Casting Characters

Main character Description:

The main character in our music video (Protagonist) is a young girl battling a drug and alcohol addiction. This influences her character to be anti-social therefore, loneliness is shown throughout our music video. This idea is heavily influenced by other media platforms we have analysed, such as the character Effy, from the Television series 'Skins' and stereotypical representations of 'druggies' in music videos such as, 'A-Team' by Ed Sheeran. 

Callisto Ryder-Dixon 

Callisto is a 17 year old girl at our college studying Art, English Language and Sociology. We originally choose to cast Callisto as our main character due to her having studied drama in high school. This is clearly projected in her personality as a confident and expressive individual. Additionally, with the study of sociology this has incited her into different mind sets of individuals therefore, being able to give an accurate representation of someone with an addition. We also felt that Callisto had typical features of the representations we have been studying, for instance long brown hair and dark make-up under the eyes. 

Abbi Chase

Abbi is a 18 year old student, acting as the second half of my pair. She is studying Art, Photography and Media at Reepham College. As an alternative, it would be incredibly easy to use Abbi as the main casting character in our production as she is aware of the storyline of which our production has to follow. This would make the filming easier for me to achieve, as explanations of the plot wouldn't have to be explained. In addition, this is more convenient as Abbi will be a reliable source, knowing that she will turn up for filming according to the schedule. Abbi further fits the criteria of our main character as she has dark hair and similar features to the girls whom we have identified in other music videos, shown on our mood board. 

Nicole Eddy

Myself. I am a 17 year old student studying Media, English Language and Economics. I was chosen for the casting of the Drug Dealer as I am aware of the storyline and thus, what needs achieving in the shots. Furthermore, it is convenient for me to take this part as I will be doing the majority of the filming meaning that I will always be on seen so Im a reliable source for this small casting part. Although, I may not have the typical appearance this is irrelevant as the drug dealer's face will be covered by a hood.

Location

The shooting for our music video will take place at my house, as this allows us access to an internal area with the facilities that we require. Another strong reasoning for choosing this location was down to convenience, both for myself and the other casting members.

The majority of our shooting will take place within a bedroom. A bedroom is an ideal location for our storyline as this represents the loneliness of our character, being restricted by the four walls she's surrounded by. Hence, this anti-social behaviour is the result of her alcohol and drug abuse, witnessing a sense of isolation from society.This room was specifically chosen due to the dark colour of a wall face. The colour black is usually symbolic of death and mystery therefore, this reflects the mystery of the young girls addiction, conjuring thoughts of fear and the unknown. Internally, we will also be using a bathroom, due to the importance of reflections. From watching numerous influencing music videos with themes of relevance to our storyline such as, 'A-Team' by Ed Sheeran and 'Flashing Lights' by Chase&Status, we have seen that mirrored reflections are commonly used. We wish to include this is our own music video therefore, a bathroom seems like the most logical location for these shots. Furthermore, we plan to use a dark area such as a cupboard, for a section of our filming. The use of low key lighting will enable us to represent the night before, using a flash light to denote the alternating consciousness and unconsciousness of the girls mind. Props used inside the house will include, alcohol bottles, an injection, needles and a bandage. These will be situated in the girls bedroom, suggesting that rather than food and drink, these are being replaced with drugs and alcohol as her living essentials. 

A smaller ratio of our filming will also be shot externally, surrounding the house. This will only be used for the scene in which the girl comes in contact with a drug dealer. Considering reality, we considered an external surrounding to be better. However, we will be filming during the day so in response we will apply a black and white filter to our shots in order to apply a sense of darkness. This will additionally symbolise the negativity of the transaction taking place. For the exterior shooting, we will be using the props of money and flour.

The location of our music video furthermore links to other music videos that we have been studying such as; Time by Chase&Status which captures both an external and an internal home environment. This provides a location which a wide range of audiences can relate to but additionally, prodividing insights into the home lives of other individuals within society.

Equipment and Software

For our shooting we will be using a range of equipment. Firstly and most importantly, we will be using a SONY Handycam HDV 108i. This will be the only camera used at all time throughout our shooting. We chose to use a small Handycam as this will allow us the easiest and greatest movement in our filming. We have also had a lot of practice using the camera from last year and know how to use each setting saving us time so we don't have to learn how to use any other camera, making best use of our day of filming.

