Costume & Props Planning

Costume & Props Planning

Mise-en-scene is vitally important to the success of our video as whats on the screen determines exactly what the audience are being subject to. In order to make sure the mise-en-scene of our video is good as well as following generic conventions of the genre we have chosen we have decided to think about the types of costume and props that we are going to be using. 

When researching different videos and discussing initial ideas the idea of combining nature and portraits  was what we decided upon. This is because when researching into some of Sigur Ros' other music videos we found that this idea fits in with the idea and theme of the song. We have decided that the people in our narrative part of the video shall we wearing masks, a different for the male and a different one for the female. 

 The first mask that me and my group have made comes from the nature idea of trees and leaves. To incorporate greenary and earth type elements we have produced this mask by sticking leaves onto a plain mask. It is going to be important in our video as nature elements have certain connotations that the audience will refer to when watching the video. The idea of thid was inspired by the original video for Sigus Ros' Brennisteinn which has a lot of nature scenes in it. The final mask will be important in the video as it will also fit in with the costume that the actors/actresses will be wearing. We are also going to have black and white scenes in our video with splashes of earth colours for example greens, browns, yellows and keep a lot of our footage unsaturated. This again fits in with the nature elements of the video and will strengthen the mise en scene in the final video.  This mask will be the mask that the female actress will be wearing in the video. 

The second mask that the gorpu have produced is a mask that is made from clay and paint with brissels attached for eyebrows to make it more life-like. This mask is going to be the mask that the male actor will be wearing in the video. The purpose of this mask is to create distorted facial features which contrast the idea of beauty of nature. 

These masks will hopefully result in the mise-en-scene being graphic and interesting which will strengthen our video as well as relate to the genre and narrative shown in the video. Both masks have eyeholes in them so that when filming we can include extreme close up shots of the facial features with the masks but keep the eyes shown in the footage to make it more real and personal. 

When discussing costume ideas me and the group have decided that we want the costumes worn in the video to incorporate earthy, natural elements again. The image to the left shows an idea for the female costumes which is a cream dress, and a matching jacket and top. The colours are natural and not bright which fits in with our theme that we have discusses. Also the material is quite floaty and an interesting texture which again reflects the genre we have chosen as well as fitting in with the style and theme of our ideas for the idea.