks and so the clothing must be stylish, yet not over the top and unattainable. To attract the right target audience of young teenage girls.

Genre
The genre of the band is particularly pop related and so the actors must be stylish and the clothes that they wear should be popular choices.


From looking at actors I have understood that my artist should be both appealing to the opposite sex, non threatening, as i want him appealing to young girls, but also have a nice smile. He needs to have a boy next door look, not overly good looking but equally appealing to them. My target now is to look for a suitable actor and audition them.