R&P post 17: Our planned costumes, hair and make-up

The characters' costumes, hair and make-up were crucial for characterisation. I created a costume list so that we and the actors could have a clear idea of the character's appearance which would reflect on how the actors acted it out.

Earlier on in the research process, I had created a moodboard for Craig, including the type of clothing that he would wear.

I modified the moodboard to create a fully detailed costume, hair and makeup list. I divided the table into columns so that you could clearly see the items of clothing that the character would wear, how the clothes affected the characteristics, reference points, and the actor as the character. I think that it was necessary for us to make decisions based on personality and characterisation, as well as letting the actors understand their characters to portray them accurately.

This is the revised version of the costume list that I made for our main character Craig:

I think that the costume list really brought the characters to life as we could imagine the characteristics simply through the connotations of clothing. We showed it to the actors so that they could study their characters and prepare the clothing in advance.