Costume Ideas for Georgina & Bertie // Pre-Production

Georgina and Bertie are the stock characters of my film. Although they are not the main focus of the trailer their costumes are still incredibly important in creating the correct mise en scene for the overall trailer.

The difference between Georgina and Bertie is that Georgina is very concerned about Emily while Bertie doesn't think anything is wrong with her and simply dismisses the idea of depression. This aspect is hard to bring across simply with clothing so to enhance my preferred reading of these stock characters I have given them dialogue that clearly shows the difference in opinion.

For example, Bertie says 'Who? Emily? No, no, Emily's fine, she's... she's Emily, she's how she's always been' at one point in the trailer while Georgina says things like 'Are you sure you're okay?' and 'I'm really worried about her'. Although, Georgina doesn't completely understand Emily's condition as she will be seen saying 'You've just gotta snap out of it', which if she understood she would know that depression isn't something that you can simply 'snap out' of.

For a look back at the script that I completed a few days ago click here: http://katyfilmmakera2.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/script-pre-production.html 

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Name: Georgina

Age: 17

Interests: Music, art.

The costume ideas for Georgina are as follows:

-simple clothing (e.g. block colours, no bright patterns) so that the audience's attention isn't diverted to her clothes.
-practical footwear (e.g. wellies, as it's winter so the ground is pretty muddy).
-a coat for warmth when doing external shots.

Name: Bertie

Age: 18

Interests: Painting, photography. 

The costume ideas for Bertie are as follows:

-a top and jeans (as his main outfit).
-trainers for footwear (Bertie is less practical and just wants to wear comfortable shoes).
-a coat for warmth when doing external shots.