Planning: Characters

In this section of our planning we had to decide on who our characters are going to be in our music video. We had to think of suitable characters that would fit in our music video and be able to portray the storyline in the best way possible. Characters would play a significant role in determining the success of our music video as they would have to appeal to the target audience and stick to conveying the generic conventions.

Name: Elise

Age: 18

Ethnicity: Mediterranean

Gender stereotype:  vulnerable, emotional

Costume:  - bright clothing to show her innocence
                  - casual clothing, home clothing, pyjamas

Hair and make up: casual to suit the bedroom environment

Body language: comfortable, stressed

Facial expression: upset, annoyed

Represented as:  subordinate character  dominated by an alpha male

Role within the music video: artist, girlfriend

Name: Diesel

Age: 19

Ethnicity: Mediterranean

Gender stereotype: Aggressive, doesn’t care about anything, assertive

Costume: Dark, comfortable, black headphones

Hair & Make-up: Casual

Body language &Facial expressions: Stern, robotic, stable

Represented as: A typical dominant boyfriend which is controlling with a bad temper

Role within the music video: Boyfriend

Conclusion

Planning the characters of my music video is crucial because the characters used has a important role in the success of the music video. Suitable characters used would appeal more to the target audience and consequently improve the quality of our music video product.