We also used a Manfrotto tripod to ensure all our shots are level and steady. The tripod is easily manoeuvrable which will help us to capture the right shots at each location, and we can also easily set the right height.

Additionally, we will be using an imac for our editing process and we will be using Final Cut Express and imovie software's for editing the film. Both are easy to use, accessible and will help us to create the best video possible. Furthermore, We plan to capture the footage in imovie and then move it to final cut express to do the further editing needed as it is is lightly more advance in what can be achieved in reference to effects.We are also going to use a flash light app on a Samsung Galaxy SII, it has a strobe setting which we will use to re-create the lighting for a 'Party' atmosphere. This hopefully will also look slightly 'Stop Motion' gaining an effect that we originally wanted to use but didn't have the time for. 

Props and Costume

Props

Sherbet as a substitute for cocaine. This will be used for the first scene where our girl will snort drugs and fall back onto the bed. It may also be used in a flashback sequence throughout the music video. We want it to look like she will be snorting the drug through a rolled up note or another piece of paper, and we will be shooting this as a close up shot on her face, framing the actions. The picture above is from the music video 'Let you go' by chase and status, showing a shot of the protagonist taking drugs, we want to recreate the same shot and the same sense of false 'Love' for something such as drugs or alcohol.

We will need alcoholic bottles for numerous parts of the video such as the flashbacks of the night before and her bedroom the day after. This will also play on the lyrics of the song, about how her love for this addiction is making her re-do previous mistakes over and over.  Inspiration for adding this came from the music video by Chase and Status-Flashing Lights, in a scene where it is also apparent that alcohol had an influence on mistakes from the previous night. The drink in this scene is in a decanter which we will consider using when choosing the type of drink and what its in. This shot really frames the alcohol and how much it influences the story line from that point onwards.

We will need a mirror to do a shot similar to the one on the left where at one point our protagonist will look into the mirror 'reflecting' on her actions and what happened the night before. We would also like to use a mirror which has a 'rough' old and 'rusty' feel to it, one that isn't perfect, to compliment the character of the girl.

Costume

Ripped tights and a black skirt- we felt that this was the best option for the girls character as its as if she doesn't have the money for new tights, the tights also show a resemblance to a 'ripped' life and a fragile character. The black theme was inspired by the character Effy from the TV series 'Skins' as shown below she is wearing a similar outfit to the one we plan to use, she has also come from a slightly broken background, uses drugs and has a troubled life. The colour black also symbolises darkness, which is a trait that our girl has, a certain mystery about her life and why she is the way she is.

'Things We Lost In The Fire' textual analysis

Here, I will be analysing the music video 'Things We Lost In The Fire' by Bastille. Bastille began a solo project with singer-songwriter Dan Smith, whom later moved to Ireland in purpose to form a band. The band now comprises of the four members; Daniel Smith, Chris Wood, William Farquarson and Kyle Simmons. The name of the band derives, from Bastille Day, the date of Daniel Smith's birthday. Bastille produce music of the Indie Pop genre, likewise to the unsigned band whom I am working with. 'Things We Lost In The Fire' was written by the lead vocalist and likewise produced with the help of Mark Crew. The video doesn't explicitly fit into the typical conventions of the Indie Rock genre however, the artist is heavily involved within.

Firstly, when looking at the relationship between lyrics and visuals, these are seen to be contradictory. For example the two consequential lines, 'All that we've amassed' 'sits before us shattered into ash'. In the first instance a middle-aged man is shown picking up, what I assume to be a bullet. The word 'amassed' refers to a gathering together therefore, this contradicts the lyrics as the shot only encompasses a lone man and bullet. This then leads onto the visuals of a wolf standing high upon a car rooftop. The lyrics at this current point are 'sits before us shattered into ash' this immediately controverts the visuals as the four legged mammal is shown standing. Additionally, the two are irrelevant against each other, not even having the slightest link. However, a slight few lyrics are narrated in tenuous way. The last repetition of 'lost' is imaged with a gun falling to the ground. A gun is a lethal weapon therefore, symbolic of death. Exploring this further, a death is a loss due to permanent decease hence, the visuals could be said to narrate the lyrics significantly at this instance. Moreover, the lyrics represent the Indie Pop genre as emotions are explored, those of both sadness and loneliness.

