Costume and Props

Here is a table I created showing all the props and costume I would require for my video. I have also included where I'd source the items from, cost and who's responsibility it would be.

Here are some photo's of the type of clothing and props I was looking for in my video..

Here are some white gowns that I wanted my female performer to wear whilst roaming through the countryside. I wanted to use this style of outfit for the female as I was taking on the idea of natural beauty and the Pre-Raphaelite idea. Originally I wanted a big green and red dress to compliment the hair colour of my female performer but this was going to prove too costly so I have had to come up with a plan B for the female costume instead. Using the white dress will still achieve the natural look of the pretty woman in the country side and using the colour white highlights the idea of being natural.

No shoes are needed in my costume as I want my performers to be bare footed to again really highlight the idea of the video being a very natural one. I have also seen in other folk/acoustic video's this idea being used so it will definitely fit in with my target audience. Also some theorists say that now the performers are trying to show off themselves and their image and not so much just their music any more. By giving my performers less to hide behind and making it more natural I feel that the music won't be 'forgotten' about so much and the focus won't be drawn just to the performers.
This is Paul my performer and he is wearing the style of large top hat I wanted to include in the dress for my video. He is also wearing a waistcoat which doesn't look to dressy or fancy and is the simple style I was going for with the almost hand made patch work look.

The white shirt will be worn in an open style to fit in with the story line being told by the song, (a couple going off into the countryside and undressing as they do so.) Black or brown chord like trousers will be worn as this is what was worn by men back in the period I am planning to make my video fit.

This table has now been changed due to the fact my original performers are no longer able to do any filming or photography for me, which mean that my whole Pre-Raphaelite idea has had to be changed as I no longer have George or Paul to film.

Now my video is going to take a more modern 'folky' style and my performer 'Chas' will now be wearing no such a period outfit but more along the lines of a tweed country jacket, baggy shirt and brown scuffed leather shoes/boots to give it that worn look.

Here is an example of a tweed jacket i want to use.

Here is an example of a style of shoe I shall get my performer to wear.

I dressed my performer up in the style of outfit I wanted to film him in and took some photographs of him.

In this photo 'Chas' is wearing a tweed style jacket and brown worn leather shoes and simple black trousers to give him that folky/country look.

Shoes will now be worn by my male performer but they will be discarded and thrown into the grass during the early stages of the video. This is to again highlight the idea of the couples clothes being scattered through the country side as the alluring woman leaves him a trail of her clothes to follow.

Ashley, my new female performer will now be wearing a simple cotton white dress and will have bare feet through out. Although I can no longer continue with my Pre-Raphaelite theme I am going to stick with the natural look and there for the white plain dress and bare feet will work well. The use of the colour white also symbolises the girls purity through out the video until at the end where we see this white dress on the floor, showing us the audience in a subtle way that she has now lost her purity.

Here is my new table for my props and costumes. I have highlighted in red the costume and props which I was planning to use with George and Paul and which I no longer need. In blue are the items of clothing I shall need to get for my new female performer and the ones in black are remaining the same.