Today's task got us thinking in depth about why characters are dressed in the costumes they wear. To get our brains stimulated, we endured a task which was essentially going through the opposite process of creating costume for charcaters. We had to analyse Sax and Max's outfits that they were wearing today, and why they had chosen to present themselves in the way they did. We had to critique their full outfit, hair, make up, jewellery and any other added accessories they were wearing. This helped us all ask ourselves 'why' they and made the clothing choices they did and what this might say about their personal life and overall personality.
Collectively we gathered from Sax's choices:
She likes to dress respectfully and with modesty at work as she feels this is professional. Also this suggests she is proud of her job and wouldn't do anything to jeopardise her position within the college. Therefore she is a driven individual who is keen to please people and maintain her employment.
She had a single hair band on her wrist, allowing her to tie her hair up at any point through out the day as she was wearing her hair down. This shows she is prepared at all times, reflecting on her organised and practical personality.
The colour of her t-shirt was very fitting to the season. It was a deep green colour which looked very autumnal and also linked to the idea of Christmas. This portrays the idea that she likes to pre think and be head of the game.
Max's choices:
He wore a navy suit, firstly indicating the fact he is at work and hold authority over the students, as suits are linked to power and look presentable. The fact it was navy linked to the fact that he wanted to come across approachable and relatable to students. Navy is a warm and clam colour compared to black which is looked at as a harsh colour and therefore would possible have come across as overpowering and unapproachable, if he wore a black suit. This conveyed the idea that he wants to fit in and connect with his students, showing the commitment he has to his job.
He was wearing odd socks which linked to the fact he may be a lazy person who doesn't pay much attention to minor details. This could reflect the fact that he isn't a perfectionist and would rather focus on events and enjoying life rather than being caught up on appearence.
His hair resembled a 'bed head' style and therefore didn't stereotypically fit with his presentable appearance, wearing a suit. This showed us that he still wants to be preceived as a young person due to his young age in a professional environment. This also showed us his quirky style, suggesting that even though he is wearing a suit which he wouldn't in day to day life, that he is a man who is true to himself and doesn't want his individual style to be lost.
After finishing this though provoking exercise, Kim explained to us that what we had been doing is the reverse of what we need to be doing for our costume unit: we had been picking apart why the two models were wearing what they were wearing however for thr costume design unit, we will need to be creating ideas behind why we have put the charcaters in the outfits we have chosen.
Now I will always be able to think back to this exercise if I come to a natural pause in my costume design; it will stimulate me to be thorough and creative when designing costume for the three charcaters. These ideas we came up with the justify their choices have also given be a basis to start from when giving reasons for my charcaters costumes, however I now need to game this a step further and be more imaginative as the charcaters are living in a virtual world, 300 years in the future, giving me more depth to explore and analyse.
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