Friday, 9 October 2015

Research: Costume/Mise en scene


Taylor Swift - Wildest Dream
One Direction - Drag me down
Lady Gaga - Judas
Nicki Minaj - Superbass
Sam Smith - Writings on the wall
Ellie Goulding - On my mind

All these examples of music videos shows various examples of individuality and relates to the song in terms of costume, make-up and location. Choosing the correct costume and set design I have found is a crucial part of making a music video; it allows the song to be explained more with the appearance of the characters and allows the emotions of the artist to be shown. For example in Lady Gaga's video for 'Judas', the overall colour theme is black with a small amount of colour; with the use of the bikes this also represents the type of character that she is trying to portray. Ellie Gouldings video for 'On my mind' has quite an opposite approach to that character that is trying to be portrayed. The use of light pale colours shows purity and could symbolise her being more vulnerable. In my own video I am going to think about what colours I could use that would show the personality in the star images, and choose locations that would work well with this. 


1 comment:

  1. Yes, you need to say how these are relevant to your MV and how you may use these types of costume. Eg will you make a head dress or use those types of space suits? Why did you choose to look at these?

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