Considering the relationship between the music and the visuals, this is seen to be fairly strong and consistent. The music sets in 16 seconds into the video, following 3 long shots, establishing the setting. For here on in, transitions between shots fall on either the eighth or fourth beat depending on the tempo of the beat. For instance from 3 mins 20, the chorus emerges, altering shots on a time signature of four four over the time period of the verse.

The message behind 'Things We Lost In The Fire' isn't self-explanatory. From a personal approach I feel that the lead singer, Daniel Smith is traversing through a dream full of symbolism. The most noticeable theme I feel is death. Apart from the gun, death is also shown in a stereotypical manner with the inclusion of Muslins in burkas. Furthermore, this could be said to relate to a wide audience as everyone witnesses bereavement in their lives and the lingering emotions from such an event. Other audiences may also include those who listen to bands such as; The Wombats, Mumford&sons and The Hoosiers, as these all commonly collected under the Indie Pop genre.

When looking at the artist throughout the video, Dan Smith, isn't represented as a significant figure as a characterised role isn't played. However, the inclusion of the lead singer enables the audience to form an image of the band, taking into account the costume and overall look of the artist. Further, a large amount of materialised goods aren't displayed, suggesting the artist to be an 'average' man. In turn this creates a greater connection with the audience, as it is believed that the artist is more comparative with the audience. This opposes other music videos in the same genre such as, 'How To Be A Heartbreaker' by Marina and the Diamonds where the female singer is seen to be surrounded by half naked mean. This is something most females would contemplate as unprovable.

Additionally, when looking at other videos by Bastille, these are seen to follow both a Narrative and Concept-based structure. A story is always told in a subtle manner however, the lyrics and visuals contravene. The slight difference nonetheless, is that the artist doesn't always appear in the music videos, for instance in 'Of The Night'.

Within the video there is a certain notion of looking. This is especially apparent from 1:19 to 1:30 when a young girl is seen walking through, what I assume to be a bar, turning heads of the males present. This represents the female as an icon of beauty. This opposes some representations of women in music videos such as, 'Pour It Up' by Rihanna, where females are represented as sex objects from a male viewpoint.
Like both my textual analysis' on 'Sunshine' and 'She's so lovely', this music video isn't used for the purpose to promote. One key reason why other media platforms aren't represented in any of Bastille's music videos is due to the band being contemporary. Unlike 'She's So Lovely' featuring in both a TV series and film, Bastille is too recent to have yet taken advantage of these opportunities.

Penultimately, when considering the production of 'Things We Lost In The Fire' this is seen to be both Narrative and Concept based. This means that the video follows a storyline, of which it does but in a vague manner. This can be seen however, with the outcome at the end of the production. The video is furthermore Concept-based, as the visuals don't support the lyrics. For instance, 'I was the match and you were the roar' sees corresponding visuals of a car pulling away from a junction, showing no links between the two components. However, I feel this technique allows the audience to interpret the storyline themselves.

To conclude my textual analysis for 'Things We Lost In The Fire' by Bastille, Indie Pop characteristics are noticeable with the lead singer taking an active role in the production of the music video. Not only does he appear in the video, but Daniel Smith also took part in writing and producing the song. Furthermore, the song plays to a large audience as the artist portrays himself as a comparable figure to the audience. Likewise to previous videos, the productions are fairly similar, encompassing a concept-based narrative in relationship to the lyrics and visuals. Surreal clips are used to reflect Daniel Smiths love of David Lynchs style and themes, replicated in the bands videos.

'She's So Lovely' textual analysis

Here, I will be analysing the music video 'She's so lovely' by Scouting For Girls. The founding memebers of the band, Roy Stride, Greg Churchouse and Peter Ellard have known each other since childhood, with two of the members having met at Cub Scouts. Scouting For Girls produce music of the Indie Pop and Rock genre. This music video was written by the lead vocalist, Roy Stride and produced by Andy Green in 2007. "I write a lot about falling in love and breaking up. I don't know who said it but someone said the best songs are about the first five minutes and the last five minutes of a relationship, with I agree with" This music video fits into the general Indie Rock genre as the video shows a 'do it yourself' attitude, with the artists getting involved, both displaying a performance and narrative based video.

