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haracter name: College girl
Age: 17
Ethnicity: White
Gender stereotype: Vulnerability, Insecure and needy
Costume: Scarf, White jumper, Skirt and tights.
Hair + Make up: Pony tail and Natural make up.
Body language: Low self esteem and Weak
Represented as... A weak vulnerable person who cannot stand up for herself and keeps it all inside and to herself because she feels she cant tell anyone.
Role within music video: She is the college girl who commits suicide.
Characters who have influenced my character decision:
Character 2:
Character name: Male - Couple
Age: 18
Ethnicity: Black Caribbean
Gender stereotype: Masculine, Controlling, Quick tempered and Assertive
Costume: Shirtless and jeans
Hair + Make up: None
Body language Touchy and Good posture
Represented as... A controlling boyfriend he loves her but has a bad temper and cant control it and becomes abusive but then feels guilty.
Role within the music video: Part of the couple who are in love and intimate but begins to argue and turn violent.
Character 3:
Character name: Female - Couple
Age: 18
Ethnicity: Black
Gender stereotype: Vulnerable, Emotional, Weak and Naïve
Costume: Tight vest top and his boys boxers
Hair + Make up: Long hair, Red lipstick , Eye make up and Fake bruises.
Body language: Vulnerable and has a attitude
Represented as... She is a young naïve girl who is so in love with her boyfriend she will him no matter what happens.
Role within the music video: Part of the couple who are in love and intimate but begins to argue and turn violent.
Conclusion:
This has helped us as we now know what we will want our characters to look like in the music video so we will not have trouble when making the video.
Some good planning and organisation of the actors here. Gender stereotypes and character representations of how you want them to appear in your music video are discussed. Some visual comparisons made to existing artists.
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