Category: Costume

Everyone… Please remember to bring!

Count-

Jacket and trousers- Costume cupboard.
Shirt- Jess.
Shoes- Costume cupboard.
Tie- Rob.

Hair- Sarah- make up artist and hairdresser.

Make up- Sarah- make up artist and hairdresser.

Countess-

Top- Originally corset from Hannah but now bought from budget.
Skirt- Bought from budget.
Coat or jacket- Costume cupboard.
Shoes- Chesca.
Necklace- Bought from budget.
Ring- Jess.
Underwear- Chesca.

Hair- Sarah- Make up artist and Hairdresser.

Make up- Sarah- Make up artist and Hairdresser.

Countess wedding-

Wedding dress- Costume cupboard.

Hair- Sarah- Make up artist and Hairdresser.

Piano Tuner-

Trousers- Costume cupboard.
Top- Costume cupboard.
Waist coat- Costume cupboard.
Shoes- Costume cupboard.

Hair- Sarah- Make up artist and Hairdresser.

Make up- None.

Will look into contacts for eyes- Possibly party planet if enough money. Not enough left in budget.

Snow Child

Dress- From Budget.
Underwear- Jess.

Hair- Sarah- Make up artist and Hairdresser.

Make up- Sarah- Make up artist and Hairdresser.

Housekeeper

Dress- Costume cupboard.
Apron- Costume cupboard.
Shoes- Hannah.
Accessories- Hannah, costume cupboard and budget.

Hair- Hannah.

Make up- Sarah- Make up artist and Hairdresser.

Ex Wife

Dress- Costume cupboard.
Tights or leggings- Kelsey.
Shoes- Kelsey.
Accessories- Kelsey.

Hair- Sarah- Make up artist and Hairdresser.

Make up- Sarah- Make up artist and Hairdresser.

The Angel

Dress- Ellie.
Shoes- Ellie.
Face- Costume cupboard.

Ex wives in the chamber

Clothing- All bring own blacks.
Shoes- All bring own black shoes.
Accessories- From the budget.

Trees

Clothing- All bring own black clothing.
Accessories- Costume cupboard.

Hannah Smith.

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.

Costume Ideas.

The Addams Family

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After reading the two different stories we were to use my first thoughts were on the Addams family as their general appearance is something I wanted to portray through our performance but I feared people would relate to it too much and maybe it was not the ‘gothic’ type of outfit I was looking for. The Addams family is seen as a comic family and I was also worried that this would come across to the audience.

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Even though I did not fully use the Addams family I used a slight influence from the mother figure who is named ‘Morticia’ for the Countess.

Countess morticia

I have used hints from this picture such as the similar make up that is used and what clothes she is wearing such as the shirt. I don’t think her character reflects anything I was trying to aim for but the costume is one I wanted to take ideas from.

Hannah Smith.

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