Cast/Props/Costume

CAST:

There will be only one actress in my music video to keep the video simple. This song is supposed to be about loneliness after the death of a partner, therefore only one actress is needed to make the video effective and tell the story it’s supposed to. The artist is played by my cousin Lucy who I think fits the role perfectly.



COSTUME:

I decided to make Lucy wear a plain black dress to stick to the codes and conventions of the gothic rock genre.



She also wore a choker around her neck with a crucifix hanging at the front that has connotations of religion and the afterlife. This also sticks to the codes and conventions of the gothic rock genre.

This is the second outfit - my artist wore a leather jacket, long black dress and leather gloves with black wedged heals. This again was to stick to the codes and conventions of the rock genre and created the artists  alter ego.

My artist has a different hairstyle in some of the scenes along with the different outfit to show that there is two versions of the character telling the story.

PROPS:

The gravestones could be seen as props as they are used in the video to represent a person who had died fitting to the lyrics of the song.

When shooting the chorus of the song I asked Lucy to lay on the floor surrounded by Christmas lights. The Christmas lights were used to create a ghostly effect and have connotations of death and afterlife as they represent sprits in the video.