....Costume Design....

i would just like to point out that my wig wasnt as bad (or fabulous) as this one opposite..
well then... as you all know, well im assuming maybe some random person is reading this (hi if you are!!) we covered costume design today... what do costumes bring or add to the performance?

• Highlights the kind of character to allow the audience to place the character in the story
• Adds another dimension to the character
• Shows an element of their inner-self "outwardly"
• Helps actors get into a role
• Brecht uses stepping into role through the use of costume
• Defining status (for example.. a poor character would wear rags..

So.. using this information and our brilliant minds each of us were given an item of costuming and we had to create a character around that. i myself was given a fabulous mullet wig.. which instantly made me think of chopper.. otherwise the stereotypical aussie bloke wearing a navy wife beater, stubbies, beer in one hand, ciggie in the other.. perched on the sunken couch watching either the cricket or the footy.. depending on the season. Beer perched on the beer belly.. like a pergnant woman.. prickly unshaven face and overweight, my man had to stagger everywhere - couldn't rush because his weight would pull him downwards.. a true bogan ey.. good fun, molly couldnt stop laughing at me (gee thanks molly for makig me feel dero!! :D) The whole costume thing really works for me, it makes it so much easier to dechiper a character and everything just clicks. Horrah for bogans xx