Costume - initial notes

The costume that we intend to use for the characters in our film is a modern smart, formal dress (for example suits, briefcases, overcoats and flashy jewellery. We decided to have the characters in the proposed costume because it reflects our characters as being fairly 'well-off', high up in society. A character in smart dress conotes importance and strenght. For emaple in 'Resiorv Dogs all the powerful, strong male characters are in suits, they stand out to be important, the way they dress shows that they are in control.

 Joules is business man character and will be wearing a full suit, long jacket and smart shoes to reflect this. He will be also wearing a designer watch and have a briefcase with him. The watch reflects Joules obbession with his look and 'youthful' cockiness. The briefcase - the generic sig, is large and black.

Christian will also have a very similar dress and some rings and a  watch more 'gentlemen' to clearly establish his wealth and importance in his particular business, possibly a cigar on-the-go too could also give connotations of the kind of character we are trying to achieve. Christian is a smart and flashy but not to the extend of being cocky like Joules.

Briefcase
Generic convention

In thriller films briefcases are used to carry illegal items - stolen goods, documents etc the briefcase decises these items it conceals the occupiers attentions and goods. A briefcase could hind the occipiers emotions - remorse they are detacthed from the moral imlications of the crime. The briefcase could also seperate the occupier from the crime, it is a metaphorical brick wall. Pulp Fiction joins the intersecting storylines of Los Angeles mobsters, fringe players, small-time criminals, and a mysterious briefcase. The dress-suited pair  (John Travolta as Vincent Vega and Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield)are on their way to retrieve a briefcase from Brett (Frank Whaley), who has transgressed against their boss, gangster Marsellus Wallace. Marsellus Wallace's briefcase in Pulp Fiction basically serves as the item that the drives the plot and yet which contents are never revealed. Subsequently, much speculation has arisen as to what the significance of the briefcase is and what it contains.

Our inspiration for the costume for the opening of the triller film came from watching other thriller films where with similar smartly dressed chracters which where powerful criminals who where street wise and well dressed.  We looked Pulp Fiction, Casino Royle and reservoir Dogs. All of which have male leads who are ingaged in criminal activites, are powerful, street wise, flashy and smartly dressed, they are in control.

Casino Royle

James Bond is know for being well dressed, suited and booted. His dress reflects his self control, power and social status. What ever situation he gets in Bond is always smart.

Pulp Fiction

Isabella

Isabella is well dressed and is dressed suitable to portray a costume of that of a modern femme fatale in the case of Isabella she dresses flatteringly, tight skirt, shirt, long winter jacket with a fur trim, ankle boots. Her costumes reflects her well off, high social status and her personal importance to look good.

Make - up
Dark strongly defined eyes connote confindence and strenght.

The eyes are framed drawing the audiences attention to them.

Red lips draw attention also connoting confidence and strenght and divience.

The fur coat simblises Isabella's wealth and status. A fur coat is a luxary item and shows the auidence that Isabella is wealthy, well fashioned and concerned with her appearence but not nesscercelly what people think of it; the fur coat could also symbol individuality and diversity, standing out making a statement, a fur coat is seen by some as a 'taboo' item of clothing to wear.

The tight pencil skirt and ankle boots and feminine and reflect Isbella's deviant nature. The shoes are patent and black similary is the skirt they are matchingly smart to Joules and Christains dress and being black they do not stand out, they make it easy to lurk in the darkness. Isabella's dress in strong and invidual smart and apprioately reflecting her character.

Dress experimentation 1


First experimention with dress


Long beige coat
Lace tights
White shoes
Red lips
Dark Eyes
Suitcase

The coat looks good and fits the ideology of the character
The shoes look good but these may be changed for boots for convience in a later scene.
The red lips and dark eyes look striking and also fit well with character ideology.
The suitcase is smart and again fitting to the character.
Overall this costume fits the character ideology and reperesents the character suitably and as entended. The costume makes Isabella look confident and sophisticated.