Creation of a Short Film : Characters Costumes...

As my film is a silent film, alongside the music the visual elements are of great importance and one element of the mise-en-scene which is the costumes is one of those visual aspects that I put great thought into. Below are my two main characters in the costumes of which I chose for their characters to wear, as within my film the time scale is just a single day I did not have to use a range of costumes which made it a littler more easier and meant I could put more time into choosing these pacific outfits. Below is a break down of the costumes of which I chose :

Jenny Harper's Costume

Black floral dress. Black waistband. Black cardie. Black opaque tights. 



This is the outfit I chose for the character of Jenny played by Hannah. Jenny herself at the start of the film, is living a typical day to day life of which consits of 9 to 5 office job within the heart of London. I therefore needed to have a costume that demonstrated this role, however during the film she discovers shoes different shoes which open her eyes to a new way of living, and makes her reflect on her own happiness so I also needed an outfit that was adaptable and would also look right with a variety of different shoes. I chose the floral dress, it is one that my actress Hannah actually wears for work of which she works within an office environment, and put it together with black opaque tights and a black cardie overall I feel creating the visual image of a working female, yet by using the floral dress also demonstrates to the audience that the character also has a more softer and delicate side to her personality. Within my film one of the most important objects for her costume is the shoes which she comes across and wears. To start with I chose navy high heels, highlighting the business woman my second shoes which I used for the park location were light brown vintage brogues and the third pair of shoes which was used for the bridge location was plain flat black pumps.

Liam Wood's Costume

Dark navy chinos. Navy coat. Orange scarf

 

This outfit I chose for the character of Liam played by Edward. Liam is the mysterious male, that provokes questions arising within the audiences mind as to whether he is the one leaving the shoes, whether him and Jenny know each other, what the relationship between the two are. I decided to use navy as the main base colour, and by adding the orange scarf added a splash of colour and individuality to the character. By using navy as well it is not the same as the main colour scheme of black and white for the character of Jenny, however there is an element of foreshadowing as it the use of navy ties the male character to the female character through the use of her first navy shoes.