Costume

Costume is a key aspect I need to consider for my music video, for many actors costume becomes an iconic prop that they are recognised for, it can also be used an symbolism for a character and their emotions. Therefore, when deciding on costume for my 2 characters I took careful consideration into the colours and style of the costume I chose as I had to ensure that it was suitable for the character, fit in with my music video and storyline, and was also representative of the characters emotions.

For my male character, my chose of costume was simple, I wanted him to wear the same costume throughout as he maintained the same emotions throughout as angry, violent, with a hint of regret. I wanted him to be relatable to my audience and therefore needed a costume that was simple and 'everyday', I therefore decided on basics of jeans and a navy jumper, although this is very simple it is very effective and creates him as a neutral and everyday character that could be representative of any person. His emotions never change and therefore nor did his costume, but by choosing dark colours I showed the anger and deep violence within him.

For my female character, I needed to take more consideration into what costume she wore as well as what colours they were. I knew that when she was escaping I wanted her to wear white, to represent freedom and cleansing, I also wanted her to wear this colour within the shower when she is washing away her pain and therefore again cleansing herself. I felt that because she was escaping it needed to be some form of 'floaty' and elegant clothing to show her freedom and joy, I therefore decided on a long white baggy dress that would flow in the wind. I felt that if I was to get my character to wear this costume within her escaping scenes it would represent her happiness and freedom.

In juxtaposition to this, I wanted her to wear dark, tight and casual clothes within her abusive scenes, I felt that this would be a good way to show how when she's with her violent boyfriend she feels the opposite of when she's running away, the dark colours will represent the negative and trapped feelings she has, and the tightness of the clothes will again show how she is trapped within them like the relationship; the opposite to her floaty dress which shows herself and her body are free. I want this outfit to be very casual and therefore show how the beatings are a normal, and daily routine, by having her wear a dark hoody with jeans and a black top, it shows the dark and negative colours but also subconsciously shows the audience how the violence is a daily thing and that it has become casual like her clothing.


I feel all my chosen costumes are suitable and represents the emotions and storyline well, I hope the audience view them as suitable and relate the emotions of the characters with the costumes.