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Costume Research And Plot

A costume plot is basically a plan of what the actors in a movie will be wearing in a certain scene. The costume plot helps to show their audience what era the film is set in and sometimes, where it may be set. It can also show class and status of a character, for example, a working class character wouldn't be shown in fancy suits, whereas an upper class character would. Costumes are always a very important part of a film because of these things. 

A costume plot is a basic plan of what the actors (talent) will be wearing. This would be very vital to the film as it would help the audience establish the place, time era and hierarchy of the characters e.g. Suit or a posh frock would symbolise importance and wealth whereas someone shown in ragged clothes would be present as poor and underachieving. You would have to consider the place in the costume plot as if the character is at home they would be wearing something they feel comfortable in; if they are at work they would be wearing a some form of suit and in our case if the character is at school they would be most likely be wearing a uniform. The Time era would be likely to be more considered if the media text is set in a certain period in history this would be done so that the characters match the fashion trends and classes of that time.

For our costume plot i have encorporated the general sterotypes within a school so a viewer can easily pick out what they are.
There are only two main cast in our production and those two would be Luke Gregory and Mr Grayham.

A Male teacher like Mr Grayham would wear the general school teacher formal attire which would include a plain shirt with a tie, plain dark coloured trousers and sensible shoes. Here is a picture of a teacher wearing these garments -

To find this picture i searched 'Male Teacher' in a search engine and this picture which came up backs the stero type of what a teacher usually wears as he is wearing exactly the same as what i described.

Students like Luke Gregory would have to follow a form of school uniform dress code. our school uniform will be the same uniform as the school we are filming in as actors will aready have the right costumes. the general uniform contains white shirts, sweatshirts, black trousers and on occasions blazers. Here is a picture of the school uniform simular to what we are going ot be using -

Time Whisperer - Costume Plot

Props Research And List

A prop is an object that can be used by an actor or actress to further the plot or to add dramatic effect however larger props are used mainly for decoration of a set. there are "hand props" which refer to the smaller objects. The main difference between prop use and set decoration is that if the actor or actress interacts with the object for any reason it is considered decoration, however if it is something that helps with plot development then it is classified as a prop.

Types of prop
Prop weapon: A harmless weapon or firearm, swords are blunted, and firearms are gas operated but do not have ammunition where effects can be added later.

Hero prop: an item of significance to the hero that is unique to that one character, for example Thor's hammer in Thor.

Breakaway objects: Otherwise known as "stunt" objects, these are props that would usually be used in fight sequences to emphasize the destructiveness and make much more dramatic. A very famous example would be a glass bottle that when hit over someone's head, would smash into piece. (not harming the actor).

Now that I have researched props I can make a Props list for our film.
Here is the props list for our film opening:

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