The document discusses the costumes and appearances of the characters in a music video. It will feature a band performing, with all band members wearing dark clothing to be seen as a group rather than individuals. The lead singer will be the main focus and wear a black polo, jeans, and trainers. The guitarist and bassist will also wear dark, simple clothing to draw attention to their instruments rather than their appearances. Narrative characters in the video will contrast the band by not wearing all black. The male narrative character will wear neutral colors like beige and blue to avoid revealing his personality, while the female will wear green and red to suggest a connection to the male character and past.

1. Character/Costumes
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2. Band members
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For the band members, they will all be wearing
quite similar clothing. This is as we want to show
them as a group rather than individual members.
From audience research it is clear that all the band
members will have to wear darker clothing, this is
as it is something that appeals to this genre and is a
common convention in the alternative rock genre.
The main character shown will be the lead vocalist
which means there will be lots of shots of him
performing and less shots of the other band
members which will focus heavily on their
instruments rather than the characters themselves.

3. Performance Characters
Lead Vocalist
For the vocalist we based it on the
appearance of lead singer Brandon
Flowers of The Killers. Like all members of
the band he wears darker clothing however
he has a more formal yet casual style
which intrigues the audience. For the lead
singer his clothing will be: a black polo
shirt, black jeans and black trainers. These
are quite simple yet smart clothing which
the audience will notice. The main shots of
this character will be a mixture of close up
shots of him singing and long shots of him
with the other band members. It is clear
that the singer is the vocalist and he will be
placed closest to the camera so the
audience can identify with the singer. The
character of the lead singer will use direct
and indirect address to intrigue the
audience in to let them know what he is
thinking. Seeing lots of shots of the main
singer will intrigue the audience to watch
the music video as for some parts of the
audience he will be the main attraction of
the video.

4. Performance Characters
Guitarist
For the guitarist we decided to look at The
Killers guitarist: David Keuning. From this we
saw that he wore quite simple clothing dark
clothing which is usually black and nothing
that draws attention away from him playing
guitar. This influenced the type of clothing we
wanted the guitarist to wear in the video. We
decided that the guitarist would wear simple
clothing like a black jumper, black jeans and
black and white converse shoes. These were
quite simple choices which allows the
audience to fully focus on the guitar. This is
an interesting effect especially as the guitar
will contrast the dark clothing. It’s also known
that this will intrigue the audience as from
audience research it was found that they
enjoyed the idea of darker colours in this
genre especially for the band members. The
character won’t be shown much in the video,
this is as we want the focal to be on the
vocalist and this also introduces an idea to the
audience that the guitarist is completely
focused within the music meaning the
audience may connect more with the song.

5. Performance Characters
Bassist
Looking at The Killers bassist: Mark
Stoermer. It is clear that there is an occurring
theme of dark clothing within the killers band.
To connect to this idea we also made the
bassist wear dark clothing. We decided for
the bassist to wear a mixture of faded black
clothing. This was because as the bass the
bassist uses is black we wanted the audience
to still see the person playing the instrument
so they felt more connected to it. The bassist
will wear simple clothing including: a short-
sleeved black top, slim trousers and pumps.
In contrast to the guitarist the arms of the
bassist will be shown. This is because the
bassist of The Killers is usually seen to be
wearing clothing which reveals the arms. This
means the audience will connect with this
knowing who the band member is. There
won’t be many face shots of the bassist as
the focus will be mainly on their instrument
playing. However, shots that do show the
bassist face will consist of the bassist looking
around in a dramatic tone to suit the tone of
the song.

6. mise-en-scene
Narrative characters
In contrast to the band performance the characters in the narrative
won't be wearing fully black clothing. This is as it allowed us to
contrast the narrative characters and the performance characters in
the music video. These characters will wear simple clothing and
nothing too eye catching as we want the audience to focus on the
narrative.

7. Narrative Characters
Male Character
For the male character we didn’t want to give
away much about his personality so we
decided to make his outfit neutral. The
character is travelling throughout the video to
somewhere unknown. We decided to make
the character wear a beige coat with blue
jeans and a scarf. This sets the scene that he
is outside and is on a journey somewhere,
this is added with his prop of a bag. The
character will also wear glasses this is as he
will be able to take them off in some scenes
when he is upset making an impact on the
audience. We made the male character wear
brown formal shoes we did this to contrast
the band members and the other female
character. By keeping his personality identity
hidden this intrigues the audience as the only
thing we know about the character is the
narrative of the character. This makes the
audience curious and makes them want to
carry on watching them music video to see
what happens to the character.

8. Narrative Characters
Female Character
The majority of the music video focuses on
the idea of the female character who seems
lost and is unknown. We decided to make her
wear similar clothing as the male character to
show they’re connected in some way. The
female character wears a green parka jacket
with a red-checkered shirt underneath with
black jeans and converse. This is quite
simple but the fact that both characters are
wearing coats suggests that they’re
connected and somewhat implies that the
female character is going on this journey with
the male character. We decided to make her
wear this as this is what she is wearing when
she meets the male character and this
connects the audience suggesting that
perhaps she is from the past. We made her
wear something that wouldn’t distinguish her
from the crowd as it allows us to play on this
idea that the male character could be
imagining all of this and it is just somebody
he is mistaking for her. This makes the
narrative interesting and engages the
audience.