The most visible and key distinctive feature about the country style is simplicity by using low key colours in terms of make up and costume. The style originates from the USA and the appearance follows the day to day casual look workers used to have which was conveniant for their daily routines.
From researching different websites I found that it is conventional for country artists to have a compeltely natural look involving simple make up and wavy big hair. It is traditional for a girl of country ethnicity to have long pleated hair which can be fastened into different hairstyles. Crimping and curling tongs may be useful during the preparation prior to filming to give the hair a large and bouncy effect.
As you can see from these different images there are varied styles I can use which all relate to the country style. I think i will need to use rollers and curl my models hair to give it a thick and bouncy effet but leave the actual hair down so during filming the model can easily roll her fingers through her hair for certain shots.
MAKE UP - FEMALE
I found networking websites such as Yahoo answer and Wikki answers very useful when researching into conventional make up styles of the country genre. These sites provided vauluable information about what my audience associated the country style with therefore is importatnt to consider as the make up the model uses must be conventional. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110226211119AAWFsA5 (This is an example of a website i found useful).
I also researched websites which provided natural looking make up tips that may be useful when creating a plan for creating the overall appearance of my model.
HAIR - MALE
Hair is an important feature to consider as it adds to the appearance and costume aspect which is part of mise-en-scene. Generally county men do not have a specific hairstyle as they follow the rugged and messy approch, this was suitable as traditionally
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