Costumes
- 1. Costumes, Actors, Props Actors The lead role for my filmwill be a male aged 18. This is because he can lip sync due to the artist of my film also being male. I have also chosen three girls aged 17 and 18 as the other main characters as they are a close group of friends having fun together. I chose actors of this age group as the audience of house music is those aged 16-24, and therefore the audience will be able to relate to the images on the screen. For example, my actors will be visiting a number of locations within my film and I want to create the music video to suggest they are spontaneously on outings having fun together. Additionally, I hope to gain some footage from a scene of a festival as this is again something which the target audience can relate to if it is also within their interests. It is important to have characters in a music video which the audience feel similar to as they are more likely to be interested and therefore watch the entire video. I also hope to have some scenes with a large group of 100 to show how the group of friends are having fun but are oblivious to those around them. This is because my video is all about how close the friendship and they do not care about what others think and are able to visit many places because they are young and spontaneous. I chose my actors because I believe they all have confident personalities which will allow them to act this character effectively. This picture is of Abbie one of my main female actors she is 18 and fits the stereotype of a young, carefree individual who would be happy to explore and complete spontaneous adventures. Props The main prop I need is a car, this is because the characters will spend lots of time throughout the video travelling to new locations. Additionally I can link this to the first line of lyrics of the song: “We’re riding down the boulevard”, which could imply that the characters are going on a road trip. I also want my video to appear to be set in summer and therefore I will need props such as sunglasses and hats in order to imply this to the audience. It will be difficult to re-create summer weather so therefore will have to use colour grading on Photoshop if the shots appear to be slightly ‘gloomy’ due to the dark and cold weather. I also want to film one scene on a beach with a skateboard as I believe this is also an interest which fits the characteristics of a young, confident male student.
- 2. Costume The dress code for my characters will be every day, casual clothes as they are not specifically going to a certain event which would require a strict dress code. I will ensure the colours of the clothes are bright and vibrant in order to reflect their outgoing and confident personalities. Therefore, would like my actors to wear blue jeans, with colourful tops and jackets, also depending on the weather some shorts and skirts.