2. Main character - Normal Gear
• The reason for this is because
we want our character to
seem like an average
teenager male, possibly 18-
20, with a 9 to 5 job, and
blends in easily with a crowd,
and seems like someone who
isn’t a super villain. This also
links to certain superheroes
who dress like civilians, such
as peter parker (Spiderman)
Clark Kent (superman) and
Bruce Wayne (batman).
Main Character normal gear: Suit and tie, as if he’s just got out of work/ school.
3. Clark Kent to superman
• Batman is an interesting
character to look at when
focusing on our costume,
because his civilian alter ego
costume is a suit, because he is
a billionaire, whereas his
superhero costume is a black
bat suit, which is very similar to
our main characters normal
gear and villain costume. Also,
the choice of a suit suggests
that he works in an office,
somewhere important such as
a legal building, or that he is
still a student in school, but has
to wear a suit.
4. Villain gear: black trench coat, black
combat trousers, hood, black face
mask, black boots
• The reason for this we have
chosen to use these items of
clothing for our villains
costume is because when
thinking of a super villain, you
must first look at the colour of
his costume, and black is a very
negative colour, because it
represents mourning, the end,
secrets, magic, power, violence,
evil, and elegance, which link
well to a villain. Super villains
that support this are magneto,
venom, and black mask.
5. • From left to right: magneto, black mask, and venom
• Also, another reason we chose to go with these
costume ideas is because they look like something a
minor villain would wear, and also links to the idea that
he is very young, and has only just started out in the
super villain world, and has no idea what villains would
usually wear, suggesting his youth and innocence
throughout the video, possibly suggesting it will have
an impact on his choices.
6. • We also based our costumes off of other anti-heroes
who look similar to our costume, such as noir spider
man (left) and Corvo (right). The reason we based it off
of these is because when looking at these costumes,
they seem fearful, and just by looking at them, you can
tell that they are potentially evil characters, which is
the look we are going for in our music video. When all
of our costume is completed, we are hoping that our
costumes final outcome will look similar to these, but
with individual aspects to it, to differentiate it from
other villain costumes.
7. Present/future gear: Not very
presentable clothes, plain t-shirt, jeans
etc. Typical teenage boy.
• The reason for this is because we want
to play on the main characters youth,
and use it as an aspect in our music
video, so that the audience can tell
that he is just an ordinary teenage boy,
just by looking at his costume choices.
Also, we want the audience to see how
much of a stereotype he is for a
teenage boy, who does drastic things
for attention because he is a confusing
time of his life, but is fine towards the
end, which can be seen from our
costume choices.
8. Main Woman, lover of main character: This character would features heavily
in the music video as she is a main part of the narrative. She would be
wearing very typical clothing that a female teenager would wear. She is also
the hero to the main character.
• The reason we have chosen
this as her costume is
because we want her to
appeal to our female
audience in a positive way,
and not represent her in a
negative and sexist way,
and we felt the way to
make her appeal in a
positive way was to dress
her in casual and everyday
informal clothing, the sort
of thing a teenage girl
would wear.
9. Main woman, hero costume: basing off of costumes such as
poison ivy and cat woman from batman, and black widow from
iron man, however, we want the suit/ costume to be entirely
white.
• We have chosen to use these as basis for our female
superhero costume for a few reasons. Firstly, we
want our female superhero to seem empowering yet
still feminine, and we think the best way to do this is
to base it on female super hero/villains through
history, such as black widow, poison ivy and cat
woman, who are mainly known for their sexy
appearance, and also their power, which is exactly
what we want for our main girl.
• Also, the reason we want the suit to be entire suit/
costume to be white is because the colour white
represents many things that represent our character,
such as purity, innocence, wholeness and
completion. Also, in colour psychology white is the
colour of new beginnings, wiping the slate clean, so
to speak. It is the blank canvas waiting to be written
upon. While white isn't stimulating to the senses, it
opens the way for the creation of anything the mind
can conceive, showing that the colour contrasts our
main characters suit and personality, making them
complete opposites, but also an interesting pair
together.
10. • Friends: Two friends are
featured at the start of the
music video when the main
character is walking up the
stairs. These characters would
be wearing very normal
clothing that male teenagers
would wear, jeans, t-shirt etc.
We chose these costumes for
the friends because we don’t
want the main focus of the
audience to be on them, but
we also want them to be
noticed, so we chose to dress
as stereotypical teenagers.
11. Thugs: Up to three thugs could be in the music
video, wearing typical criminal type clothing.
• We chose to dress the
thugs up like this
because it a
stereotypical thug
costume, and the
audience feel
comfortable knowing
what the stereotype is,
and therefore
understand the scene
a lot better.
12. Hostage: During the fight scene there will be a hostage
tied up in formal gear to represent that he is important.
Black suit.
• We chose to dress
the hostages like this
because they look
like a stereotypical
man in a hostage
situation, and
therefore make the
audience feel
comfortable
watching the scene.
