Cast/Prop List/Costume Report

Cast List

Our video will star the following people (images below):

Mitchell Hickman as "The Stripper" / Backing Dancer


Robert Glass as "The Singer" / "Friend 1" / "Dancer Number 2"


Ben Scott as "The Guitarist" / "Friend 2"

(Those in bold are cast members main roles.)

Prop List

The following are props that we will need for our music video:

• 1 x Guitar
• 1 x Pair of Headphones
• 1 x Keyboard
• 1 x Microphone

We will also need standard household items, such as mugs, chairs, a table, a sofa and a television remote, which will help us to create the sense of realism early on in our video.

Costume
The only character in our film that really needs a costume is "The Stripper". For this character we will use smart business attire, with as many layers as possible to prolong the strip sections. The character will need to wear the following attire:

• Formal shirt
• Tie
• Vest
• Smart trousers (with belt)
• Female Underwear

"The Singer" character will not need a specific costume, however he must wear a pair of headphones (listed in the Prop List).

The "Friend" characters (seen at the start of the video) will need to wear casual attire, however there are no more costume restrictions for them.

With Laura Mulvey's "Male Gaze" theory in mind, we have decided to focus on a more feminine viewpoint throughout the entire Music Video, which is why we will be using a male as "the Stripper". Therefore we will be going against the ideas of Mulvey, even though we have no female characters in our video.

Along with contrasting the ideas of Laura Mulvey, we will also contrast the theory of Emanuel Levy, as the character who is stripping in our video does take pride in his appearance and youthfulness, and is of the male gender.

By contrasting these two theories, we are seeming to demasculinate (if that's a word) the Stripper character, as is evident in the idea of making him wear female underwear. We hope that this lack of masculinity in a male will add to the amusing tone of our video, particularly as it is a parody and this is the effect we wish to achieve. In accordance with Stuart Hall's Encoding/Decoding model, we will hopefully still achieve a "Hegemonic Reading" from the audience, and they will hopefully be amused by the content of our video.

By using casual clothing for the two "friend" characters, and applying the "Uses and Gratifications" theory, the audience are liable to think that the video will be used by them for Personal Relationships or Personal Identity purposes. However upon the entrance of the Stripper, they are likely to feel more of a sense of Diversion, and escapism, due to the humorous content. By lulling them into a false sense of what the video will be about to start, we hope to amplify the amusement in our audience, when the stripping sections begin.