Firstly, when looking at the relationship between the lyrics and visuals, these are seen to both Illustrate and Contradict. For example, 'I love the way she bits her lip' is perfectly illustrated within the video. At this point, the paraded female is seen to be in a close -up shot, biting her lip whilst giving direct address to the audience. Other lyrics may also be illustrated, but to a more subtle extent, 'I don't know how we'll make it through this'. Here the music video presents the lead vocalist approach a bar. Alcohol is something usually associated with drowning sowers and therefore, subtly interlinks with the lyrics. However, the visuals also contradict the lyrics. This is commonly seen when the video switches to being performance based, showing the band playing rather than narrating a storyline. The lyrics further represent the Indie Rock genre, as emotions are explored, those of which appeal to a large audience.

In opposition to this, I feel that the relationship between the music and visuals is fairly inconsistent. Having cut straight into the beat after 3 seconds, the first transition happens in the time signature of four:four. Although after this, the transitions don't follow the pre-meditated time signature, neither do follow any recognisable pattern.

Personally, I feel that the message behind this music video is quite straight forward. The music video is set in a bowling alley, where the lead singer, Roy Stride is trying to attract the attention of a pretty girl. However, the girl already has a boyfriend, so Roy Stride sets out to get the attention of the young lady. This is seen to be successful at the end of the music video, when the shoes of the pair are seen to be walking away together with the females costume matching that of the males. This therefore, applies to a wide audience, as falling in love can happen to someone in any age division whether adolescent, middle-aged or elderly. Other audiences may also include those whom listen to bands such as; Bastille, The Kooks and Noah and the Whale, as these all gather under the same genre of Indie Pop.
When looking at the artist throughout the video, Roy Stride may be classed as the 'weak link'. His character plays the role of the underdog, whom is second best to the pretty ladies' boyfriend. I feel these characteristics allow the audience to connect with the artist to a greater extent, as this appeals as a mutual concept to the audience. This therefore clashes with some music videos in the same genre such as Bastille, 'Of The Night' where the main character is seen communicating with the deceased. This is shows impossibitily, creating a sense of fantasy amongst the audience.
Furthermore, when looking at previous music videos by Scouting for girls, these are seen to use both the performance and narrative concepts within 'She's So Lovely'. For example, the song 'Love How it Hurts' projects a music video, entirely narrative-based. This encorporates a storyline very similar to my above analysis however, this is shown with a progression over time. In opposition 'Heartbeat' shows a primarily performance-based video, aside from the lyrical line 'I skip a heartbeat' wherein, a repetitive narrative in shown. Hence, music videos by Scouting For Girls are fairly consistant in both their meaning and lyric to visual representation.

Within the music video there is a distinguishable notion of looking. This is shown with both the action of pointing and the gazing of the men upon the female character. This represents the female as the centre of action, symbolising her tenderly as a sex object. This may be apprarent in the lyrics 'She's pretty, a fitty'. However, this highly contrasts the sexual display of women in music videos such as 'Hard Out Here' by Lily Allen, where women are shown in an irrespectical and undescent nature.

Like my contextual analysis on the music video, 'Sunshine' by Matisyahu, there are minimal or even no intertextual references with other music vidoes. Although, there are nill within this music video, the song was used in the popular TV series, 'Ugly Betty' on Channel 4. This could therefore be used as a promotion device to those whom watch the TV series.

Penultimately, when considering the production of 'She's So Lovely' the video is evenly shared between being a Narrative and Performanced-based video. This means that the video follows a storyline, but also witnesses sections of the band playing. The video could also be said to encompass small areas of concept, as the lyrics and visuals dont always compliment one another. For example the lyrics of the first chorus, ' I don't know, I don't know, I don't know' show the visuals of Roy Stride bowling therefore, creating no immediate connection between the two.

To conclude my textul analysis of 'She's So Lovely' by Scouting For Girls, Indie Pop charcateristics are witnessed throughout the video, as the video has a strong 'do it yourself attitude', with the lead singer taking a key role in the narrative sequence. Furthermore, the video plays to a large audience as Roy Stride describes, "When people listen to your music, they have to be able to connect with it and feel what you're singing about and that's why people like us, because we're normal blokes who sing about things everyone can understand". Like previous videos, the band don't focus heavily on promoting their videos however, their tracks do feature on other media platforms such as TV, 'Ugly Betty' and within the Dutch movie 'Loft'.

