Costume and Make-Up Research

Costume not only helps the audience understand the age of the characters, but also the time in which the music video is set. e.g. modern day or periodic. Deciding what Phoebe will be wearing in our music video was not particularly difficult because we chose clothes to represent the emotions she is feeling throughout the music video. We have decided to dress Phoebe in black, ripped jeans and a khaki jumper to reinforce the stereotype that young people of this generation are often depressed or sluggish. She is going through a break-up, so naturally she will feel down. The fact that much of her upper-torso will be concealed also emphasises she may be insecure or worried about never finding someone like him again. She will also be wearing these clothes (including Nike Janoski shoes) because they are stereotypical items of clothing that young people wear; this helps to make the music video less jarring. She will also undoubtedly be wearing a coat to keep herself warm as we will be filming in the winter time.

She will also be wearing a necklace. The significance of the necklace will be that her ex-boyfriend gave it to her. The fact she hasn't taken it off shows she is not over him yet and still needs to come to terms with the break-up before she is ready to take it off.

Below are images of costumes we want our actor to wear when we are filming our music video:

Phoebe will be wearing minimal make-up to intensify the fact that she is not trying to impress anyone and feels down about the break-up situation. We also feel like a casual look (to match the clothes she is wearing) would be jarring against a full face of make-up.