My Music Video - Masks and Iconography

Since the conceptualisation of my music video, I wanted to use a mask to obscure the identity of my singer, primarily as it means I can use audience address and looking without having to include performance, but also as I like the enigma that this creates in association with my artist.

Before my pitch I'd already done a quick google for potential mask options, and found myself favouring some curious, plain, geometric animal masks - their simplicity was soothing, and I liked the connotations that presenting my singer as semi-animal can create.
I returned to searching for those masks tonight, and quickly discovered their source. They're available for purchase from https://wintercroft.com/ and come in the form of a PDF file, allowing customers to download and assemble their chosen mask for themselves. With fantastic customer reviews and a website as smooth and sharp as the masks, i bought one straight away.
The only difficulty I had with the process was choosing which one of their many beautiful designs I wanted most.

Firstly, the fox. This half mask is delicate in design, and presenting my artist in connection with a fox has potential to link her to the associations of foxes as being quiet and mysterious animals. However, foxes are also associated with being sneakily clever and pests. My main reason for not choosing this mask (despite my love for it, irregardless of the negatives about foxes) was that it wouldn't cover my artists mouth, and I intend to totally obscure her face/identity, (with the exception of her eyes.)

I also considered the wolf mask. I liked the idea of the 'lone wolf' character type, which could metaphorically represent the isolation of my music video's subject. However, I was uncertain about the open mouth and eye slant of this mask - while I personally really like it, I'm aware that it looks slightly aggressive and predatory, and I don't want to present my artist in this way as it may turn potential fans away.

And so I chose the Jaguar. I felt this mask still has enough animal wildness to it, but that the backwards slanted ears and high brow made it seem softer and more timid somehow. Jaguars are also generally more mysterious animals, and are associated with a sense of simultaneous grace and power. 

My downloadable PDF template for the jaguar mask was sent to me immediately upon purchase (a mere £4.50 - (which i guess could be seen as steep considering it's only a template, but there you go, I have a poor concept of money)), so as soon as I get my hands on some cardboard and a printer I'll begin my attempts to assemble this.

Fingers crossed all goes well!