Costumes and Make-Up

Costumes and make-up play a big part in films because they can make different characters stand out from the rest and show their personality. Costumes also help you to see where the film is set and in what time period it is set. The costume can also reflect the mood of the character for example if they are sad they are more likley to be dressed in black or dark colours,but if they are happy then they may be dressed in more bright colours.

Examples

In Grease the costumes that the characters wear show you the time period that it is set in (1959). Also in this film it also shows the changes the main character Sandy goes through for example in the begining of the film she wears like cute little dresses and skirts making her seem sweet innocent and a goody goody type.But at the end of the film her costume changes alot she wears tight clothes that she wouldnt noramaly wear. By her costume changing you can see that she is trying to drop the sweet childish image and become more grown up.

Costumes can also show you a characters personality a good example of this would be Ace Ventura. In the film Ace is a very happy bubbly character.He also is a bit strange and wacky and different from normal detectives. His costumes help show this because he is always in bright colured flower shirts that make him stand out and shows his personality.

Leon

I really enjoyed this film its not a type of film i would normally watch but i thought it was very good.

Shots
when main characters are introduced the shots are zoomed in which shows you that they are going to be the main characters.
There was a point of view shot when Leon was holding the knife to the mans neck. I liked this becuase it made it more tense because you could see what was going to happen.
there is also a point of view shot of what Matilda is seeing when she is practicing shooting.
Another point of view shot is when Leon is shot.

Sound
The music in the film changes alot for example when there is a gun fight scene the music is louder and faster making it more tense.There is also happy music the bit where you see Leon and Matilda together in the hotel rooms when he is training her.

Props
The main prop in this film is Leon's plant. The plant was kind of like a friend to him that he looked after and was the only thing he cared for untill he met Matilda. The plant was also like him in a way beacuse he was trapped in hotel rooms and not really free and the plant was stuck in the pot. But at the end Matilda plants it so it can be free and Leon is also free at the end.
The Milk is also a big prop because the 1st time it saves Matildas life really because she goes to buy it when her family is killed. But at the end when she goes to buy milk it is how she is found.
Matildas teddy bear this prop shows her to be vunerable and very young but when she has a cigarette this shows her trying to act grown up.

Setting
It was set in New York which was good beacuse it is a famous city and you know what its like there so can relate to it. also it is a good place for this film to be set because it is big and busy so would be easy for Leon and Matilda to hide.

Lighting
the 1st gun fight the lighting is very dark and this makes it more exciting and scary.
there is also a good use of lighting when Matilda comes back to the apparment block after her family have been shot when she is knocking on Leons door. When he opens the door a bright light shines over her it kind of reminded me of like a guardian angel she is safe and Leon saved her life.