Costumes (Mise-en-scene)

Main Artist:

• Top- coral, pink cami top from Miss Selfridge that will suit my artists skin tone. I have decide to use a bright colour to make the artist stand in comparison to my backing dancers who will be dressed in majority black. Also, this shade of pink fits in with the summery colour scheme that my entire music video is following which is pink and green. 

• Trousers- grey skinny jeans from Topshop which my artist already owns and looks highly stylish in. They are also a conventional thing for a pop star to be wearing as outfits usually focus on the top half of the body which my successfully does. Furthermore, they will be very practical for the dancing and "messing around" scenes as my video requires my artist to do quite a lot of movement.

• Shoes-  Black heeled boots give that will compliment the rest of the outfit in an elegant and feminine way without taking the attention away from the top half of the artist. Also, the heel is very conventional for pop artists to wear especially when complimenting skinny jeans.
• Makeup: The main artist makeup is quite simplistic and naturalist for most pop artists however there will still have to be a significant coverage so that it shows up on the camera. However the main focus on the makeup look will be on the pink glittery lips which furthermore support my videos colour scheme and suggest summer, parties and having fun. This will be an eye-catching feature to my music video.

• Hair- straight long brown hair which my artist conveniently has and will just require straightening on the day of filming. This will be relatively simplistic so that the main focus will be on the glittery lips making them stand out even more significantly than if the hair was too bold. Also gives a contrast to the backing dancers having curls in their hair.

Testing the backing dancers outfits.

Example Outfit

Example Hair look

Backing Dancers:

• Black ballet leotard paired with black tights underneath. This is a simplistic look so the attention isn't taken away from the main artist. However it is also highly practical and comfortable for the backing dancers to be wearing.
• Hair- half up, half down curls to give the dancers a feminine image whilst being practical for the dancing with. 
• Simplistic makeup to again not draw attention from the main artist whilst still having enough coverage to show up on carmera. However, they will wear the same pink glitter lips as the main artist to help compliment the main artist and  create some continuity between the two. 
• No jewellery for practical reasons when dancing.



Example Makeup look

• Shoes- the same black boots as the main artist to compliment the rest of the outfit and be practical for dancing and filming.
  Extras: Extras will be wearing very casual outfits that they would wear in their day-to-day lives to not draw any attention to their clothing. There is no specific dress code however bceuaes I want it to be spontaneous and very casual to create a more casual scene in my music video. These are some examples of the kind of outfits.