Casting + costume-

Casting decisions:Main actress (the young girl- Annie)- Played by Me (Lyndsey Wise)

This particular costume will be worn at the beginning
of the video when the young girl is escaping from the masked men
and getting used to her surroundings (the field shots). This costume
is similar to the costume of Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz and has
this iconic style which links to the idea of escaping into a new extraordinary
world. 

Main actor (masked man- animal masks)- Played by Robin Lubach - The masked creatures will be shown wearing animal masks as shown left and right, there will also be a mouse mask and a cat mask. Robin will wearing contemporary fashion, for example skinny jeans and a knitted jumper with a checkered shirt underneath, this reflects the style of highstreet fashion nowadays and are the clothes you may see in particular fashion stores such as Topshop and H&M. The reason his clothes won't be of an outdated style like those of the young girls (Annie's) is due to the fact that she has stepped into the modern world where everything is new and extraordinary to her. However, a slight intertextual reference could potentially creep into the costume as in this clip of the first film made of Alice in wonderland, the bunny rabbit is shown wearing a brown jacket and waistcoat. Therefore, it could be interesting if the masked creature wore an updated contemporary style of a waistcoat.


Costume ideas:

For the beginning of the video we have decided to put the young girl in an out dated looking dress, the dorothy style dress is appealing so I will wear a white top with puffed sleeves along with a red and white dress over the top. As shown above. In order to reference to the Dorothy style of wearing red shoes I will wear white high heels with a red bow, along with a black pair as well to contrast and link to the silent movie style of black and white.


CHANGES TO COSTUME:
Due to the fact that the previous shoes shown above were too clunky and clumsy to walk in we have decided to change the shoes that I will be wearing to these sparkly gold pumps. The sparkles on the shoe reference to the sparkly shoes that Dorothy wears in The Wizard of Oz, connoting a sense of imagination and wonderland.

I have decided to wear a bow in our music video due to the fact that it links to the Alice in Wonderland image perfectly as she is shown wearing a big bow in the tennial drawings of her.

Also the particular style of costume that I will be wearing references to the image of Alice in Wonderland and links perfectly to these tennial drawings of Alice.The vintage style of her dress will be reflected in our costume, also Alice is lost in a new world everything seeming fascinating to her which links to the idea of our music video. As in ours the main character who will be called Annie is shown looking lost and even isolated in this new industrial world which is all completely extraordinary to her.

Whereas throughout the music video the costume for the young girl will change from a 50's looking dress to a contemporary fashion look which will show how their is a confusion between illusion and reality and also it will give the feel that the young girl has stepped into a whole new world. This also references to the Alice in Wonderland as she suddenly enters a new extraordinary world as the character in our video is not used to the contemporary British lifestyle it will be extraordinary to her.