Costume

the costume used by the actor and actress played a big part in the way we presented these charecters and more importantly made the audience view them in a certain way. in the oppening scene the hero (or heroine as it were) wears tight, sleeck black clothing. this makes the audience percive her as being someone who is in control and better ties with her chasing the villian who is dressed in normal dirty and dull clothes. he wears a hoodie and baggy pants. this nicely achieves a cross between someone who appears to possibly be a criminal (which is backed up by him being chased) and someone who looks distincly un-amazing. careful consideration was used when choosing the costume for the out of dream sequence. dirty worn and baggy sweat pants were chosen along with a loose fitting and cheap looking T shirt. this was used to contrast from the sleeck cool look in the dream sequence to the charecters pathtic reality. this achieved a clear break between the two realitys without it needing to be explicitaly stated. i do regret not making the actress remove her piercings for the post dream sequence as it did not fit in very well with the way we were attempting to portray the charecter, though i do belive that save the close up on her eyes they are barely visible and for the most part ignorable.