More costume!

 Hello and welcome back everybody!

Last time, I told you guys about the set and a little bit about my costumes and props. But today, I wanted to go more in detail.

I’ll put some outfit inspo for the two girls since we’re going to see them change a couple of times to represent the changing of the days and times.

My film doesn’t have many significant props besides a phone, the car that hits Blair, and their matching sun and moon necklaces. I told you guys that I bought these last time, and they arrived yesterday so I’m super excited about that!

Anywho, the necklace is a super important detail because throughout the days, no matter how much they change, or how different they may be, they are a part of eachother. The necklaces represent their friendship and togetherness, and brings out a much deeper meaning in the film when Viv quite literally loses her other half.  I’m going to establish this significance by including the necklaces in all the outfits they wear. This is the best way for me to show that the necklace is significant to the characters and have some sort of meaning. One could also argue that the necklaces appeal to the semantic codes theory and represents the girls themselves. Considering that Blair is very quiet and serious like the moon, while Viv is bright and fiery.

Regarding the phone, I was just going to use my phone case since it’s very pretty and pink but than I remembered that my phone case was falling apart and in shambles. Then I remembered that my friend Maia was bedazzling a phone case for her film. I asked her if I could borrow it and she said yes!!! The phone itself doesn’t carry that much significance besides being the downfall of the story and the beginning of the end. But, I did still want it to help build character so the borrowed case would be perfect! Thank you very much Maia!!

Maia's bedazzled phone case that she's letting me borrow

The last thing I wanted to talk about is the car. You may be wondering, Mia where the fuck are you getting a car? Well lucky for all of us I have this beautiful black 2015 SUV Jaguar that was so kindly passed down to me. Her name is Jaggie and she’ll be Blair’s killer. I’ve already discussed her significance to the story in one of my other blogs, so I won’t bore you with it again. But, to put it simply, the car represents life, how quickly things can change, and the death of innocence. Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of her at this moment but i'm working on it.

Okay, now that I’m done yapping here’s my costume ideas!

Viv's funeral costume

Blair's outfit ideas

Viv's outfit ideas

 Like I said before, I wanted the costumes to develop character and express the characters well. So as we can see, Blair is very put together, she wears serious colors and pays attention to detail. While Viv wears fun colors and clothes and doesn't really seem to have a specific style or aesthetic besides, fun. But it's important that we take notice that the necklaces are in each outfit, even when she goes to the funeral. 

I want to clarify that these are very much ideas and will probably not be exact as me and my friend who is playing Viv will be pulling from our closets and borrowing clothes from others. The concepts however will stay the same.

XOXO,

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