Costume and Props

Costume and Props

Today my partner and I got pick up the donated dress for our actress. We cut up the dress to a shorter length, we also took out the under layering material to make the dress have less volume. We wanted the dress to not look’s so much like a wedding dress but like a child’s dress. We then went outside and made the dress dirty by rubbing it in the mud and cutting whole into it to make it look more wore out. We had a dress fitting with our actress at my house to see what the fitting was like. The dress was unfortunately damaged as the zip did not work, therefore my partner and I altered the dress with safety-pins and stitches to secure it for filming.

On the same day, we also practiced with the make-up, we brought white face paint and black eye shadow, so the actress will fit the part. It was a simple make-up design, with a pale white face and then black eye shadow around the eyes to make her look mysterious and evil. We slightly back combed her hair to make it look messy. After our dressing and make-up, I am very pleased with the outcome, our actress definitely looks the part.

The props we had for our film was my brother teddy bear from when he was a young child, the teddy is about 14years old and therefore looks old and wore out, therefore I think that it fits the part, almost like a stereotypical old teddy bear.

Below are pictures of the make-up, props and costume which we used.