R+P Post 25: Costumes, props and make-up

Costumes are very important as it helps to create the look of the artist and it allows us a way to really signify that we are adhering to  youth subculture. We are sticking to a 90s vintage sportswear theme and it was very important to us to create the right aesthetic for our music video. For the overall costume theme we intentionally planned to have "street wear" costume that matched the type of locations we were filming at. These were brands such as Nike and Adidas.

General Costume theme

When researching DJ costumes we found that it was often relatively simple and usually involved plain t-shirts, coats/ hoodies and headphones.

DJ Costume

The choice of Make-up was very important as it helps add to the identity of the artist, makes them look younger, cooler and more appealing and it also matches the conventions of our target audience.

Here is the inspiration we had for the makeup, we felt it was important to have vibrant colours that popped and looked appealing

Props were very important as they helped to further the performances and make them look more realistic.

The props we used were: a phone, a pair of headphones and a sound desk.

We hope the costume, props and makeup all allow us to effectively convey the genre and our artists.