Costume

The costume in music videos often relate to the genre or the meanings behind the music or lyrics, in our case, the costume used doesn't play a great part in the music video, the genre and the meanings behind them.

The main character that is seen in the shots of cut in between Brian singing remains anonymous, this is to add a sense of mystery and uncertainity to the music video. Also the use of the bag suggests this character is moving from one place to another, and that life for him, is always changing, and in the song, Brian sings of things changing and having to make decisions. This is reflected in just one item of the costume.

The use of the hood up represents that this character is a private, possible insecure person, also this will hopefully add a sense of mystery to the video, as this character remains anonymous, suggesting that they could be unpredictable and do rash actions, as the audience can't "read" the character, they cant' understand the characters emotions from just how they walk or the actions they perform. The use of the jeans represents this character as someone who doesn't need designer and expensive clothes, also the popularity of jeans is constant, it never goes out of fashion, and jeans are extremely common, this reveals that this character, again, is trying to remain anonymous and blend in with modern society.

Brians costume isn't linked to the music at all, we asked him to wear a black top which would go with the black background, an intertexual reference to Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U, when the filming took place Brians top and the black background didn't go blend together very well. But this was sorted out in editing, as seen below.