Preliminary Task - Prop List

FourFiveSeconds Music Video Prop List

Rihanna:

When trying to recreate this video accurately, we had to take into consideration the fashion. A lot of the props needed to mimic Rihanna's look in this video, were surrounded around fashion and makeup. We thought this step crucial as it would really help the video to accurately represent the official video. Luckily a lot of the clothing items needed, our group had on hand at home - therefore it was easy to create a similar look. Another affordance of this music video was the fact that it is in black and white therefore the colours of the props used was not essential. In the end the props needed to recreate this 'grunge' look were as followed:

• A large oversized denim jacket 
• Belt of any colour 
• A pair of oversized denim jeans 
• Pair of chunky shoes - preferably black but not essential

Paul Mccartney:

This outfit was a little less hard to create as it was more simplistic. He was dressed in all black and the main focus of his outfit seems to me the leather jacket. When picking the actor to represent him, we wanted to choose someone similar looking to make it seem more realistic.

• Acoustic guitar 
• black leather jacket - or just a black jacket
• Black jeans

Kanye West:
Once again this was an easy outfit to recreate as it is quite similar to both Paul and Rihanna however unfortunately we don't have any costume pieces for the outfit. So far this costume we just wanted to try to recreate the overall style of Kanye by searching images and adapting them to make a costume for the video.

• Black t-shirt
• Black jeans
• Chunky trainers/boots

Filming and Lighting:
For the filming process, we just needed standard filming equipment. We also chose to film the video in the studio for practical reasons but also to mimic a similar style to the official music video.

• Camera
• Studio box lights
• Tripod