Our band

Brad, Ella & Lauren

Who are they?

Our band conforms to the indie genre through character. They are aged 21-26 and are all male, they also come from white working class backgrounds and can therefore relate to the target audience (working class).

Values and beliefs

Our band our patriotic but are also very laid back on their values and have standard morals e.g. equality.

They believe in typical rock and roll attitudes such as being careless and laid back.

We are planning to encode meaning (Stuart hall) through mise en scene by using elements such as costume, props and facial expressions/body language to encode our band. We shall also encode meaning through our choice of song as it comes from an indie band.

Encoding through mise en scene

Costume = skinny jeans, monochrome, leather jackets, messy hair and causal clothes

Props = Alcohol, cigarettes, smoke bombs, instruments

Facial exp/Body lang = Chilled, getting into music, dancing and laid back

Lighting/Colour = Low key lighting alongside the monochrome feel to show a moody atmosphere which is a key element in indie genre.

Song choice

We are using The Courteeners – What Took You So Long? as it conforms to a typical band and shows many codes and conventions of the genre 3:23www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aJ_bAV0L►

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Representation Theory

We have reinforced the majority of stereotypes for our indie band, as they are males aged 21-26 who are all white working class.

However, you could interpret our band to be challenging stereotypes as there are now more mixed ethnic minority groups such as ‘Blossoms Band’

Audience Appeal

Our band will appeal to our target audience as they conform to the audience background (working class/male) and therefore are relatable to them. They would also be perceived as ‘cool’ and ‘rock and roll’ who can be seen as British icons and can be related to other successful indie artists such as Oasis and Kasabian.