1. Extras
Costume
Day 2

2. Character: Seb
Seb is Rowan’s best friend within the film.
The viewer will be introduced to this
particular character within the party scene
shots; because of this, we had to really
consider representation through costume
in order to illustrate Seb’s persona. Due
to the people of which this character
associates with, we wanted to create the
impression that he is conscious of his
appearance, thus, his choice of smarter
wear – a shirt. We originally planned to
dress Connor within darker clothes in
order to represent the ‘bad boy’
stereotype of the character, however we
felt the colour red implied danger. We
unbuttoned the shirt to reveal the tight
white top underneath, allowing the
audience to view Connor’s bigger build;
through his size, we are representing Seb
as intimidating, adhering to his
stereotype. Although Seb is a ‘bad boy’
within the film due to his influence upon
Marnie which causes conflict and trouble,
we have chosen to subtly reflect his
stereotype to add interest for the viewer
and to raise questions.

3. Character: Violet
As Marnie and Violet are contrasting
characters within the film, we ensured
Amber wore an on-trend outfit; Marnie has
little care within her own appearance
whereas Violet does - this creates an
emphasis on the difference in characters and
establishes the rivalry between the two girls,
conventional to the ‘coming of age’ genre.
We dressed Amber within darker colours to
represent Violet’s ‘mean girl’ stereotype; the
black hues create connotations of mystery
and reflect Violet’s ‘bad girl’ persona. The
leather jacket also implies the idea of
rebellion, stereotypical of teens. Underneath
the jacket, Amber is wearing a plain top,
jeans and a variety of jewellery. We feel that
Violet’s costume will appeal to the young,
fashionable audience we are targeting, due
to her stylish, feminine wardrobe. As it is our
intention for Violet to carry a polished
appearance, we applied dark make-up to her
eyes showing she has dressed up for the
party – her eagerness to impress also
reflects her promiscuous attitude. We also
curled Amber’s hair slightly to further
convey this.

4. Character: Additional Extra
As we are depicting a party scene, it was
important to include extra people alongside
our original characters. We initially planned
to incorporate more extras, but due to lack
of availability this was not possible. We
decided to dress our extra, Elliot, within a
‘hoodie’; the ‘hoodie’ is stereotypically used
to represent youth associated with crime
and being a ‘thug’. We have used Elliot in
shots where he is shown to be drinking and
smoking; because of this, and the costume,
we are portraying the character to be a bad
influence. The male characters filmed on this
day wore different costumes, showing them
to be individuals, however, through
similarities they are clearly apart of the same
circle - for instance both Sam, Connor and
Elliot dressed in white tops. Through the
‘hoodie’ we are representing our extra as an
archetypal antagonist; as Marnie begins to
associate with Rowan’s friends, things start
to go wrong. This is conventional to ‘coming
of age’ films – the character transition is not
always for the good.