costume

1. COSTUME
CHOICES
BY NISHAT HOSSAIN & FAHAD MIAH

2. PERFORMANCE
SCENES

3. In the performance scene we wanted our actress to look very indie and
we also wanted her personality to be expressed through her clothing.
From previous research we knew that indie singers tend to wear casual
floral dresses to give off a girly innocent look, therefore we told our
actress to wear this. The frills at the bottom of the dress really emphasize
the sweet look we are aiming for. We decided that she should wear
something on top of the dress, but we were unsure of what, because a
plain cardigan would have made it look to laid back and something like a
blazer would have made it look too formal. We finally opted for a sheer
shirt with silver buttons which completed the look as it went well with the
floral wear. We decided to roll the sleeves up to give it an ‘on edge’ look,
and also because we wanted to show to the camera the arm jewellery
that she was also wearing. Because the dress was very floral, we wanted
it to be the main part of her outfit, so we told her to wear plain black tights
to match with the shirt. We were unsure of what shoes we should make
her wear, and we were considering converses but then decided against
as this didn’t go with the dressed, indie outfit. We then thought about
plain black pumps, but when she put them on it didn’t seem to go as it
got lost amongst the black present. Finally we decided on tan biker boots
as apparent in the photo, as these looked much better as they stood out
amongst the black tights and just added that pop of colour that the outfit
needed. We decided to finish up the look with a black top hat which we
placed loosely on her head. This hat made her outfit look different and
removed the casualness and gave her a ‘cool’ and ‘confident’ look which
we were aiming for.

4. DREAM SCENE

5. in the dream scene we wanted the male actor, Gabriel to make an
appearance in Shannon’s dreams. Initially we were having trouble
selecting what to make him wear because we couldn’t choose whether he
should look casual or smart. In the end, after much deliberation we decided
to make him so casually smart. Our aim was to portray him as a laid back
lad who is effortlessly good-looking. To create the ‘laid-back’ idea, we made
him wear a casual dark blue shirt with the sleeves rolled up and the buttons
undone with a bright t-shirt underneath. The reason why we chose a bright
t-shirt is too add some colour to his outfit, and also to portray his character,
as a bright, eccentric, popular boy. Initially we wanted him to wear a
branded t-shirt such as ‘adidas’ but then we realised that this made him
look too sporty and also scruffy so we discarded this and went for the bright
t-shirt. We wanted him to look trendy so we decided to make him wear dark
blue skinny jeans as they looked much more better with the shirt than loose
jeans which once again made him look too casual and not at all smart. We
made him wear high tops because we didn’t want him to wear converses
as we were saving these for the outside shoot. The high tops also added
that ‘sporty’ look into his image without it looking overboard and we kept his
hair natural, wavy and long as this made him look handsome and natural
rather than doing something else to it, such as spiking it.

6. PARK SCENE

7. As a group, we decided that the park scene was going to be a figment
of Shannon's imagination, where she would fantasize about spending
the perfect romantic date with him. Because of this we wanted their
outfits to be matching and we also wanted them to be wearing clothing
that they would not normally wear for e.g. jumpers, cardigans. After
deliberation we decided to make them both wear black matching
leather jackets which worked very well as they looked suave, united
and sleek which was the image we were going for. Additionally,
because of the outdoor scene, we wanted them to wear items on
knitwear therefore I gave Shannon a hot pink neck scarf. We chose this
colour as it is a traditional, stereotypical colour for girls and we wanted
to conform to the norms of it. We have Gabriel a beanie to put over his
head, but we wanted his hair to still show through it as this is what
stereotypical while males are portrayed e.g. Zac Efron. We decided to
make Shannon wear her glasses, as she was not singing in these
scenes, therefore we wanted her to look like she was her normal self,
comfortable in her own skin.

8. WINTER
WONDERLAND SCENE

9. Because the winter wonderland scene was filmed at night time in the cold air
we wanted the couple to look warm and cosy. Because of this we made
Shannon wear a long coat that looked warm but at the same time somewhat
dressy as opposed to something like a parka jacket for example. We made
her wear her hair down because it softened her features and because it made
her look more innocent and youthful.
We wanted to go for a similar look on the male actor therefore we made him
wear a black coat that looked and was very warm. We made sure that it
wasn’t buttoned fully so that we were able to get a glimpse of the clothes
inside which was a tie and a white shirt which made him look formally smart.