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.