Clothing Analysis

We decided right from the very beginning that we wanted Reanna's character Megan to be very simplistic when it comes to clothing. She is a tomboy and doesn't care much about her clothing. Its more about what is easiest to put on and takes the less amount of time. Reanna is a student, she cares more about getting work done and appearing sensible then her appearance. She is a feminist and believes women will be judged on there brains and not there appearance, growing up in a family where emphasis was put on achieving through hard work. This combination of jeans and plain T-shirt, paired with a cardigan is perfect for the character. The colours are all dull which shows how she is feeling numb on the inside. It also makes her appearance congruent with her new setting, which is important because the audience must see the similarities between Megan and the street she is living on. We got these clothes from high street shops like Next and Dorothy Perkins, showing she doesn't have much clue about fashion. She hasn't got an individual sense of style or identity. We kept her make up simple, and her hair down. This shows she doesn't spend time on personal grooming, she is the type of girl who gets out of bed, brushes her teeth and leaves.

The binary opposite of Megan is Jemma, easy going and bold when it comes to clothes. Jemma isn't the type of girl you would find at your normal shops like Topshop, she prefers vintage shopping and would probably be found in places like Spitalfields Market or Alfies on Church Street. However Jemma like Megan is not from London, so her clothes have to represent a realistic depiction of a girl from somewhere like Reading or Oxford where there wouldn't be lots of vintage shops, so she wouldn't be able to dress too crazy like she would probably like to. So we came up with a compromise of red jeans and a black lace jumper paired with black combat boots. Not too crazy but still quite loud and inspired by more 80's fashion. We chose to do this because the 80's were about expressing your own identity, this is something that Megan doesn't have. We needed Jemma to bring light to the shade of the film, otherwise it would no longer be a thriller, it would be too macabre. We made Jemma's make up match her clothes, with winged eyeliner and bright red lipstick. This shows that unlike Megan she cares about her appearance and that she takes pride in it.