Research - Mrs Quinlan: Mise en scene: Costume, Hair and make-up

Costume, hair and make up

Costume hair and makeup is an element of mise on scne. This is where make up artist, designers would dressed the actors in the clothing that they would be wearing for that scene. Costumes allows the audience to understand about a character what their personalities or trait they have depending on the costume. Different costumes may represent different stereotypes of character, someone wearing dark clothes may be represented as the antagonist or an anti-hero depending on what sub-genre the film, someone who is wearing light colours might be represented as the protagonist. 

Costume, hair and make-up: discuss connotations, stereotypes of characters and clothing types 

They are many different stereotypes within thrillers however the most noticeable is the victim, protagonist and antagonist characters. Since these the most well popular used type of character used in thrillers. Below are a range of character descriptions of diffrent characters you would see in an thriller

A stereotypical victim within a thriller film would be girls in blonde hair and would wear ill-fitting clothing or trainers and these clothing may not suite the environment shes in. The reason why they use characters is that they show that very innocent and because they show they are also naive and unaware to the situation that happening. Stereotypical victims tend to die first in thrillers. However this situation is not apply to every genre as this can vary between different genres. An example of an stereotypical victim would be the first victim in screen since she fits within the character description. An stereotypical protagonist in the thriller genre would be wearing bright clothing or clothing that can stand out and look authoritative. Also depending on the sub-genre could have supernatural powers. But like with most characters within the thriller genre they would be distinct negatives which could help the antagonist. The protagonist could either be male or even female depending the context of the story. A stereotypical antagonist would wear dark clothing, would cover his face with and mask or balaclava. And most of the time would be a male character. They would try hiding their identity throughout of film and would sometimes wear a cloak to try and protect himself. However the stereotypical antagonist thriller would also depends on the sub-genre as in sub-genre in thriller area like Action thriller may have a dark suite instead of a cloak. To show that he’s a professional and he would kill anyone. An example of an sterotypical Antagonist would be the antagonist from scream.

Stereotypical antagonists, ghost or evil characters body language and facial expressions

Stereotypical victim and protagonist in terms of clothing
An stereotypical victim would of been Blond hair, ill fitting shoes, t-shirt and blue eyes. In most thrillers any girl with blond hair would usually be the or a victim.

A stereotypical antagonist would of have worn dark clothing, trainers and sometimes a ski mask or anything to cover his face

Scene analysis 

In this scene analysis i will be analyzing the first two characters that are shown in the opening of the silence of the lambs, The first character we see is (at 1:29) she is wearing casual clothing, dark hair and trainers as you go further on into the opening she also happens to be highly skilled therefore the audience may think shes the protagonist in the film. However earlier the audince maybe thought she was an  The next character we see is (at 2:52) he is tall person and could also be the protagonist since who could be representing authority in the film

Conclusion

In conclusion the costume hair and make up represent different stereotypes of different characters. Costume hair and make-up allows the audience to find who's the protagonist and antagonist of the film and is this part of mise on scene is usually quite subtle. i need to remember that there are a code convection for thrillers with costume hair and make up and should try to stick too them. The plans for the costume hair and make up i will be may use would be the antagonist would be wearing dark clothing his hair would be brown however he wouldnt be wearing any make-up. My ideas will change depending what type of opening scene that i will be planning to create.