2. Paige Harker
I have chosen to use similar clothing to what has been used in professional texts for
my female character. Her costumes are going to be mainly casual to show that she
is of a rebellious nature in contrast to that of my male character, and it will be
fashionable amongst the wider age group in which she is part of because she will
be wearing band tops, or shorts from well known stores. From my own knowledge
most females wear this stereotypical clothing as they seem to care more about
their appearance than males do. The costumes will show that she is interested in
fashion but will also show her personality and views through the use of clothing
comes the view of bad behaviour and attitude. However, it is typical that all females
will wear this in order to impress but I am going to show her wearing smarter
clothes also to show that it is not a case of impressing but a case of comfort and
moral values and belief, as well as aspiration to be successful. I also know that my
actor, Paige Harker does have this type of clothing and wears it on a daily basis so
I will not need to exceed my small budget in terms of costume and this is therefore
helpful.
3. Ideas of Costume
I have created a few outfits in which I think would be possible to pull off in my
products, without going over my low budget for costumes. I decided to create some
casual looks for my character as well as fashionable one’s just to show that she can
be like everyone else. I decided upon this because I think it would clearly show my
characters personality.
4. Brenden Norton
I have chosen to use similar clothing to what I have looked at on my mood board and
genre research (looking into professional texts) for my male character. His
costumes are going to be smart casual yet will be fashionable amongst the wider
age group in which he is within because he is going to be wearing band tops, or
clothing in which is from well known brands. I have chosen this because from my
knowledge most males (between the ages 16-25) wear similar clothing as it is the
stereotypical costume and therefore it will be well suited and seem more realistic in
terms of the character and his personality. However, it is also stereotypical that this
age range and gender are quite sloppy and don’t care about what people think so
they just wear anything, this could be represented through this selection of
clothing. I also know that my actor, Brenden Norton does have this type of clothing
so I will not need to exceed my small budget in terms of costume and this is
therefore helpful.
5. Ideas of Costumes
I have created a mixture of costumes that I think would show my male character
well, and I had chosen to do these costumes because I wanted some contrast
between my characters with something similar in which they could connect on. I
didn’t look into make-up as my main character will not be wearing any and once
again this did not exceed my budget but it was still fashionable.
6. Conclusion
I have chosen the costumes in which I have to connote the personalities of the
characters as being very different with the female being rebellious and troubled,
and the male being bubbly and a stereotypical boy. I am planning on showing the
female character as troubled through casual clothing, and the male being bubbly
through the use of patterns on his clothing such as band logos, stripes, etc. The
fact that the two characters personalities will be pushed through by the use of
costume could show the idea that they are very different people and it will lead to
the audience rooting for them to be together in the end and for it to have a happy
ending. I am not going to use any props on the poster because I feel it should
show the genre more clearly and not focus on the minor details, and I think this
because I want it to focus on the image and not look to busy on the page.
Furthermore, the costumes are not all that important in the magazine because I am
using a close up shot of the two characters going into kiss each other and this
therefore means that I will not need to focus on the costumes as much in this part
of the print production.
