Costume + Props: Mis-En-Scene 2

 For my second mis-en-scene blog I’m choosing to do costuming and props. This is the process my team and I went through to develop Halley as a character solely through how she’s dressed and the props she interacts with and uses.

Costuming: 

After researching and brainstorming the importance of costumes in film, I learned that they elevate the tone and mood of the character, in turn helping guide the story. 

The outfit Halley will be wearing in our film opening will be baggy jeans, a long sleeved brown shirt, a black graphic t-shirt over it, and converse high tops. This outfit is vaguely late 90’s- early 2000s and fits the grunge aesthetic. We wanted to create an outfit that is ”timeless” in a sense and could be worn in many different years and not be questioned, as our film is set in the early 2000s but never explicitly said so in the film opening. We also want Halley’s costuming to mirror her depression. Our actress will be wearing no makeup and have her hair down messily, to portray that Halley doesn’t care about anything, including her appearance. Here is a mood board with visuals of the outfit.

Om the bottom left of the mood board there is a simple neutral color scheme. This muted neutrals symbolize Halley’s life and mental health. The black and brown colors symbolize her depression and feelings of being stuck, and the beige represents her lack of motivation and her general detached personality and indifference. 

Props:

When thinking about props we decided to keep

things simple. Halley will be wearing a people of black headphones throughout the opening, which Oriana will provide the group with. The headphones will be attached to an Ipod which is playing the music. (ipod provided by me) (actually my parents)

Digging through my parents drawer trying to find the Ipod I actually stumbled upon a CANON POWERSHOT DIGITAL CAMERA. Crazy I know. Unfortunately It doesn’t have any battery but I’m going to try to find the charger. Fingers crossed!  I hope I find it! 

 

That’s all for costumes and props. See you next time!