Planning - Characters

Characters

Male character 1:

Name: Matthew 

Age: 18

Ethnicity: Carribean 

Gender stereotype of role: Matthew will take on the role of a professional dancer who is training. He will be flexible when dancing and fighting with the other male characters. 

Costume: He will wear a black top and tracksuit bottoms as he needs to be comfortable when dancing. This outfit is also conventional for dancers to wear. 

Body language and facial expression: He will have a determined and eager facial expression when dancing and fighting, however, when he connects with the tarot reader he will have a confused and helpless facial expression promoting his confusion. 

Role within music video: He will play one of the tarot readers love interests. He will be dancing until he feels a connection with the tarot reader. He will then fight against the other three boys, promoting his passion and determination to win over the tarot reader. 

Male character 2:

Name: Kayne 

Age: 17 

Ethnicity: Carribean

Gender stereotype of role: He will take on the role of a sporty yet normal student who is active and lives a stereotypical lifestyle, until he feels a connection with the tarot reader causing him to 

Costume: Black tracksuit, to promote his casual attire as he is jogging. The use  of black also connotes mystery, suggesting that the audience will not know what to expect. 

Body language and facial expression: He will have flexible and bendy body language as he will be sporty, which will be supported by his tired and breathless facial expression. This will also be promoted when Kayne is fighting against the other boys. 

Role within music video: He will be another one of the artists love interests, he will be jogging when he feels a connection with the tarot reader. he will then fight against the other boys, fighting for the tarot readers love.

Male character 3:

Name: Josh 

Age: 18

Ethnicity: Asian

Gender stereotype of role: Josh will take on the role of a stereotypical 'geek' through his representation, portraying his weakness and his vulnerability when it comes to fighting. 

Costume: He will wear a black shirt and tie to promote a smart attire, with glasses highlighting his 'geeky' characteristics. 

Body language and facial expression:  He will have an upright posture and a determined facial expression to express his 'geeky' persona. When fighting he will portray his vulnerability through his worried facial expression and bent posture. 

Role within music video: The geek will be in the library reading books until he feels a connection with the tarot reader due to him being another one of her love interests. 

Male character 4:

Name: Sandro 

Age: 19

Ethnicity: African 

Gender stereotype of role: He will take on the role of a conventional male, who is living a normal life like the other boys until he feels a connection with the tarot reader and finds himself fighting against the other three boys for her love. 

Costume: Black T-shirt and black jeans, promoting his casual persona. This is conventional for a young boy to wear, however, the colour black connotes danger, suggesting that the character will promote danger when he is fighting. 

Body language and facial expression: He will have a relaxed posture, supported by a calm facial expression, until he fights, causing his body language to change, with him adopting an upright posture and a straight face, showing his confidence. 

Role within music video: He will simply he watching TV until he feels a connection with the tarot reader leading to him to the fight scene. He will fight against the other boys and he will win the fight, winning over the tarot reader and  her love.

Conclusion:

Overall, we believe it is important to plan effectively as planning the characters allowed us to identify the role each character must follow and how they'll be represented. Without planning each character properly we would be unsure of the characters roles. This way we are now confident about each character, and we will be able to express to them what character they must represent and how they will portray their character through their costume, body language and facial expressions. This prevents any confusion or problems from occurring. We have decided to use characters from different ethnic backgrounds,and of similar ages to reflect the target audience and their needs. Overall, we are now clear on how we want to portray each character, and we are hoping that this planning will be beneficial when it comes to creating our music video.