Sunday, 9 January 2011

Deciding on Costumes and Props.

When brainstorming our sequence we thought of characters and costumes would be associated with a crime thriller genre. We came up with:
Detective - Long coat/suit/chewing gum
Police Man - Police uniform
Forensic  Team - White protective suits/possibly face masks or goggles
Victim - Casual clothes

Next we researched these outfits:

DETECTIVE



We thought this costume was too dated for the type of sequence we were trying to create, and wanted something more modern. As a long coat and magnifying class like this is more associated with the Sherlock Holmes era.



We were leaning more towards this look of a long coat and suit combo underneath.
Columbo was a great influence on the detective outfit we chose. Although our detective in out sequence was female we tried to adapt it as best we could.



FORENSIC SCIENTIST:



We liked the idea of using these forensic outfits in our sequence to make it look more authentic. We also got the idea to use the crime scene tape from this photo aswell. We sourced the forensic costumees from a trading company in leads who manufactured protective white paper suits for construction workers.




POLICE MAN/WOMAN:



When discussing whether to use a police uniform or not we researched the bright yellow jackets and police hats,we thought these were more iconic and eyecatching than the regular black uniform worn.


We wanted to use at least two police characters at the crime scene, however we could not get extra actors to help us with this.

Georgia Feyi-Waboso

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