Analysis of costume settings and props

Homework analysis of costume, setting and location and props

Video 1

Katy B – Lights on

Costume – 

·         3 costume changes

·         Heavily dressed up when she’s out

·         Costume links to genre by the casual and night club looks, very

Setting/location

·         3 locations

·         Outdoors – going out dressed up look

·         Well known locations such as clubs and outdoors

·         Very typical locations for this genre

Props

There are no props used.

Video 2 – Amy Winehouse

Costumes 

·         3 costume changes

·         She’s dressed in white whenever she’s outside

·         Dressed casual when in the hospital place

Settings/ locations

·         4 locations – house , outside house, hospital , other room

Props

·         Saxophone

·         Trumpet

·         Guitar

·         Drum kit

·         All link to this genre

There are many costume changes in music videos, normally in each verse and chorus there is a different costume. The costumes are tend to reflect the videos genre, soul is a more casual everyday look where as Katy B’s RnB is casual and party. For the grime , the locations are very teenager and young adults associative where as the soul is more casual and everyday. There aren't much props used in pop, grime, dub step whereas in souls and indie rock there are more visuals of the instruments.