Costume

Choosing costume for our opening sequence may have only been a small part of what we had to think about however we did have to take into consideration what the children would be wearing in the home movie and also what the older Cassie would wear when she was watching it back. Although it may be a small element of the make up of a film but in essence it can be a very useful tool. For example some films have such memorable costumes that they contribute to the success of the film and also possibly the popularity. For example:

• Johnny Depp's costume in Pirates of the Caribbean as Captain Jack Sparrow 
• Uma Thurman's costume in Kill Bill

For the children we wanted to keep it simple and have them wearing similar sorts of clothes to emphasise that they are sisters and that they're very close. We also knew that because it was supposed to be set years ago, as Cassie is watching herself on the video as a child, the children couldn't wear anything that featured logos, pictures or symbols that wouldn't have been around back then. E.g. Hannah Montana, Peppa Pig, Camp Rock or High School Musical. 

So we decided on plain bright colours that would contrast with the dark room and clothing that the older Cassie would wear as it would represent the happiness and also fit in with the bright colours of the funfair. We also had to consider the weather because we were filming in February outside so we knew the girls would be wearing coats. In the end we decided on plain leggings or tights with brightly coloured coats.

In complete contrast to this we knew that when we filmed Cassie sitting in a dark room watching these videos, she had to be wearing old dirty clothes of dark colours to show the deep depression that she had fallen into and how much her life had changed since she was a child. We thought a baggy tracksuit would show this and it's as though she has no care of what she looks like anymore.

These are the actual costumes that we put our actors in when we were filming.

We put Cassie and Faith in brightly coloured coats as it was cold outside and we also wanted to portray the fun that they we having and contrast it to the depression that Older Cassie feels. 





We put Older Cassie in a jumper, sweats and relaxed footwear. The colours aren't at all vibrant as this would distract from the depression she is feeling.