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COSTUMES AND PROPSSENI OYEWUMI

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.

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.

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.

COSTUME 1 – MAIN ARTIST

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.

COSTUME OF ALL CHARACTERS AT FUNERAL SCENE

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.

COSTUME OF MAIN ARTIST FRIEND

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.

COSTUME OF GANG MEMBERS

PRICE OF BLUE BANDANAS

PRICE OF RED BANDANAS

PROP 1 - TELEVISION

The Television will be used from shots 9 to 11 to show the gang crime.

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.

PROP 3 - LETTER

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

PROP 4 - BASKETBALL

This will be used in shot 68, where two old friends are seen playing basketball.

PROP 6- X2 IPHONE

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

PROP 7 - PLAYSTATION

This will be used in shot 64 to show two old friends playing video games together.

PROP 7- MICROPHONE

The microphone will be used in all the shots that take place in the chapel.

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.