The document discusses various props and costumes for a music video, including: - Animal masks being made from recycled cardboard for authenticity. Backup rubber masks are also available. - Powder paint that remains as a powder instead of wet paint for a paint bomb fight scene. - Smoke bombs in various colors to create an atmospheric, dream-like setting for scenes. - A Crosley vinyl player and vintage radio to be featured in the opening scene. - Colorful helium balloons with negative words to be released as a symbol of removing negativity. - Fire lanterns to be released at the end to create a positive ending. - Normal, individual styles of clothing for the actresses rather than

1. Costumes and props
(Elephant mask – Maddie Steege)
(Tiger mask – Paitin
DuPlooy)
(Jaguar mask – Sophie D-B) (Rabbit mask – Becky Denning)
(Fox mask – Kirsten
Constantine)
It’s clear to me that the masks are my
most important props/costumes. I
wanted to bring authenticity to my music
video, and so to do this I am going to
make them myself out of recycled
cardboard. I purchased the PDF file
which gives you measurements and
instructions, and am going to paint them
and gloss them afterwards to they’re
waterproof. These are pictures on how I
hope they come out. If I have any
problems in making them I have back-up
rubber masks that I can use.

2. Powder paint
I am going to use powder paint in my music
video when they have a paint bomb fight in the
forest. When this is thrown, instead of being wet
like normal paint it remains as a powder so will
make less mess as it can be dusted off their
closed. I can get 10 colours for around £4
which will be more than plenty.
Smoke Bombs
I want to use smoke bombs within my video to immerse
my actresses in colour. This is related to the concept of
dream pop, where everything is very atmospheric,
colourful and dream-like. To set them off you simply
light the pellets and they burn for around 30 seconds. I
can get around 10 different colours for around £5. I will
most likely use this in the paint fight, the end scene and
other improvised scenes.

3. This is the Crosley vinyl player that will be
featured in the first scene. As marked on my
shot list, after the short intro, Sophie will
wake up and place a vinyl with the song
title, “Buzzcut Season”, on and the non-
diegetic music will start to play. I found a
vinyl in a charity shop so I can personalise
the label to match the chosen song for my
music video.
This is the modern take of the Robert’s
vintage radio. As shown on my shot list, this
will also feature in the opening scene. It has
a clock on the top which I will take a shot of,
followed by the radio starting to play in order
to wake Sophie up.

4. These are colourful helium balloons that I
will be using in one of my improvised
scenes, where my actresses will attach
negative words onto the balloons before
letting them go. They are a symbol of
removing all negativity in your life, which
links back to the lyrics and theme of dream-
pop. I am going to use the helium machine
at my work to fill them up, so I know they
can be done at any time.
These a fire lanterns that will feature
in the final scene. I am going to film
my characters all letting one go,
however I am going to purchase lots
to hopefully light up the sky like in
the picture to the right. These have a
similar symbolic meaning to the
balloons, however I wanted to
feature them to create a positive
ending to the music video.

5. Costumes
I want my characters to be in normal clothes, and their masks to be an “abnormality”
and to stand out. Because of this I don’t want to over complicate or manipulate their
costume, as I want it to be as real to life as possible. Because of this, I am going to
allow my actresses to wear their normal clothes with their normal style. I know them
all extremely well and they all have very individual styles. They are all very grunge,
bohemian or festival like, and build up their outfits with layers of clothes and jewellery.
As I will be filming in winter, they will need to be warm and comfortable, and so I
would like them to wear jeans, shorts and tights, or skirts with jumpers or shirts. The
pictures above show clothes that either I or one of my cast members actually have and
may be used in the music video..

6. Accessories
These are the type of accessories that my cast will wear. These are the
normal sort of things they wear on a day-to-day basis, such as rings,
bracelets and necklaces. Another significant costume is the roller skates –
these are photographs of the skates that two of my cast members have. I will
be lending my pair from “Starlight express”, to another actress. These will
be worn in Salisbury square, and hopefully in the improvised road scene.