Music Video Planning // Character + Costume

Now that my storyboard is complete (viewable here), I will plan out in further detail the many aspects of my music video. The first I wish to plan is the characters in the music video , the representations of said characters and how these representations will be constructed (namely through costume).

There are only 2 characters in the music video, the man who falls in love with his TV and the girl on the TV Screen. The characterisation of both of these characters is important, but of particular importance is the man, as he is the protagonist and focal point for the video. The Girl is comparatively unimportant, both because she is not the protagonist, but also as a fundemental part of her character itself, an illusion that the man allows himself to become involved in.

I have chosen to name the man Dave, as an intertextual reference to the character of Dr. Dave Bowman, From classic Sci-Fi '2001: A Space Odyssey'. I have chosen to use this reference due to the immortal exchanges between him and the ship he occupies' artificial intelligence H.A.L. 9000. I have chosen this because it reflects the relationship between man and technology also represented in my music video.  Similarly, I have chosen to name the girl on the TV Scarlett, as a reference to the actress Scarlett Johansson, as she plays the role of the OS Samantha in the film 'Her'. I have chosen to so this because the character of Samantha is highly similar to my music video's character, as she is an artificial technological construct that a real, human man falls in love with.

By design, The character of Dave will need to exhibit certain characteristics, so it is important to costume and direct the actor in the correct way. To connote his eccentricity and his light abnormality, he needs to be dressed in a way that is also eccentric and er, slightly abnormal. I have created a mood board of influences to help inspire the character, and his costume.