Research Into Costume

Girl Bands in the pop genre usually dress casually in comparison to some other artists such as, Lady Gaga who is expressive through her costume when she is starring in a music video and performing. However, in the original music video to the song that we have chosen, Stooshe are wearing similar dresses but in different colours, these will be hard for us to get hold of as we have no budget. Therefore, we will have to go for a casual look as this is more realistic to our performers, but if they are dressed similarly, an example being the first picture, Little Mix are each wearing a top and shorts, then this will show that they are a girl band. I will have to do some more research into costume in the pop genre, and look at solo artists in comparison to groups.

In the pop genre, artists usually wear an item that is colourful, Rita Ora's whole outfit is quite colourful, whereas Jessie J is wearing a colourful hat and Cheryl Cole is wearing colourful trousers. This makes them stand out if they were dancing with backing dancers who are usually dressed in black. Which is the case for the third picture shown above. This is something which is achievable as many people own colourful pieces of clothing or a colourful accessory. Therefore, we will take this into account when deciding the outfit we want our performers to wear for the final product. This could also mean costume changes, which is a regular occurrence in music videos in any genre, especially if there is a change of setting as well.