Costumes

 Introduction

Today I will be planning what costumes and props we will using the day of the shoot. This is crucial as costumes and props add an extra depth to a movie or show. In addition, this is valuable because it provides a good layout for me and my partner ideas, as  it allows us to organize our thoughts clearly.

Emily's costume 

To start, the character Emily will have two different outfits. The first outfit will be from the very first scene where young Emily is playing and having fun learning gymnastics. And for this outfit me and my partner envisioned the she would be wearing a fun and colorful leotard with colorful shorts to emphasize the child like sense of wonder where there are no responsibilities or pressure.  Examples are shown in the images below.

 

Now, the second part of young Emily's costume is her hair and makeup. Hence, me and my partner wanted to show a progression in Emily's character from a carefree little girl to a young teen filled with pressure and expectations. The best way to do this was to give Young Emily a hairstyle that had a greater meaning behind it. Therefore we decided that young Emily's hair would be in a high but messy ponytail in that scene, this signifies that since she is young her life is carefree like the ponytail and it's messy because she isn'y taking anything seriously yet. To add on, since she is a little girl she will be wearing no makeup what's so ever. This just helps amplify that she is young, especially since most young kids don't wear any makeup. Examples of this are shown in the image below.

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Next we can continue to present Emily, who will also be waving a leotard as t is the uniform for gymnasts. But we wanted the color of the leotard and shorts to have a meaning behind that led us to pick the color Dark blue as it signifies seriousness and loneliness but also signifies control which is a key skill for gymnastics because if you have no control then you risk injuring yourself. 

Finally, we can discuss Emily's hair and makeup. Now like I. said before, we wanted to see some progression in Emil's hair from before to now. So, before when Emily was young her hair was carefree like her but now that she is serious about gymnastics and has a lot of pressure on her , her hairstyle will now be more tight and restricted. An example is a slick back tight braid or a slick back bun. This shows that she is no longer free spirited instead she is tense and tight like her hairstyle. Now, moving on from hair, Emily's makeup will be very natural since she is going to practice and having make up on while you are sweating is not ideal. And it's a natural convention for her to have some makeup on as girls her age are starting to be introduced to makeup. Examples are shown in the images below.

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Laura's Costume

Lauras costume will also be very simple since it will be athletic comfy clothing. This is because Laura is a coach, and since she is a coach she will have to be showing her athletes how to do drills or skills correctly, plus she will be spotting and moving around to help her students meaning she has to be comfortable while doing this. Hence her outfit will be leggings, socks with comfortable sneakers, and a hoodie since most gyms are cold to keep their students from overheating and having heat strokes. Now just like how Emily's costume colors have meaning so will Laura. My partner and I discussed which colors would best contribute to Laura's character, and as I said in one of my previous blog post, Laura is Emily's coach who expects more from Emily especially since she knows Emily has more potential than she thinks she has. This makes her serious and demanding at times, so me and my partner choose the color black since black shows those characteristics the best compared to other colors. Examples of outfit shown below.

Now, moving on to Lauras hair and makeup will also be very simple.  Especially since she is working at a gym and possibly sweating, she will be wearing everyday natural makeup. And then for her hair me and my partner imagined it being in a low pony tail or a messy bun. This is crucial in coaching because if you have your hair in your face it can blindside you to any mishaps that night be happening and or anything that may cause an injury. Images of examples shown below.

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Veronica

Now our last character will be Veronica, Veronica is the mom of Emily and we envisioned her to be in some stay at home clothes as she is driving Emily to and from gymnastics. That means she will probably be wearing some comfy jeans or some sweat pants, and a comfy shirts with some sneakers. Now since the mom is the antagonist she needs to be wearing some colors that portray that but that also still show some vulnerability because she still loves her child but she just doesn't know that she is hurting her daughter. The best color to portray that is the color red, because the color red shows antagonist energy, and a deep red shows vulnerability. Hence, we will be using a deep red as we don't want to introduce her as an antagonist right at the start instead if we were making a film we would like her to have an arc of where the audience can realize she is the antagonist. plus another color we can add is black as it shows seriousness since Veronica is serious about her daughters career in gymnastics. Below are some images of what the outfit could look like.

  

Veronica's makeup and hair are just like Lauras makeup and heir. It's going to be very simple and natural makeup look like Lauras, especially since she is just wearing the makeup she wears daily or less since she is just driving Emily back and forth from places. And then for veronica's hair  we imagined it  in a tight low to mid pony tail to show how uptight she can be, plus it also shows how serious she is. Examples shown below.

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