Pace of Editing

When considering the pace of editing for our song 'Love Diamonds', we choose a similar genre and paced song to overview the music video to. Analysing the first 45 seconds of 'Elvis ain't dead' by Scouting For Girls, we were able to count 21 cuts on different beats of the music. Even though there aren't cuts on every beat of the music, the camera is seen to either be tracking or panning the shot. Other alternatives include different paces of action within the shots therefore, matching the pace of the music.

First view feedback

Having captured the majority of our footage, our first view of it on desktop saw the filming to be relatively successful. Having last minute changes to our casting character, we came to the decision of having one of us acting and the other filming. Although this is not what we had initially planned, this worked to our advance due to us both having a clear idea of what needed shooting, rather than having to explain our synopsis to our found actor. Surprisingly, all our filming was captured on a single day, opposing our initial thoughts of having to film over 48 hours. I feel our main issue was that of the lighting however, we moved to different locations of the house in order to provide a lighting associated more with night. In contrast, the costume of the female as an alcoholic was effective, applying our knowledge from relatable music videos such as 'A-Team' and 'Flashing Lights'. Our use of props, also increased the realism of our filming including that of flour in place of cocaine, alcohol bottles and needles. I believe that once a colour filter has been placed upon some of the shots, our filming will have improved in quality, given the genre.

Planning schedule

Planning to film, we hope to take the two days, Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st October, out of the half term to film the majority of our sequence. Having cast our main character, transport links between locations will be easy, allowing the two days to encompass all of our filming. We hope to start filming early morning, allowing us most of the day to shoot.


Location:  We have decided to film the majority of our shots at my house. This is because we ideally need scenes with enclosed surroundings such as bedrooms, so that the audience are able recognise the theme of loneliness as a result of the young girls drug abuse. Not only this, but the claustrophobic atmosphere mimics the small aspects of which the girls life revolves around, this being her addiction. Furthermore, an inside location allows us to alter the lighting, enabling scenes to witness differentiations in meaning. Inside the house we will use the props of a bed and a mirror, acting as another reason why we have chosen to film inside a house. This will play a key role in connecting with the audience, contradicting the 'ordinary' feeling of a home with that of someone using the four walls as a shelter.  

Only one scene we will be using a different location, this being the party scene. At this moment in time, we are unclear of when and where we will be filming this, having two possible alternatives. Ideally, we are hoping for a party to fall over the half term however, if this is not the case we have a back up plan of filming in a dark mobile classroom at our college. For this we have already arranged for a mass group of students to participate therefore, actively representing a partying atmosphere. Props in hand for this would simply be a mobile phone, using a strobe light application to replicate a correlated surrounding.

Mood Board

Here, we have created a mood board, taking a variety of screens from different music videos. From this, it is evident that close-ups are a commonly used shot, which will influence the camera composition for our filming. These images have been chosen, relating to our intial ideas for our music video. Not only will these help to influence our storyline but, prompt our choice of props and costume.

Looking back now having shot the majority of our music video, this mood board was incredibly influencitial for the complilation of our shots. We heavily followed the theme of reflection, representing the difference in personality of the female with excessive alcohol and drug consumption. Hence, the top left shot of the female has been re-created within our music video, representing the state of the girl the morning after her night of drug and alcohol abuse. This then leads me onto the shot below, of the man sniffig. This has been miniced by our female actress using the props of sugar and a rolled up £5 note to exemplify the snorting of cocaine. Furthermore, the top right image helped construct the apperance of our female character. Having applied dark,smudged make up to the eyes of the girl this suggested the female to malnourished and a physical wreck. Finally, exploring some of these music videos further such as 'A-Team' and 'Flashing Lights', this urged us to put a filter on our film. We purpose to use both the natural light and a black and white filter, depending on the contrast of different times of day. This could therefore, be used to illustrate the part and present tense or the dissimilarity in the characters mood or emotions.

Costume ideas

When compiling ideas on the costume of the main character, a variety of music videos have been explored to hinder the main dress of such a character.

In the music video 'A Team' by Ed Sheeran, the main subject character is seen to be wearing ripped tights. This could represent the struggle in which the girl has gone through, resulting in physical and mental damage. Furthermore, the female is wearing a hoodie with the hood up, covering her face. This suggests the covering of her identity, also relating to the new covering the drugs and alcohol have put on her personality. Additionally, the clothes worn are generally seen to be over sized suggesting that drugs and alcohol have become the necessities of her life rather than the usual essentials of food and water. This also interlinks with the make up of the character, being very pale in face therefore suggesting an individual who is physically suffering from a deficiency in health. This is also supported with the character being dark under the eyes imitating a lack of sleep. Finally, within this music video the subject is noticeably wearing large hoop earrings. This is something people would normally associate with 'cheap' hence, attributing the character into stereotypical jobs such as drug dealing and prostitution due to consistent expenditures on drugs and alcohol.

