Costume

We were given two dolls one male, one female and a set of clothes to design two characters for a particular genre. I picked out the drama, this is quite a wide genre so I had a lot of choice. I went with ordinary clothing which didn't stand out but explained the characters situation.  I chose to dress my female in a flower patterned dressed and sunglasses and the man in a shirt with palm trees on; I also added a suitcase as a prop and put wedding rings on their fingers. My idea was that they had just got married and were now going on their honeymoon to Hawaii where something would happen.

The Duff - anaylsis of costume

The Duff's main character, Bianca is deliberately dressed in baggy, dull and unflattering clothes compared with her friends who where more colourful and noticeable clothes. Throughout most of the film she wears denim and a checked shirt.  Bianca's clothes barely change and appear very similar. This is to reflect the storyline and that her friends are suppose to be pretty and more attractive then her and she is the duff. Her clothes also reflect the idea that she doesn't care about what other people think of her appearance and she just wears what is comfortable. The main male character is always shown in tight shirts to empathise his muscles and jeans, this fits with his captain of the football team and hottest guy in school look. The classic pretty, popular and slutty girl is always wearing mini skirts and tight tops to reference her status of a bully and her self righteous attitude.