2.
Mr Wicks remains in smart attire for the beginning of the
short film. Then as his character progresses and his dark side
comes out, he changes attire looking more relaxed and laid
back at home in comparison to looking professional and
serious in school.
We want to show the different personalities the character
posses. He is presented as a smart and respected teacher at
school however when he gets home he becomes more
relaxed.
3.
We want Mr Wicks to look like a serious and respected
teacher , therefore he remains in smart attire for the
beginning of the short film – when he is at school.
Mr Wicks is a secondary school teacher so we want to
portray him as an ordinary male teacher. Mr Wicks
lives two separates lives, the costume changes show
this as they bring out different personalities.
The characters hair was kept neat and presentable to
correspond with his whole image as a serious teacher.
Mr Wicks is a fairly young character (in his 30’s)
therefore he will wear a fashionable yet formal grey
blazer with blue elbow patches.
Mr Wicks will wear a formal black suit shoes to go with
the formal look.
The character wears a red tie to symbolise that he has
a ‘evil’ side to him. This is embedded in his plain black
jumper so that his dark personality is not fully shown at
the beginning of the film.
4.
When Mr Wicks is not at school, he will be shown to be
a relaxed person adopting a careless manner. He will
be presented as scruffy, therefore he will wear
informal clothing to give off an effortless look.
The initial idea of the costume change is to express Mr
Wick’s darker side. As director I decided to use a mix of
formal and informal clothes to display Mr Wicks as a
non-paternal, careless figure.
Mr Wicks body language during this stage will also
alter; he will act in a carless manner. This will work well
with the choice of costume and setting.
Mr Wicks will wear a white string vest, black trousers
and socks. The darker colours will also correspond with
the overall emotional aspect of the film and will work
well with the characters mood at this stage of the film
(after the rape scene).
5.
Lucy is a 16 year old school girl, at the beginning of the short
film she is shown walking home from school therefore she
will wear school uniform.
She is presented as an intelligent girl which is shown through
both of her costume changes. We did not use a lot of make
up because we wanted to make her look like an innocent
young teenage girl.
6.
Lucy has just come back from
school, therefore at the beginning of the short
film she will be wearing her school uniform.
Mr Wicks is not a paternal figure therefore
most of the house work is taken care of by
Lucy. We want to make Lucy look exhausted
and scruffy. So we have decided to use a
creased shirt to give off the impression that
appearance – looking good/presentable is the
last thing Lucy cares about.
She will not be wearing make up to
school, Lucy’s hair will be kept neat and
simple.
7.
The scene where the actress changes her costume is a
different day, therefore she will be wearing different
clothes. We decided to make her wear informal clothing
as it is not a school day.
We decided that Lucy should wear a plain black t-shirt as
this will connote to the audience that something bad is
going to happen, the colour black is associated with
darkness and bad situations usually arise. This is the
scene where she gets raped by her father therefore the
colour black indicates that something bad happens and
will have future consequences.
She will also be wearing dark blue jogging bottoms, we
chose the colour blue to add a bit of colour to her look as
she is not a dark and evil character like Mr Wicks. The
blue connotes to the audience that she has a nice
personality as the blue jogging bottoms and hoody will
stand out from Mr Wick’s all black outfit.
The simple clothing gives off the impression that Lucy is
an innocent young girl who has not yet been through the
stage where she starts to focus on her appearance due
to other responsibilities.
8.
Mark will be shown at school, in detention. He will
be presented as a scruffy student as his top button
will be undone and his shirt will not be tucked in.
We want to present him as a messy, disobedient
student. This image relates to why he is in
detention.
Mark will be wearing trainers more specifically
Nike Air Forces. This yet again gives off the
impression that he is a disobedient student as he
does not conform to the school uniform rule which
is to wear formal shoes. We want to give off the
impression that Mark does not care about
school, this will be done by making him look
effortless and informal in the way he is dressed.
