Pocket Watch
Our music video has a segment set in the late Victorian era. To show that the main character is actually a crook, we felt we needed to feature a crime. Since the song is called 'Cops and Robbers', we felt the crime should be theft. We decided it was best to have our protagonist steel a pocket watch. To save on costs, we decided to use a pocket watch already owed by a member of the group. Unfortunately, the watch is a Dr Who watch, but it is barely noticeable so we are just going to use it.
Cane?
We are thinking about maybe having a cane in our video, since it gives something else for the character to do. We were initially planning on having the character spinning around an old lamppost, however we do not appear to have any old lampposts at any of our locations so we may have our character spinning around a cane. He would also be able slam it on the floor in time with one of the sounds in the song.
1937
Gun
We would like to have our 'mob boss' character loading a gun in his scene. We have access to a prop based on an M1911 which looks similar to the pistols found at the time. The only issue is that the barrel is orange, but we can easily fix that by painting it black.
1957
Comb
For the '50s period of our production, we are going for the 'greaser' motif. Thusly, inspired by the film Grease, it made sense for our character to appear obsessed with his appearance. The best way to do this, as depicted in Grease, is to use a comb. Since we are saying this character is a criminal, we thought a flick comb was a good idea since it can appear thuggish (the audience will believe it is a knife) and then innocent, adding comic relief to the video, fitting the tone of the song.
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