Mise-en-scene and Location

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Costumes

In terms of planning costumes, we wanted completely opposing looks for the two characters. At the beginning of the film, in the bathroom/'funeral' scene we want the character Angelo to be dressed smartly, as if dressed for a funeral, here is a sketch of the potential and ideal costume:

We managed to source the clothes to create this costume; a white shirt, a red tie, black trousers, a black pinstriped jacket with a black fedora hat.

This is what Arthur's character, Angelo will be wearing as well as the jacket
and fedora hat.
We have chosen this costume idea as it links with the narrative of the film. We have the idea of the bathroom scene being Angelo's own personal funeral for his victim. The darkness of the suit he is wearing correlates the darkness of his character and his past and future actions. The white colour of the shirt under the jacket is symbolic of his underlying purity that gets consumed by the darkness of his suit and the metaphorical darkness. Furthermore, the red tie is symbolic of the danger he is about to be engrossed into, almost as if it is a indistinct symbol.

For the character Annie Floyd is playing, we decided to let her chose her own costume and wear her own clothes. This is because she is playing a more vulnerable 'normal' character that the audience are hopefully going to relate to as she is a realistic character. This is why we made the decision for her to choose her own costume, as it would appear more naturalistic as she is essentially playing a character not majorly different to herself.
This post has been written by Mattie Goddard.