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Costume Research

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Page 1: Costume research

Costume Research

Page 2: Costume research

The Lead

I see my lead character, a reasonably affluent young man, as dressing in fairly smart clothing not unlike actor Michael Fassbender in this image – the scarf and smart jacket add a level of maturity to his look, which will be necessary for my lead character as I intend to cast a fairly young actor in the role.

My character will be wearing a suit at some point in the trailer – in order to make sure he looks mature and stylish, I feel that I should have him wear a knitted tie not unlike this one.

I have thought hard about the casual attire that my lead character should have and have decided that these two jackets would give him a fairly mature and sophisticated, yet also dangerous look which is key to his character.

I think that my character should have a Henley shirt like this when dressing casually – it has a slightly more elaborate and distinctive look to it, which will ensure that the character never looks like a standard teenager.

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The Antagonist

I think the villain of my film should always be dressed smartly, though with a distinctive piece of clothing – a character that influences me in this way is Gustavo Fring from TV’s Breaking Bad, who often wears suits with yellow or burgundy shirts. For my character to have this look he should either have a suit or shirt that looks neat and fashionable, but can also stand out from a crowd.

In order to make my villain appear both stylish but also concerned with concealing themselves, I would like to give them Clubmaster sunglasses as they have a unique, vintage quality to them but are also fashionable, and so they should give fitting denotations to my villain character. Jumpers are fashionable

pieces of clothing right now, but to me they also have an inscrutable quality – they can be worn both casually and formally. In order to give my villain a mysterious and prosperous air, I may give him an expensive looking jumper like this.

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Supporting ActorsAs my supporting character will most likely be more of a light-hearted one, I feel I should dress him in more garish clothing than my lead character or villain. For this character, I picture clothes that contrast in a distinctive yet fashionable way, for example grey on black as shown here by Tom Hardy, in a slightly comic supporting role in Inception.

My other supporting character will be a trustworthy, yet dangerous looking character. In order to give him a more intimidating quality I will dress him in dark clothing and have him wear an accessory that gives him a slightly intimidating edge such as the that that Tom Hardy wears here. Another character who initially appears shady is Mark Ruffalo’s character in Collateral, whose slicked back hair gives him a slightly sleazy edge.