Production Blog: Shoppin'

Today, I decide to prepare for our short film. I did this by going shopping for the characters costumes. I decided to make a list of what I need so I didn't have to think on the spot. I went scene by scene and thought of what costume the characters should be wearing. I started with the first act where the characters are sitting in the room hanging out. I thought that I didn't need to buy any costumes because the characters should be in casual wear which my group already owns. Next I looked in the second act. Again, I thought that the characters should just be wearing casual clothes. On the other hand, I thought that in the third act the characters definitely needed costumes. This is because in this act they are robbing a bank. I thought of what the characters should be wearing and what bank robbers in movies typically wear. To follow the script, I came up with a list of a couple items. The list had three pairs of sunglasses, a top hat, three medical masks and a trench coat. For the bank teller character, I figure the actor can just wear formal clothes they already have. Now that I had a list of costume items I should buy, I left to go shopping. It was pretty easy finding cheap sunglasses, medical masks, and a top hat. I found them all in a costume store for relatively cheap. However, it was difficult to find a trench coat anywhere. The final store I stopped at was a thrift store and I had little hope I would find a trench coat there. But, my hope was restored when I found a trench coat that was perfect to be in the short film. Overall, today was a successful

day in finding costumes.