Jonquil Music Video. "It's my Part"

Aztec. Pizza. Bucking Bronco. Animal Heads. Huh????
Directed by Franklin Banks.

Band Styling and Costume Making..
The T shirt designs were based on Masonic and Ritual symbols, with a symbol appearing on both the outside and inside of the shirts.

New Year = New Website

                              
                                   www.alexandraday.co.uk

BINGO! ... Short film with the old birds

Add: 2 88's + 1 sleeze + a bunch of extras + 1 number = the formula for my recent short film.
Written by Richard Johnson and directed by Martin De Lange (www.martindelange.com), shot by his Amsterdam Crew. "Two Fat Ladies" tells the tale of the British Bingo hall with all of its rivalries, politics and realities. A witty but dark script filmed over three days during a gloomy December.
To get inside the world of Bingo! I took to my local bingo hall to spy on the punters and their styles-de-jour. The results were pretty special!
The character's identities were born....

"Bertha" as played by Hazel Douglas and Beryl Nesbit as "Maud." 

Other characters that lived within the Bingo world were the Bingo Cashier played by Anna Crilly

The slimy Bingo caller ....

And our Granny Gangs..

I look forward to seeing the film ... due to be entered into the Film Festival circuit this spring. 

PG Tips and the Biscuit Robot!!!

Meet the real life Cookie Monster! part of the costume for a new PG Tips promo. Another Alex and Alex collaboration!

The Biscuit Hands... fancy a dunk??

And Mr Christmas....

200 biscuits later...  Part 1 of "PG Tips vs January" Promo..

Studio Sundays

Saturday morning!

Mint Julep. "Days Gone By" Music Video

An eerie and dark music video, Directed by Noah Harris at Colonel Blimp.

The mood for the two female characters needed to have a timeless feel to it.. making the characters hard to place and more spooky. For the young girl I wanted to project her innocence to enhance her vulnerability to the other two characters. So for this I chose to put her in a vintage child's nightdress/ christening dress. I then tea stained the dress to enhance the antique feel. I really loved the peter pan Broderie Anglaise collar of the dress- the ultimate "Doll."

The Grandmother had a very matronly like character, whilst also feeling dark and repressed. So for this I decided to make her a long, high necked Mormon inspired dress. Using a heavy dark green cotton, with pleat detail at the waist and neck (it had to have some detail!) To add a further dark twist to her character I made a leather collar piece with wire and cabling attached to one side... The collar and technology element totally contrasted with her traditional dress.. thus making her even more bizarre!

Our drummer needed to posses an unworldliness- and also ignite some fear and menace. For his outfit I turned to vintage Pilot and Police wear. Teaming a vintage Pilot Suit with Vintage Army Equipment, modern day Riot Wear and a WW2 Gas Mask.
Below are some images of how his character evolved during my prep.

And the final outfit...

The Video...