Thursday 19 February 2015

Female Characters Costume 1 (Filming Day 2)

Filming Day 2: Mise en Scene
This is a shot long shot of the main female protagonist, Kate, and her first costume for the second day of filming. The costume style and stereotype for this character has changed quite a lot from my initial ideas of having her follow a completely grunge theme with ripped tights, skirts and leather jackets. These initial ideas have changed for a number of reasons, the biggest being practicality issues such as the time of year and temperature meaning that the actress would be cold and uncomfortable in skirts and dresses. Also, after the first day of filming, the character type has been adapted from the initial ideas of Kate being sad and lonely, and actually in many of the shots she is shown to be very excitable and upbeat, therefore the clothing has been adapted slightly to address this. Also, I have chosen clothing that makes the character look quite feminine to deliberately work in contrast in shots of her with the male character, showing the difference in masculinity and femininity between the two. Many of the clothes the female wears are quite fashionable at the moment showing the conventional way a teenage girl could dress, however other elements are still very casual showing that the female doesn't hugely care about her appearance, but still makes an effort. This outfit proves this, jeans are stereotypical of casual/chilled out clothing and are very common, however the black crop top is quite fashionable and shows her stomach and outline emphasising her femininity to the audience. The chunky, biker style black boots hint at the grunge element of the character's costume discussed above and show that she is still rebellious and unique in some ways.