The character that will feature a lot in our opening but not as
much in the actual film is the character Joe Young, he will play a victimised
role who we at first think is the hero but then commits suicide leaving the
hero role to his revenge- seeking girlfriend. As this character is an ex-gang
member we want this to be shown in his dress code.
In the film Seven Pounds,
Will Smith plays a depressed man who commits suicide and donates many of his
organs to people who need them, including the woman he is in love with. He
often wears a suit or a grey t-shirt and dark casual pants like in the photo
below. In Leaving Las Vegas, Nicholas
Cage plays an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of
his drinking; he arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. He often wears
a black blazer and white shirt or coloured shirt like the sickly- purple one
below. In Harold and Maude the young character Harold finds himself obsessed
with death until he meets Maude. Before he meets her he wears quite unusual
quirky shirts and jackets, in the photo he is wearing an unusual coat, these
however may be because of the time period this film was made and set in.
Will Smith in Seven Pounds
(2008) Nicholas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Bud Cort in Harold
and Maude (1971)
Baring these characters in mind we will try to create a
character who is trying to hide his gangster past and also having lots of
suicidal thoughts. We shall therefore dress our character in the first scene,
where he and Kym appear to be a happy couple, in a black t-shirt with dark blue
jeans and black trainers, which could suggest there is something dark and
secretive about this character. He will
also wear a plain hoodie. In the scene when he throws himself off the bridge he
will wear a dark blue t-shirt to show depression with no jacket to show the
cold doesn’t affect him as his main thoughts are on his death.
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