Costume notes

Faith's costume

Throughout the production, Faiths character wears clothing that presents her to be a young woman in her early 20s. She generally wears casual clothing such as jeans and jackets as she is seen to be comfortable around her partner Luke. I also decided this because I know a majority of women in her age group wear similar clothing as this.Important costume choices I made, such as her pink dressing gown, highlighted that she was in the comfort of her own home, and more importantly created a time period for the audience to associate with either being night time or daytime.

Faith also had various hair styles throughout- my intentions with this was to make it very clear that he juxtaposition were a continuation in long time frames- to highlight I was showing fragments of them in separate locations, at separate times as there relationship developed months on.



Makeup: Faith's makeup was important as it created a clear indication of her abuse. It had to look effective and bold enough to notice, as it marked the moment in the film where Luke first hits her. I used a dark bronzer along with dark drown eye shadow to create a bruised effect on her face. I think this worked as it was not overdone and so did not ruin the concept.






Luke's costume

Luke's costume was intended to create an urban and ideal man's attire, with a side bag which is more commonly seen in working class men. There was also important consideration of  costume choices when choosing how to represent the antagonist. Men in their early 20s seen in central London often wear suits as they are working class. Luke's character was not in a high profession, which is why I only gave him smart coats to wear. Furthermore, the only time he is seen in a suit is when he returns home after being fired, in which his tie is loose and twisted- representing him to be untidy.


Luke wears a black vest when he is indoors, which clarify's that he is in his home. Along with this he has grey jogging bottoms, which is very much his informal wear. When he is shown outdoors, I decided to put him in scarfs and smart coats to represent a mature, young man. I decided to use this as it showed a contrast from his less appealing attire indoors, which mirrors his abusive, anti social. behaviour indoors.