Happy Times - Field/ Performance
After we went to look for a dress in TKMaxx we discovered that the natural, floral style of dress we wanted was unlikely to be in any shops therefore so we could have complete control over the look, length and style of the dress we have decided to buy material and make the dress.
Here is a sample of the kind of pattern we were hoping to find. The white background denotes purity whilst the blue floral reveal her feminine side which is not as present in the sad times the blue flowers show her femininity without being too 'in your face'. Also as the dress is not completely white but patterned it symbolises how she herself is not as clean or pure as she was prior to the relationship but has been changed because of it.
To symbolise her feelings of sadness and the 'darkness' of the relationship we have dressed her in black clothing.We also decided to have her in dark boots to show both the influence he had on her but to conform to typical violent relationship stereotypes. Also the dark clothing make her look both a stronger character as a female and weaker when he pushes her as she is all in black on the floor belittling her.
Below is a still shot of Eleanor running, I like the connotations of the red top as it symbolises danger and anger which she is subject too but also makes her stand out from her dark surroundings giving her a greater visual impact on the audience and symbolising her strength to move on from the 'dog days'.
Below is a still shot of one of our practise shots of Eleanor running through the car park (video to follow), we feel wearing the black leather jacket if effective, however as you can see she is in grey in this shot. We chose to experiment with grey as it shows how she does fit in to those surroundings and shows how she is very humble and defenceless in the relationship it also is between white (happy) and black (sad) and so could be used to show the transition of her emotions. Therefore we must decide as a group if we prefer the protagonist to wear a red top or grey top as they both symbolise different aspects of the narrative.
First Fitting
A friend who is an aspiring fashion designer offered to create the dress so that we could use a unique prop in our music video.
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