Research on costumes for our actors

By Suhena

As the purpose of our music video is to mainly sell our artist image we wanted to portray her similarly as to how other pop singers are portrayed. They are portrayed as very fashionable and stylish. Our artist wore a bright red lace dress which we felt fitted our genre. This also enabled her to stand out from the background that we used and the props (balloons), moreover, this is a way a ensure that the attention is on the artist. The dress presents her as being fashionable and girlie.

Many Pop artists may wear bright lipsticks, this may be a way to make the artist look attractive. We felt our artist should also wear bright red lipstick to match her dress as this will make her lips look bold. Although her lipstick looks faded, this isn’t a huge problem as this can be fixed using Photoshop which will enhance her lips and make it look perfect.

We wanted our actor the ‘depressed girl’ to wear a hat in the Canary scene because we wanted to show her style through our costume decisions. The beanie hat allows her to have a distinct style of looking casual which is also reinforced in the Winterville scene. This makes it easier to distinguish between the “depressed girl” and our artist.

Our actor wore skinny jeans and shirt with a scarf to give a casual teenage look which we intended to create, making the artist stand out more than the actor.

Our artist already had ginger/ blonde hair which was a bonus as this made our artist stand out and look more like a Pop artist, as many Pop artists have bright coloured hair which reflects their personality.

Our artist wore a flowery dress which also gave her a casual girlie look as in this scene they are both in a shopping center which makes it more realistic. The flowery pattern on the dress allows our artist to stand out more than our actor as our actor is wearing dull colours.

Our actor wore a hat even in the Winterville scene because this shows her sense of style and also allows the audience to identify who she is.

She is wearing dull colours compared to our artist, this is because we wanted our artist to stand out more. Furthermore, she is wearing casual clothes(coat, jeans,& scarf) as they are in a theme park.

Our artist is wearing a long grey coat which makes her look fashionable and attracts attention like mentioned in Goodwin’s theory as this helps sell the artist’s image. She is wearing a black dress even in this scene which gives her a feminine look and reflects her sense of style.