Likewise in the music video of 'Flashing Lights' the victim is wearing fishnet tights. This is a common costume, stereotyping the female as vulnerable with the excessive visibility of bare skin, making the character an easy target. Holes in the tights could further pre-empt the outcome of events, showing imagery of an unfixable nature. Additionally, the subjects are always seen to be dressed in black, representing negative emotions and in some cases symbolising death. This is seen to be the case within the music video by Chase&Status, with the young female passing away as the outcome.

From analysing these music videos, this has been used to structure the appearance for our main character. In our music video are subject has encompassed the look of ripped tights, baggy clothing of which is dark in colour and scenes where her face in overcasted. Alongside, heavy black make up was applied to the eyes of the character, making here look cheap and in a physical state of disorder. The 'cheap' look was futhered by the application of large gold hoops, representing a typically stereotype of someone with a lack of class.

The Selfish Giant

Inspired by the Oscar Wilde Victorian fairytale story of the same name, 'The Selfish Giant' is a contemporary fable about  two teenage boys who get caught up in the world of copper theft.
Directed by Clio Barnard, 'The Selfish Giant' has characters based upon people Barnard met whilst researching The Arbor in and around the Buttershaw estate in Bradford, including a 14 year old boy called Matty who had been scavenging metal to sell to scrap dealers from the age of 11.  By melding down the two contradictory genres of fairytales and social realism, Barnard's aspiration is to construct a contemporary, realist fable.

The concept of social realism was first introduced to films from the literacy devices of Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy. One of the first British films to emphasise social realism was James Williamson's 'A Reservist Before the War and After the War' in 1902. At the time, social realism in cinema was reflecting Britain's transforming wartime society. Later in the 1940's, social realism was also adopted by Hindi films.

Press reactions:

The Guardian - 'Barnard's storytelling is heartfelt and passionate, fluent and supremely confident and this is a heart-wrenching movie with some stunning set pieces' - Peter Bradshaw

The Telegraph - 'So hauntingly perfect is Barnard's film, and so skin-prickingly alive does it make you feel to watch it, that at first you can hardly believe the sum of what you have seen: the astonishingly strong performances from her two young, untutored leads; Barnard's layered script; Mike Eley's snow-crisp cinematography that makes the streets of Bradford shine (...) like Ken Loach's Kes, the film kneels with myth: we get a keen sense of an older, purer England buried somewhere underneath all this junk, from the early wide shots of horses in meadows, idling bely-deep in morning mist, to the extraordinary, almost wordless final sequence that hints at redemption and reincarnation. The Selfish Giant is cinema that tells an unsure nation who we are' - Robbie Collin

Hipster subculture

Hipsters adopt styles and assets from a variety of different cultures, cultures which they don't actually belong to. Generally, Hipsters combine aspects from different subcultures in the attempt to be unique however, refusing to conform to anything, they are dress and act the same way. Furthermore, Hipster fashion is seen to be influenced by irony. Vintage clothes are worn which are too big or hideous, establishing presence, in order for them to stand out. Accessories such as fanny packs and lens-less glasses are worn, taken from the 'Nerd' or 'Geek' subculture. Being associated with Indie and Alternative music, Hipster fashion is additionally influenced by music choice, wearing band t-shirts and skinny jeans.

Gratification Model - Hipsters are commonly syndicated with social platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr. Nevertheless, society identifies Hipsters with 'sharing a little too much' via social media, such as intricate detail about what they had for breakfast.

Effects Model - With the media classifying a range of different subcultures, Hipsters respond to this by combining these identities to form a differentiated image of an individual. The mind set of this group generally believe that they know or create trends before anyone else however, Hipsters are essentially all the same with the same physical and mental mind sets, even though they believe they are conforming to something with individuality.

Two-Step Model - Hipsters are often influenced by images of individuals of the same demographic age on social media platforms such as Instragram. Celebrities can also influence Hipster trends, acting as an iconic role model, this may be someone such as Jared Leto.