Costuming

Hi!

In the first half of the song, until the 17h shot, the two characters will remain in the same clothing. By doing this, it shows the repetitive, never ending circle of their arguing relationship. Sophie’s make up then changes at the 17th shot and they are both going to be in different clothing. This mise-en-scene matches the outro of the songs lyrics because he is repeating “I’m a Pacifier.” We linked this to mean that he is someone who can comfort Sophie and stop her from crying. Therefore, by them changing their appearance, the mise-en-scene helps the video to match the song and show their relationship is finally coming round and changing for the better because he’s  comforting her.

Sophie’s outfit for the first part of the video is going to be dark clothing. By having this dark clothing, it shows her as a mysterious character with a past behind her; her mothers death. It also shows her in a sad, negative state and sets the tone of the song. Jeans are also a piece of clothing popular for teenagers, and this makes it more relatable for the audience. She is going to be wearing a grey jumper, as this has a slight contrast against the black jeans and shows the hope there is when the relationship turns round at the end of the song.

 

Her make up at the first half of the music video is going to be relatively subtle. This shows again a boring, repetitive routine.

This changes to more dark make up at the 17th shot when she becomes emotional to show how much the argument is effecting her. This make up is also why Jack seems to think she has spent the night with someone else and the mise-en-scene helps the audience see why he may think this, she is in the same clothes with rubbed, dark make up.

Jack is going to be wearing black jeans and a black coat. This mise-en-scene shows him in the sad state he is in and portrays to the audience they are both in a bad place and this is shining through their clothing. He is going to be wearing jeans as well because this is again popular in his age range. This makes the video more relatable and meets the target audience.