Costume Requirements

For our film we are trying to find costumes for our female and male lead roles. These costumes have to resemble typical 18th century upper class clothes so that it fits in with our genre and makes our trailer look professional.

For the female lead role we need her to be well dressed and well presented because she is upper class which is an important factor in our film. This means that she isn't necessarily in the height of fashion but she is well presented and stands out to the audience in a subtle way.

We will need several dresses but one idea I had in mine was a white dress, made of satin or an expensive looking material with multiple layers of fabric which could include lace or a sheer fabric, so that the dress is light weight but detailed. The dress will also need detailing to look expensive and hand made because we want this dress to represent her upper class wealth. These details could include a corset style back to the dress, a think wrap top and ribbon detail. The dress needs to be floor length and have either a scoop neck or v neck .

An example of the style of dress i have in mind is on the right, modeled by Keria Knightley

Further examples of my ideal dress,

A shot of the dress from the side, from the back and from the front.

Ideally i would like to include some expensive looking jewelry to represent that the main protagonist is wealthy, these will be hard to come across but will create the right look if they look similar to something worn in the 18th century.

An example of the type of necklace that the main protagonist could wear

For the lead male role we want his clothes to represent wealth and for him to be well dressed and presented. We also would like the costumes to be historically accurate but to appeal to a modern audience items that look like they could be bought in the modern ira could also be used.

Also with him being the romantic lead we want his character to appeal to the audience and with the right clothing, hair and make up this can be possible.

He will be in the typical 18th Century male fashion and his outfit would consist of not very dark clothing or heavy material because we want his clothing to signify that he's the main romantic lead not the villain and that he is well off but dresses his age.

My ideal costumes for the male lead

All three of the costumes are bright and expensive looking which will signify to the audience, youth and wealth.