Costume, hair and make-upMiddle Class Family

In our short film we will need to portray a middle-upper

class family in order to allow us to challenge middle class ideologies and beliefs as the middle class are represented

throughout media texts as dominant and secure who are

protected by their middle class surroundings.

This means that when sourcing costumes for our actors and actresses we will need to

purchase/hire clothing which the middle class are likely to wear. The middle class are

stereotyped as smart and all maintain a glamorous appearance – elegance is also

associated with our middle class family. This means that our male ‘father’ character will

need to wear formal, business attire in order to conform to the stereotype. Our female mother will also need to wear formal attire like a fancy

frock and heels in order to convey the dominance and respect within society.

Black patent heels are a fashion accessorythat middle class females would wear as they are elegant and a signifier of wealth.Our female mother would wear shoes like these as they reinforce their wealth and eye for attention which creates even moreshock when their true identities are revealed.

We will need to purchase profession

attire for our mother as formal, simplistic

clothing is associated with class and wealth

which are traits that our middle class family have

inherited. This means that we will be able to

portray a realistic middle class family who are

educated and sophisticated.

Our father character will also need to wear clothing which is associated with

the middle class in order to create a realistic representation. We will dress our

fatherly character in business, smart attire in order to portray his

professionalism and his middle class traits. The middle class are stereotyped to

take pride in their appearance which means that our characters will not be scruffy instead they will be clean, and

well groomed to ensure that we are able to convey the middle class through the

family within our film.

By dressing our actors and actresses in specific clothing items allows us to create strong representations of the characters

and the lifestyles they are living. This further emphasises the juxtaposition at

the end of the film where the middle class true intentions are revealed leading to

fatal consequences.

Our main protagonist within the film is an undercover police constable who is investigating into a family suspected to be serial killers however, DCI Jones’s

identity must remain a mystery. We have decided to chosen formal business attire for our character as

although his identity must remain a secret his character would generally wear formal clothing as he is a member

of the middle-upper class. This means that within our film we would be able to challenge the middle class

ideologies and go against hegemony in order to create the juxtaposition at the end of the film.

Costume, hair and make-up is important within our film as it allows us to portray

the characters lifestyle through their clothing as it is stereotypical of the middle-

upper classes.