Reece Part 1: Costume Choices For Dylan (Our Protagonist)

Our group spent a lot of time looking at possibilities of clothing for Dylan. A lot of thought was put into the way that we should present Dylan onscreen. His clothes needed to reflect the type of person he was so as to give the audience information into who he was. We all agreed that he needed to be wearing clothes that were quite plain and nothing out of the ordinary so as to not cause his appearance to take away from the main point of the film.

 Our main choice for an outfit was: a grey hoodie, blue jeans and black trainers.

Then, after some discussion, we decided to come up with an alternative outfit to keep our options open. The alternative outfit we agreed on was: a black zip-up hoodie, a white T-shirt, black jeans and the same black trainers.

Hairstyle was another important discussion we had as a group regarding Dylan's appearance. We have decided that Dylan's hair will not be styled. Our reason for this choice is that as he is in purgatory he will not have access to hair products that would be typically used by guys of his age.

Dylan is not going to be wearing jewellery or have any type of make-up however he will discover a bracelet at one point in the film. Our reasons for this are that as he is in purgatory, he is alone and will therefore not care so much about his appearance.

The plain clothes will be typical of males of Dylan's age group. He will not be wearing anything over-the-top as he is in isolation. Also, as previously stated, we did not want Dylan's appearance to take away from the main point of the film which is to show Dylan's loneliness and desire for human connection and we believed that due to this it was best to keep costume simple.
Shoes --> Dylan will be wearing black trainers. The colour black is typically associated with death and helps to create the morbid tone to prepare the film for the plot twist.
Grey hoodie --> Grey can be seen as the colour between black and white. Dylan is stuck in purgatory between life on Earth and the afterlife, between heaven and hell.
Blue jeans --> Plain blue jeans are often worn by young males so the jeans would emphasise the normality that Dylan's previous life was.

Overall, our group is confident that our costume choices are very suitable fro the film and for Dylan as a character and hope that they will help to give some background into Dylan's personality and life.