Male character Mock up

As the costume for the male characters are not as important as 'Caro's' costume I collected the basic images we would be looking for and I have edited the images together in 'Sketchbook copic edition' to create a mannequin of the male costume.  

Costume Designs for 'Caro' Character 2

Using the inspiration from these images, our previous knowledge of 1950's/40's fashions, Caro Emerald's style and our own ideas to draw out the designs for the 3 'looks' for the Caro character. 

Costume Designs for 'Caro' Character 1

We feel that mise en scene is very important in a music video like Caro's, especially costume so we carried out lots of research on authentic 40's/50's clothing and contemporary vintage clothing. We wanted the right mix of authenticity and almost 'rose-tinted' nostalgia about the era to come through in the costumes. Here are some typical images we drew inspiration from...

We will take inspiration from both 40's and 50's style of clothes as Caro's music incorporates both eras.  Recurring features include:

1940's

• Open collar or v-neck 
• Short sleeves 
• Pale colours in various flower and spot prints
• Belts or ribbon
• Knee length

1950's

• Sweet-heart necklines, halter -necks or 3/4 sleeves
• Full skirt - often using a net skirt to add volume
• Bright or dramatic colours.e.g. red, blue and black - often with spots, stripes or some kind of ditsy pattern
• Belts of contrasting colours to 'sinch in' waist
• Knee length

Storyboard

We decided to draw out our storyboard by hand, as we both think visually rather than with words. This means that our story board is on paper and more than 20 pages long. This is why we have scanned the first 3 pages into our blogs, to give an idea of how it looks, but not to waste time scanning. 

Mood Board Inspiration

We decided that before we started looking for what was available to us for our small budget, we wanted to get a clear idea of our themes on paper. 

Her music is a mixture of 40's and 50's inspiration so the mise-en-scene will reflect this.

Our main colour scheme (which is very important in

Caro's videos and for the specific era) will be red and blue. 






One major prop that we would really need to find is the 50's style microphone. (pictured bottom right hand corner)





The setting: ideally we would love to find a 50's style american diner, however, this will be difficult on our budget. 

Decisions Decisions!

It took quite a long time for us to decide on which song we were going to use for our music video. Mainly because we wanted our research to inform our decision. However, we narrowed the shortlist down to...

• Raise your glass       ---  Pink
• Put your records on  --- Corrine Bailey Rae
• That Man                 --- Caro Emerald 
• Song for whoever    --- The Beautiful South 
• Teardrops on my guitar --- Taylor Swift 

And eventually... we decided on ... Caro Emerald's That Man! 

Questionnaire Results

1.  Gender

2. Age

3.  How often do you watch music videos?

4. On which medium?

5. What are your favourite genres of music?
(We decided to present these results in the form of a "Wordle". The bigger the word, the more times it occurred) 












6. What are your favourite bands or artists you like in these genres? 















7. Which elements make a music video a great one in your opinion?

8. Why would you look up/watch a music video?

For the song or the artist?

9. What are your 5 favourite music videos?
(Here is a selection of peoples favourites, some appear more than once) 

• Dan - Grovsnor
• Stupid Girls - Pink 
• White Knuckles - OKGO
• 70 Million - Hold Your Horses
• Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO 
• My Baby Just Cares For Me - Nina Simone 
• Thriller - Michael Jackson 
• Last Friday Night - Katy Perry 
• All is Full of Love - Bjork 
• This too Shall Pass - OKGO
• Only - NIN
• When the Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkey 
• I Don't Care - Fall Out Boy 
• Walk - Foo Fighters 
• You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
• Lonely Road to Ruin - Foo Fighters
• Fell in Love with a Girl - White Stripes
• Brick by Boring Brick - Paramore 
• Stylo - Gorillaz 

10.  Would you base your opinion of the song on the video?

11. Would you base your opinion of the video on the song?