R+P Post 25: Costumes, props and make up

As our music video is a mix of narrative, studio, performance and location shots we made sure our actors had a range of costumes in order to keep each set-up fresh and avoid any repetitiveness.

Narrative- Location

For our narrative shots I picked out several everyday outfits as that was the look we were going for; it makes AJ seem more chilled and laid back, whilst also relatable to his target audience. As the majority of our narrative shots are set in a house, we had to ensure that my costumes were casual but still stylish enough to fit within an R&B music video. Our other actor will be wearing similar clothes to me as we don't want there to be any major costume differences , however he will be wearing a baseball cap so the audience can distinguish between the characters.

My Narrative costumes

For these narrative shots I will also have a shark tooth necklace and glasses on. These will be consistent for all the narrative shots and will be AJ's visual motifs along with his beanie, seen during some performance shots on location. The purpose of the glasses is to push forward AJ's personality as a lovable geek whilst the shark tooth necklace is more of a lucky charm. Examples can be seen below:

Sian's narrative costumes are quite similar to mine in the fact that they are quite casual yet still stylish. She will also have a variety of costume to wear in order to clearly show that time is passing as the video progresses.

Sian's Narrative costumes

Studio- Performance

For the performance shots in the studio my costumes will be much more consistent, with the only item of clothing that will change being the T-shirt that will be alternated between a white and burgundy colour. Aside from this, I will always be wearing black skinny Jeans and a black shirt- this may be removed during dancing shots though. The male back-up dancers will also be wearing similar black skinny jeans and a white T-shirt for the dance shots. 

My costume for dancing shots

My costume for all the studio lip-sync shots

For the girls, the costumes for the studio shots were kept very similar with both girls opting for a crop top and leggings, as seen below:

Make-up

For this music video all the boy will not be wearing any noticeable make-up, other than the basics, in order to reduce the shine and any small blemishes on our faces. Similarly, Sian will have a fairly natural look but will have some fancy eye make up, such as winged eye liner, however this will not be over the top. Examples and inspiration of Sian's make-up can be seen below: