Margaret Atwood Film Techniques

When looking at the 1999 film Titus, it is important for the audience to examine the costuming choices made by director Julie Taymor. These choice are not only indicative of the setting and plot, but the costumes also reveal symbolic information about the characters. More specifically, when looking at the characters of Chiron and Demetrius, it is evident that Taymor made a variety of intriguing decisions in regards to their costumes. Demetrius and Chiron’s costumes were symbolic of barbarism, and they also illustrated the animalistic qualities demonstrated by the monstrous brothers throughout.

The techniques used by Tim to take viewers on Alice’s journey from a child to an adult are vast. Alice is constantly questioned about her identity, Tim Burton does this to signify to the audience that the film is not just about adventures, but at its core is a self-finding journey. A technique which reflected the journey that Alice underwent is her costume, Alice’s costume constantly changed to reflect where on her journey she was at. In the early scenes of the film, Alice is seen to be wearing a baby blue dress made using a viscose material and

“costume is often coordinated with setting. Since the filmmaker usually wants to emphasize the human figures, setting may provide more or less neutral background, while costume helps pick out the characters. Color design is particularly important here.”

(Choose a garment, which can be used to discuss fashion from the point of view of the consumer. This garment must be able to demonstrate how the consumer individually constructs their identity and conveys that identity through the style and styling of clothing. You should treat this garment as an object as a form of evidence, which can help you to explain theories of fashion discussed in the sessions. The intention of your analysis is to examine the ways in which we can ‘read’ objects and images, understand their meanings and explain them in the context of broader theoretical and social concerns. You should aim to be as analytical as possible. You may want to use further

Throughout Hollywood’s history, there have been several great fashion designers, including Edith Head. She has had a very long and illustrious career that lasted from 1927 to 1981. During her career, she inspired numerous fashion trends and worked on several popular films. Edith Head was very secretive about her childhood and would often lie about it when asked a question. A close friend of hers David Chierichetti eventually learned all about it (Jorgensen, 13).

How has the composer of the contemporary text used the earlier text to say something new?

We usually pay more attention to the inner core of human beings, but clothing is not simply an outfit that covers out bodies—it indeed delivers a strong message to the society. A particular style of clothing marks the fashion of an era or a culture, but sometimes there is more historical context and material politics behind it. Clothing is not superficial; it represents identity and dignity of a group of people. According to Miller’s “Why Clothing is not Superficial”, clothing gives us “such dignity, glamour and refinement”, and they “actually were what made us think what we think we are” (Miller). It sometimes may have a unique appearance but it could be a powerful challenge to the public memory and hegemonic forces.

Costumes are not an easy thing to master and yet they are important to any production. There are many people that must be dressed, each to their own personality and still staying within the restraints on making sure none of

As the performance goes on, the costume design represents where our characters are at in their timeline. While, in the first act, the characters are dressed in stereotypical post-apocalyptic attire, it does vary in from what we are presented in the last two acts. Around the campfire, the characters are dressed in

The fashion industry is rapidly growing and constantly generating new fashion trends almost weekly. Fashion for some may seem ridiculous and unnecessary; but fashion is not just a meaningless usage of article of clothing or farcical materials sew together for coverage. There is more to fashion than meets the eyes, fashion is precious and significant. It is a reflection of self-image, it speak the ream about who we are and how we review ourselves. Not only is fashion the reflection of self-image but also the reflection of our history as Coco Channel have said, “Fashion is not something that exist in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” Fashion

Kenneth Branagh’s version of Henry V was phenomenal, particularly in the aspect of the costumes used for the film. The color of the scenes and costumes were altered to match the mood of the play. This was successfully done with the help of the costume designers that led this film to an Oscar!

‘style, branding, colour and fashionability’ of the clothing as a tool for the audience to

During our life we construct many different identities of who we want to portray ourselves as to the rest of society; fashion plays a vital role in generating who we are. With the ideas from Storry and Childs they state that “the way that we dress can either serve to confirm or to subvert various facets of our identities, such as our gender,

I utilize two scenes from the movie American Beauty, the two office scenes including Lester (Kevin Spacey) and Brad (Barry Del Sherman).The cinematic techniques are identified with mise-en-scene, which is the term used to portray everything 'put into the scene'. I concentrate on decor, lighting and props, costumes, body language (e.g., posture, gestures and facial expressions) and composition. I additionally take a gander at how these components are confined as far as camera stature, camera point and camera separate, all of which fall under the class of cinematography. The scene seems right off the bat the movie. Toward the start of American Beauty, the hero, Lester Burnham is disappointed with his life. At home he and his materialistic, aspiring

This paper will be discussing the cosplay, or costume play, subculture. In this paper, it will also go over who makes up this particular subculture, what it takes to be a cosplayer, what this subculture does for society, how society sees those who participate in it, how and when it came to be, most famous cosplay costumes, and what this subculture provides for those who take part in it.