Costume Research

Due to the fact that one of our main characters (Daniel) is a university student, we want to dress him in clothes that a stereotypical student would wear so that the age of our character is clear to the audience. Our other main character (Phoebe) is only a year or so younger than Daniel she also needs to be dressed in stereotypical clothes. Costume not only helps the audience find our what age the characters are but also the time in which the film is set, e.g. modern day or periodic.

We have decided to dress Phoebe in a big grey sweater to reinforce the stereotype that young people of this generation are often depressed/sluggish. She knows her boyfriend is acting strange towards her and so naturally she will feel down. The fact that much of her upper-torso will be concealed also emphasizes she may be insecure or worried about the stability of their relationship or perhaps herself. She will also be wearing jeans (a stereotypical item of clothing young people wear).

We have decided to dress Daniel similarly. He will be wearing a black V-neck T-shirt. This is not only stereotypical but again shows that he may be depressed or concerned as perhaps his guilty conscious is catching up with him.

Alexandra's costume will be harder to find as we need an over sized shirt. The reason she is wearing this is because we need the audience to know that Daniel is cheating on his girlfriend with this mystery woman. By Alexandra wearing (one of Daniel's shirts) it shows that he has not been faithful and has another woman in his life.

All three characters wear the same bracelet:

- Daniel (black)

- Phoebe (pink)

- Alexandra (blue)

The matching bracelets show the link between the characters and also we want to make it look like Daniel has given them to each of the girls and to really influence how untrustworthy his character actually is. The bracelets will have the infinity symbol on them, which means limitless or endless. The use of these particular bracelets shows the intensity of the damaged relationship because it is clear that the love between the characters is not endless.