Preliminary Exercise (Activity 3): Costume, Hair, and Makeup

Costumes, hair, and makeup are essential for film. These things help to set up the setting and mood. Even the genre itself. These things are used to convey a character’s status or personality. For example, if you see someone with messy hair, dirty clothes, and mascara running down their pale face, you will assume this is a horror movie. Costume, hair, and makeup help to emphasize the character’s emotions and role in the film.

This is the last part of the PowerPoint that I created with my two other teammates. We picked two significant characters in the movie "Hustle" to analyze their costumes. Since this is a basketball movie, we documented their basketball shorts, jersey number, and basketball shoes. I also made sure to go more into depth of the costumes. Coming up with conclusion as to why it's certain color or design. Jewelry also played into the costumes. One of the main characters always wore a necklace, which symbolizes something very important to him. They also used makeup on this film to create a scar on the hand of a main character. We also made sure to explain how these things tied in with the setting, mood, and genre.

This assignment was difficult to do. The hardest part for me was to connect something so simple into a complex answer. When I would look at the costumes, I would just see them as clothes. I didn't bother looking for the meaning behind the effort and design of each costume. I am glad that this assignment was an eye opener for me. It showed me how much goes into each little design in the costumes. It really does help to set the mood for a scene. I was also glad that I got to work with two other teammates. They helped me by explaining the concept more in depth for me. They gave me great examples that helped me understand this concept. For example, Beauty and the Beast. The scene of them two dancing showed elegance and romance between them, their costume design giving off this mood.

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