costumes and props

2. WHY COSTUMES ARE IMPORTANT?
• REPRESENTS WHOLE GENRE AS WELL AS THE SONG.
• THE COSTUME IN A MUSIC VIDEO ALSO COMPLIMENTS AND
INFLUENCE THE DRESS CODE OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE.

3. WHY PROPS ARE IMPORTANT
• SIMILAR TO COSTUMES, PROPS ARE USED TO SHOW THE
CONVENTIONS OF A PARTICULAR GENRE.
• PROPS CAN ALSO BE USED TO REPRESENT THE ARTIST IN THE
WAY THE DIRECTOR WANTS TO.
• UNLIKE IN MOST HIP HOP MUSIC VIDEOS, MY CHARACTERS WILL
NOT BE SEEN USING PROPS IN THE FORM OF LUXURIOUS
EXPENSIVE PRODUCTS DUE TO THE NARRATIVE.

4. COSTUME 1 – MAIN ARTIST
• THE COSTUME OF THE MAIN ARTIST IS VERY IMPORTANT IN
REPRESENTING THE GENRE.
• THE MAIN ARTIST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTER IN THE MUSIC
VIDEO.
• AT THE BEGINNING OF MY VIDEO, MY MAIN ARTIST WILL BE SEEN
WEARING A LIGHT HOODIE, JEANS, A BASEBALL CAP AND BLACK
TRAINERS.
• THIS REPRESENTS THE GENRE WELL WITH THE STREET STYLE ATTIRE
BEING POPULAR AMONGST THE TARGET AUDIENCE.

5. COSTUME 1 – MAIN ARTIST

6. COSTUME 2- MAIN ARTIST, CONGREGATION
AND ARTIST FRIEND
• THE ENDING SCENES OF MY MUSIC VIDEO WILL BE AT A FUNERAL.
• ALL THE CHARACTERS WILL BE SEEN WEARING BLACK SUITS. THE
COLOUR OF THE SUIT REPRESENTS THE DEATH AND MOURNING,
WHICH ALL OCCUR AT A FUNERAL.

7. COSTUME OF ALL CHARACTERS AT FUNERAL
SCENE

8. COSTUME OF MAIN ARTIST FRIEND
• IN THE SCENES OF MY MUSIC VIDEO WHERE THE FRIEND IS SEEN
RETURNING FROM WORK, WATCHING TV AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE
LETTER FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, THE FRIEND WILL BE SEEN
WEARING A SMART SHIRT AND TROUSERS.
• HOWEVER WHEN MEETING UP WITH THE MAIN ARTIST, THE FRIEND
WILL BE SEEN WEARING A PAIR OF JEANS, A BASEBALL CAP AND
A LIGHT COLOURED HOODIE JUST LIKE THE MAIN ARTIST.

9. COSTUME OF MAIN ARTIST FRIEND

10. COSTUME OF GANG MEMBERS
• THE COSTUME OF THE GANG MEMBERS ARE EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT IN REPRESENTING THE GENRE OF MY MUSIC VIDEO.
• ALL THE CHARACTERS ACTING AS GANG MEMBERS WILL BE SEEN
WEARING VERY DARK COLOURED CLOTHING WHICH WILL CONSIST
OF BLACK HOODIES, BLACK TRACKSUITS, AND COLOURED
BANDANNAS
• RED BANDANAS REPRESENTING THE BLOODS, THE BLUE BANDANAS
REPRESENTING THE CRIPS.

11. COSTUME OF GANG MEMBERS

12. PRICE OF BLUE BANDANAS

13. PRICE OF RED BANDANAS

14. PROP 1 - TELEVISION
The Television will be used from shots 9 to 11 to show the gang crime.

15. PROP 2- ENVELOPE
I will be using a very similar looking envelope in shots 12-15, where the man realises
he has a letter from The White House. I will create this envelope using desktop
publishing software.

16. PROP 3 - LETTER
This will be used in shots 17-19. I
aim to create a letter using Desktop
Publishing Software.

17. PROP 4 - BASKETBALL
This will be used in shot 68, where two old friends are seen playing basketball.

18. PROP 6- X2 IPHONE
These will be used in shots 21-25 where the two main characters in the narrative
are texting each other.

19. PROP 7 - PLAYSTATION
This will be used in shot 64 to show two old friends playing video games
together.

20. PROP 7- MICROPHONE
The microphone will be used in all the shots that take place in the
chapel.

21. PROP 8 – WINE BOTTLE
This will be used in shot 12 only, where the man intends to open the bottle
before noticing the envelope addressed to him.