Main influence.

Great Expectations- The west End. By Beckman Unicorn.

 

 

This was my main influence for costume especially for the Count and Countess. I used mostly the ideas form this production for the make up as I felt it fitted into our production. I also imagined the castle in Great Expectations to be similar to the one in our performance so I felt that helped influence the decision to slightly base my costume on these. Our performance is also dark and slightly quirky as this so I tried to base the Count and Countess’ costume mostly on this which I think is rather obvious to some degree. I feel the difference is that I did not go for a feel that our characters were worn and dusty, I wanted to present our cast and characters as clean cut as I feel the play itself is dark enough. I don’t feel there is a specific character I have picked out of Great Expectations to portray a certain character in A Gothic Tale I feel I have just taken small ideas and moulded them into my own.

Other characters were influenced by Great Expectations but not to a great extent. They were based on the ideas that I had in my own head and what I feel their costume should represent. An example of this is the Piano Tuner as he did not have a great deal of influence from Great Expectations as I wanted him to be a kind character with soft coloured and neutral clothing.

 

Hannah Smith.