These pictures depict a male applying make-up; the conventional contouring, highlighting, red lipstick and dark lashes worn by women (and often presented in the media with such makeup) whom want to feel more attractive, sexy and confident. It is not often that we see men wearing make-up in society unless he obviously belongs to clique that tends to demand it, such as the 'goth' clique. Here however this male is applying make-up conventionally worn by women because he wants to be seen as such. This is where the controversy and negativity roll in as we as a society find it hard to deal with change.
However, in recent years the LGBTQ communtiy (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and queer) have been given masses of attention and support from the public, so much so that gay marriage has been legalized in many US states and the UK. However, most of this attention has been focused primarily on homosexuals and the legalization of gay marriage, and not so much on the "TQ" of LGBTQ, and I want to give them the attention that they need so that they can live like everyone else - as accepted. Many people depict trans* people as those whom like to play dress up alone and not as people whom were born in the wrong gender body at birth (most tarns* people are aware of this at a young age). This is however not the case - I am very passionate about the truth of the trans community and aiding people in seeing the truth the struggles trans* people face on a daily basis.
The pictures below are of the male I have chosen to be in my music video - he is not trans* but he is however very supportive of the community and very open with his feminine side so he is perfect for the roll as he will not feel shy or embarrassed on camera when dressing as a woman. I took these pictures in order to incorporate still images with moving images in my video to give it a few different dimensions. The quality is low as it was taken on a camera phone - this was intentional as I wanted these images to look more as though they were taken from real life in the comfort of a home and possibly with a friend (whom would have taken the pictures) rather than staged for a video (which looks more visually pleasing to gain viewers interest) so that the viewers of the video then get a second layer of reality and emotion in that this is very much real and it is happening - it's not something that's just been make-up for a video.
I also decided to edit the image with a sepia brown filter because I thought that would communicate some meaning that this was in the past, and maybe subconsciously or consciously show the viewer that the 'charterer' in the video has been wanting to live as a woman for quite some time, and that being tarns* wasn't simply a snap decision.
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