Before shooting my scene which involved the powder paints, i had taken a photograph with my cast/artists beforehand to show their outfit choices and make-up and the reasons for this.
I asked my cast to dress 'bright and fun', i was pleased with the dress one of my artist's wore (Rae) as it stood out when filming and established a star image when she was in the shots so she stood out to the audience as one of the main singers.
I gave Jazmin a white jumper because as i knew my location/mise-en-scene would not actually hold all the colours from the powder paint like the music video 'Take It Off/Kesha' therefore i wanted my cast's outfits to retain a lot of the colour, therefore using a white jumper made sure that the colour would stain the jumper and stay on the clothing and in all the shots.
Keeping with the colour theme, i let my artists do their own make-up but using the colours pink and blue i think it stood out as it is not conventional make-up colours which people would wear together. Also the blue lips/glitter added variety to the shots and retained the fun image.
My cast mis-understood how i wanted them to apply the neon face paint and it was more smeared on rather than applied smoothly in two lines either side of the cheek bones. Despite this, i think the messy look of the face paint actually kept with the messy theme/narrative of the video.
Close up of the two different styles of make-up which my cast used. 
Aftermath photo of my cast.
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