Wednesday 12 December 2012

Characters and costume

 
Character A
-16 year old sister Chloe Field.
 
 
Character B
-17 year old friend Rebecca Rackham.

 
Character C
-17 year old cousin Joshua Clubley.

 
Character D
-17 year old friend Yasmin Kay.
 
 
Half of Character E
-17 year old friend Kallum Mawer.

 
Half of Character E
-16 year old friend Sam Foston.

I chose six different individuals to play 'characters' in my video, as I thought this was a large enough number for the video to be varied and create the 'care-free' effect I wanted without the footage looking repetitive. It also ensured I could have an equal number of males to females to create a varied effect.
There is no preference to the labelling of the characters from A to E as after I organised and colour-coded the plan of action, the individuals were randomly allocated to each part. I split character E in two after I started filming, as I decided a sixth character was necessary to ensure the video looked volumous and varied, and character E had the most action planned.
Before filming, I gave each character specific instructions on how they should dress, playing the chosen song to them and asking them to dress as expected listeners to the song; to dress indie-like and avoid dull colours, as I thought the clash against the setting would look effective.

Costume

Character A:
-Black studded shorts.

-Bright pink wooly jumper.
-Leather jacket.
-Converse trainers.


Character B:
-Acid jeans.
-Baggy T-shirt.
-Leather jacket.
-Puma trainers.


Character C:
-Wooly hat.
-Patterened red shirt.
-Black, skinny jeans.
-Van trainers.


Character D:
-Black shorts.
-Checkered shirt.
-Wooly hat.
-Converse trainers.

Character E - 1
-Wooly jumper.
-Black skinny jeans.

-Van trainers.

Character E - 2
-Blue denim shirt.
-Blue jeans.
-Van trainers.


*As seen above, all characters dressed similarly to each other. This was something I organised especially so that all characters in the video would have the same style and reflect the possible 'indie' style of the listeners. This is an example of me creating some identity for my characters; effectively reflecting the expectations of the audience.

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