R+P Post 16: Casting, costumes, hair and make-up

We planned in detail exactly what each actor would need to be wearing and their makeup to ensure that they realistically could be the character that they were portraying.

Below is the table of our final decisions on costume and makeup.

Tyra also wore a sophisticated night dress for the first two shots in our opening which can be seen below.

The test shoot was actually very helpful for us in terms of finalising costumes because we realised during it that Tyra's costume for Shania wouldn't work as it wasn't professional enough and that the jogger needed to be wearing proper athletic gear.

Test Shoot Costume

Main Shoot Costume

These changes really helped to make our characters believable and, especially in the case of Shania, ensured that an audience could believe in her as a real person and therefore empathise with her and the problems she faces throughout the film.