Costume planning and analysis.
Due to our
media production being a thriller, we have decided to use bold, dark colours
and basic clothing as this will portray the sinister and simplistic yet
mysterious ideology behind it in the hope to create an eerie atmosphere of
uncertainty representing our chosen genre theme.
We decided
to have two fundamental characters throughout our media piece and have several
individuals that would have minor parts in it for very short periods of time;
it’s these people that would not be the main focus of costume design. The two
characters that would be the main focus throughout are John played by Daniel
Parsons and Lucy played by Grace Blick.
We decided
that Daniel, playing the character of John, would wear very dark colours as this
adds an element of mystery, darkness and even death. By wearing black, Daniel
would be perceived as a dark character, of which he was. Daniel plays a
psychopath who has a manipulative and sly work ethic making sure he pursues
what he sets out to do. By wearing dark clothing, it gives nothing away about
him or personality; it keeps his identity and certain aspects of his
personality hidden; he remains a blank canvas giving away no details of his
life, however still leaves a sinister, dangerous and mysterious impression on
the audience. By wearing a shirt and formal trousers, it suggests to the
audience that the character John is a male, most likely older than his intended
victim who still attends a sixth form and may also sustain a job. His clothing
is not dirty nor worn in any way, this can suggest that he either takes good
care of himself and if he does have a job and there is a possibility that it is
well paid and he can afford to make himself appear to be very representable,
however this could also mean, furthering on from the mental state of
psychopathy that he has other issues he has to deal with mentally like
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Once we
decided on how Daniel’s character would present himself, we then went on to
deciding how Grace would portray her character Lucy. We decided to dress Grace
in very bland and simplistic colours as this too gives nothing about her
personality away to the audience. However, by making sure she was wearing black
and white patterned trousers, the black represented a darker, cautious aura,
yet the white symbolises innocence and this could be related to the fact her
character is still seen as an adolescent due to her attending sixth form and
the geometric, bold print also added an element of curiosity to her, something
in her life wasn’t as simple and carefree as it may seem. Grace’s character is
very representable; well dressed and clean. From this, the audience can assume
that she is well looked after and takes pride in herself. From the outside
world looking in on her, she appears to be a normal teenager, attending sixth
form to better her knowledge, gain an education and hope to pursue a career she
so desperately wants.
Other than
the two main character played by Daniel and Grace, there were several other people
we hope to involve within the short film. One character that we incorporated
was Georgia Debranco-Chessum, who would be playing herself. Georgia would be
wearing casual clothing that would still have an element of formality due to
her attending sixth form with Lucy, Graces character. Anyone else involved
within the production would be wearing smart but causal clothing as it was set
within a sixth form and this would keep an element of realism about it.
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