Costume ideas

When compiling ideas on the costume of the main character, a variety of music videos have been explored to hinder the main dress of such a character.

In the music video 'A Team' by Ed Sheeran, the main subject character is seen to be wearing ripped tights. This could represent the struggle in which the girl has gone through, resulting in physical and mental damage. Furthermore, the female is wearing a hoodie with the hood up, covering her face. This suggests the covering of her identity, also relating to the new covering the drugs and alcohol have put on her personality. Additionally, the clothes worn are generally seen to be over sized suggesting that drugs and alcohol have become the necessities of her life rather than the usual essentials of food and water. This also interlinks with the make up of the character, being very pale in face therefore suggesting an individual who is physically suffering from a deficiency in health. This is also supported with the character being dark under the eyes imitating a lack of sleep. Finally, within this music video the subject is noticeably wearing large hoop earrings. This is something people would normally associate with 'cheap' hence, attributing the character into stereotypical jobs such as drug dealing and prostitution due to consistent expenditures on drugs and alcohol.

Likewise in the music video of 'Flashing Lights' the victim is wearing fishnet tights. This is a common costume, stereotyping the female as vulnerable with the excessive visibility of bare skin, making the character an easy target. Holes in the tights could further pre-empt the outcome of events, showing imagery of an unfixable nature. Additionally, the subjects are always seen to be dressed in black, representing negative emotions and in some cases symbolising death. This is seen to be the case within the music video by Chase&Status, with the young female passing away as the outcome.

From analysing these music videos, this has been used to structure the appearance for our main character. In our music video are subject has encompassed the look of ripped tights, baggy clothing of which is dark in colour and scenes where her face in overcasted. Alongside, heavy black make up was applied to the eyes of the character, making here look cheap and in a physical state of disorder. The 'cheap' look was futhered by the application of large gold hoops, representing a typically stereotype of someone with a lack of class.