Imagery in my Music Video

The song I have chosen for my music video is a murder ballad about a woman who is seduced by a man. He is the first man she has ever loved and in a short space of time she comes to trust him completely. The man also loves her and thinks she is beautiful. However, he doesn't want to share or have her beauty fade, and so he kills her. 

My interpretation of the woman is of a youthful girl who innocent, pure and beautiful. To symbolise this I would dress her in white for a majority of the video. 

An example of how I would want the woman to appear

However, once she has been killed her innocence and purity is taken from her so white is no longer appropriate. Therefore, I would dress her in black to symbolise death.

This is an image of the actress I will be using and the dress I plan on her wearing to symbolise her death

As I would like to portray her as innocent I will not be using Laura Mulvey's concept of scopophilia, which has become very popular in music videos today. If I were to objectify the woman as a sexual object it would distract from the theme of her beauty and innocence.

I interpret the man to be a little bit psychotic and deceitful. Therefore, I have decided not to choose a generic 'pretty boy' that would be pleasant to look at on screen as I do not believe that type of person would fit the character in the song. To the world he appears normal and so at first when he is with the woman he will be well dressed in a buttoned up shirt and smart trousers. However, as the days progress and he starts to become paranoid, his style of dress will start to become messier. His shirt will not be buttoned properly and eventually it will be noticeably crumpled. However, he will always be wearing the same clothes to symbolise how underneath he is always the same. There is no change in character unlike with the woman.