Costumes and props are important storytelling tools that help actors embody their characters and audiences understand the context of scenes. Costumes provide visual details about a character's personality and history, and help audiences know when and where scenes take place. Props enhance drama by giving actors objects to illustrate their roles and symbolize qualities like power. Iconic costumes and props like The Joker's purple suit and clown makeup or a gangster's gun become extensions of the characters. This document discusses the costumes and props used in the film Lock-It to identify main characters, establish the horror genre, and draw attention to an important locket prop.

1. Costumes&
Props
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2. Why are costumes needed?
Costumes are chosen for characters that the
audience can relate to.
Played by: Johnny Depp
When a script covers quite a few decades, or is set Film: Edward Scissor
in a distant location, costumes help the audience hands
know when and where each scene is takes place.
Every garment worn in a movie is considered a
costume. Costumes are a storytelling tool showing
slight details of each character’s personality and
history quickly to the audience. They help actors
leave their own personalities backstage and
Film: Pirates of
become new and believable people on camera, the Caribbean
Costumes are created to be worn specific
characters.
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3. Characters: Costumes & Makeup
The Joker
Research has shown that ‘The
Joker’ has been one of the most
consistently dressed characters
in batman. The portrayals of Joker
onscreen have been immensely
different with each actor,
however the purple and green
customised suit has looked Sometimes the
somewhat similar throughout it presentation makes
all. Only a few things have the costume iconic.
changed, one being the number of The clown makeup
hidden weapons hidden in The is Joker’s iconic
Joker’s suit. The more recent look, his suit is an
costumes have lacked any kind of extension of his
violent touch ups. style.
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4. Props
“Prop" is short for "property," it refers to an Props can bring many qualities for example in a movie
object or piece of scenery used by the it can seen as equipment for the actors to get the feel
performers as part of the film. Props enhance for their role. An actor feels powerful and more like a
the drama and help the actors illustrate their gangster when he has a gun or a knife.
role. More specifically, they can be very useful in
the overall scene, and may even come to
symbolise the movie itself. Along with the
costumes, props help provide a sense of
character to the actors using them. They can give
you an idea about a characters personality, and
can even give out a small form of identification.
Props can be items such as rings, necklaces
sword etc.
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5. Costumes
and Props
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6. Lock-It Characters, Costume & Props
Shuida Islam Echo (Imran Ali) Traditional 'horror'
colours are blacks,
whites and grey-
Shuida’s been asked to wear a blues, as they give a
bright red top for the opening creepy atmosphere
of this film as her character to the film. We Used
needed to look more a black cloak as it
noticeable than the rest as blended with the
she was one of the main back hood of the
characters. Her short jacket mask and went well
was also worn so it’d be together.
easier to film her running.
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7. College ID pass is worn so
Rezma Jusna Noshin Anjum automatically the audience
know that this character is
either a student or a
teacher, the dialogue gives
away what role this
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Mr Pinkerton
Coats are worn by the
characters as most horror
movies have taken place during
winter mainly because it gets
dark quicker and cold weather
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8. Also another reason shuida was asked to wear a bright red The mask was used to hide Echo’s identity,
top was so the silver locket would stand out on red top as Echo is a spiritual demon that appears
well as on the camera, so in the screen shot the audience everywhere the lock it is taken whereas in the
would straight away see its the locket Echo is after, as she film ‘Scream’ the scream character’s costume
is not wearing any other pieces of jewellery throughout the was more violent but very similar.
opening of the film.
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