Filming Costume Research #1

My initial meeting with the Director was very interesting, in terms of costume there are a lot of very interesting elements to accomplish.

THE LITTLE GIRL
The main character is a little girl of about 8 years old, dressed in the traditional fashion for 1918. The director showed me images of little t shirt dresses with Peter Pan collar so I am aiming to modify this idea but keep his main ideas.

THE BAND
The next four characters are the 'butler' type band who she follows through the forest, trying to find the music. There was a very strong idea for the look of these characters. They will all be identical, dressed in black suits, spats and bowler hats. The director showed me a clip from 'The Thomas Crown Affair' as a visual aid as to how they should look and also to the feel of the film itself.



Items from the Costume Archive:
Bowler Hats
A Black dress coat with Velvet decoration
White Spats

THE FUNERAL PARTY
The funeral party are the last group in the film. They are only in the last scene of the film but it was suggested that there would be rather a lot of them. Due to this, I suggested to the Director that whatever style he chose for them, it should be simple and kept all black if possible. His choice was for it to be an Amish funeral.