20 Jan 2014

Research 3- Costume

The costume choice of the both the characters in our film is very important. Each item of clothing represents and stands for something that is either significant to the plot or the characters attitude and motive.

Crimson, the female character in our film comes from a Upper class family, so as she her parents will have an adequate amount of disposable income this will allow her to have a more expensive wardrobe, which could feature designer clothes, bags, accessories etc… However, seen as Crimson is the first to be introduced in our film when she is in her bedroom, she will be wearing a pair of tight denim jeans, a woolly jumper that looks rather expensive and a pair of pink fluffy socks that you would see someone wearing around the house which suggests to the audience that she lives there or it is a place she is familiar with without physically telling the audience this is where she lives. She will be in this outfit as she wishes to relax and feel comfortable in her house and as she is alone, she has know one to impress. Although, she is wearing a golden necklace as she is a 'girly girl' and she loves jewelry and shiny things. The gold necklace also suggest her wealth as an un-wealthy person is less likely to be wearing a gold chain. This again suggests to the audience that she comes from a rich background or her parents are wealthy.
 
 



Compared to Crimson, the male character Luke, comes from a Working class family who lives on a council estate. He will be wearing a big over sized black jumper, with dark skinny jeans and a pair of Converse.  He shall wear this attire as he is from the 'Gothic' genre and his friends are also Goths. In addition to this, Luke's clothes will not look brand new and they will not look too expensive as he only works at a low paying job and his parents can't afford to waste money on expensive brandsThe jeans may be ripped and the converse all dirt covered and scruffy to clearly convey to the audience that he is the complete opposite to Crimson.




When crimson appears in the first and last scene she will need to wear similar style clothes to Luke to create this hidden identity of the character.


We've got all the research we need on our location, props and costume. Next up for our production studio is the storyboard that will bring our story together shot by shot.