Costume
The activity was to create clothes for a man and woman paper doll for a given genre. My genre was historical drama. My woman was a stereotypical slave for a rich house. She wore a long brown skirt down to her feet and a brown buttoned up top with a white apron that had dirt splashed up it where she cant afford to clean and buy new clothes. The long skirt showed dignity and what was expected for woman to wear at the time. On the other hand the man was posh, someone the poor woman would work for. He wore a smart, clean suit that a stereotypical rich man would wear. I decided to show a distinct difference in class between the man and the woman because most historical drama main them is different classes within society.
How costume is shown in Mean Girls
Mean girls is about a group of girls in high school who see themselves more superior and popular than the rest of the school: often known as 'the plastics'. Costumes plays a key part in the film. They walk around school in high heels, shorts skirts and lots of pink, they even have a saying 'Wednesday we wear pink' for anyone they allow into their group. By wearing these outfits they stand out from the rest of the school by looking older and more dressed up which represents their personality - trying to be better than everyone else. At one point in the movie Regina gets cuts in her tea shirt but by the end of the day the whole school have copied and have cuts in there tee-shirts as well as they inspire to be like the three girls. Costume in this film helps the audience to form opinions on the characters and understand what they're like.
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