Production Design

As I have mentioned before, mise-en-scene is CRITICAL in a film opening. Mise-en-scene is everything that is in front of the camera. Includes production design, composition, staging, lighting, and makeup. It is the way you project and tell a story to the viewers. It is key to develop a character, create context and symbolism. In this blog post I will focus mainly on the costume design and makeup aspects of my film. 

Costume Design

First of all, I need to provide some of the main character's background. My character, Ellie, is full-time college student, with no money, no family, and no job. She rents a room in a house where multiple families live. So she basically lives in that room. She doesn't have money to pay her rent, so she obviously doesn't have money to buy any luxuries or in-style items. She has been using the same clothes and shoes over the years. Besides living in poverty, she is also a really simple teenager. She doesn't own or wear any jewelry and is satisfied with whatever she has. Her main focus is on school and surviving. 

So for Ellie, I decided to create very simple and basic outfits to represent her personality as well as her lifestyle. I also want to incorporate some 2008 fashion vibes. I got some of my inspiration from one of my favorite series, Shameless, and Pinterest. 

 

 

                   

                          

Makeup

Since Ellie is a very simple girl, she barely wears makeup. So I decided to give her a very natural looking makeup. Little makeup will be used to cover imperfections, enhance her face structure, and to avoid light reflection (Concealer, powder, little bronzer, mascara).