overview of work on costume, setting and location

For looking into costume, settings and props in different genres music videos I decided to look at Rap, Rock and Indie Rock
Before looking at the videos I had the idea that the Rock and Indie Rock videos would have less and no so flashy costume and location changes or props as in Rap and Hip-Hop it is usual for artists to show of their wealth through the things they put in their videos for example designer clothes or cars, and to show where they came from (a rough area) and/or where their fame has got them (a rich area). whilst Rock and Indie Rock musicians and their fans don't favour these things as much.

For a rap video I've chosen to look at HS87's "Grindin' My whole life" the main rapper in their group in particular Hit-Boy

 

In this video we see Hit-boy change costumes 4 times each time wearing fashionable clothes which carry the groups insignia, the costumes are meant to show he's fashionable. They show their wealth through the cars they have in the video, but also that they're from the hard side of life with guns and bulletproof vests. The locations change only to different areas in their area where we presume they grew up and lived, a rough area they show this through there choice of locations like when they show a burnt down house, this shows that they have a good idea of the area and are just like the people who lived there.

For my Indie Rock video I looked at Alt-J'S "Breezeblocks"

In this video we see there are no costume changes and there's no focus on them, the video tells a story and we never see the musicians, the performers in the video wear very casual clothes. throughout the video the story takes place in one apartment, everything in this video including props is meant to make the people in the video seem normal or go with the story told in the video.

For my Rock video I picked Slipknot "Spit it out"

In this video we only see one costume and setting changes as the band re-make scenes from the Shining movie. In this video they look more at the fans showing the deeper connection rock bands have with their supporters. We also see each member of the band wearing their own individual mask which they wear at all of their performances.