Our song choice is called "Tell Your Friends" and the lyrics repeatedly say "Don't tell your friends about it", so we come up with the idea of somebody being stalked. This means that we will have the stalkers wearing black and greys (darker colours) because not only does this match the theme but it also matches The Weeknd's fashion styles and choices throughout his videos. We have taken the concept of some of his videos and put our own idea together from them. They focus on a rather depressing or negative situation therefore we thought it would be best to film in locations which represent his dark themes.
Our inspired costumes from The Weeknd:
We have interpreted the colour scheme and the smart casual styles within our video. We have Ben who will wear a blue jacket without a hood, black jeans, a grey shirt and a black tie. Therefore within Ben's costume we have matched him mostly to the first and the second photo, a mix and match of the smart casual image. Except his jacket will not be blue denim it will be a bomber jacket. He will also wear black smart shoes with laces to match his jeans and tie. We will all be wearing black lace up smart shoes as well to show a pattern within the costumes, blazers were considered but we thought they may get dirty with the whole dragging body ideas so if we chose that idea, we would want to wear costumes that we wouldn't mind ruining. Therefore that is why we have chosen to replace the blazer idea with the bomber jacket as a substitute.
Whereas for David, black jeans, black lace up shoes, a blue coat with a hood, a gold watch, and a black shirt and black tie. David will play the role of a killer therefore this is why we have chosen a darker style for him, but again to follow a pattern within the costumes we have chosen to make his coat blue as well. But both Ben and David will be represented as completely different people. This is again a rather smart but casual look, slightly more colour coded though as all of his costume is black with a blue coat. David will also be the driver if we decide to include our ideas involving therefore he will wear black gloves to ensure all of his identity is covered. The gold watch represents he is richer and more powerful than Ben therefore we thought this will be a key accessory, whereas Ben will be betrayed as more vulnerable. Also David is taller which immediately represents that he has more power than Ben. Overall David's costume matches mostly to all three photos considering he has the black suit style with a black tie not white, the blue jacket and then in the third photo if you zoom in you can see the extra accessories.
Furthermore, my own costume (Aaron), will be most similar to David's as I will play the role as his helper but what separates the characters is that I don't have the expensive accessories which represents that he is the leader and I am the follower. I also wear darker colours, the same as David, I will wear a black shirt, tie, jeans and lace up shoes with a grey coat which also includes a hood. Also we have planned that I will mostly be in his shadow, so he will mainly be doing something first and then I will follow. Also with our dark locations, David will stand out more whereas I will look as if I perhaps fade into the background and don't play a major role. I will also wear black gloves and we will use props such as potential weapons within the area, this will match our costumes and characters more into our surroundings.
Finally, Justice, we have planned so far that he will enter more towards the end as an additional helper when driving and moving the body etc. He will also lip sync towards the end and his costume will be similar but again he will look like an ordinary person whose style is slightly similar but separated to mine and David's. Black coat with a hood, white shirt, black tie, black jeans, black lace up shoes, black gloves. The costumes all match and have a similarity because it represents that no matter how similar you look, you don't know what somebody is like meaning they could be a potential danger to you. This is the kind of scene which is shot in The Weeknd's video, they are all dressed similarly and smart but one is a murderer. They also relate to our story line with the depressing theme and the smart and casual costumes. Also the props relate to his videos considering they use outdoor materials around the environment, cars, etc.
