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Megan Freestone
Megan Freestone

The document analyzes the costume choices for characters in a film project called "Hush" to convey symbolic meanings. For the mother character, blue represented sadness in emotional scenes, while her hairstyle and clothing emphasized maturity, seriousness, and distress over time. The friend character wore black to set an appropriate sad atmosphere. Lily transitions from white innocence to darker colors symbolizing her change, while the crucifix leggings indicate her interests shifting. Color choices and hairstyles were used to subtly portray the characters' emotions and arcs through their costumes.

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CHARACTER AND COSTUME ‘HUSH’ ANALYSIS
MOTHER (FOREST SCENE) We decided on patterned, knit For this costume the dominant colour we chose leggings to emphasise the fact was dark blue. This was because common that it was extremely cold. The connotations of the colour blue are cold was reflective of the cold sadness, depression, hurt, etc. and this is a atmosphere in the scene so particularly emotional scene in our project. this costume worked well. We decided to scrape back her hair into a neat, high bun. This not The scarf and coat further only showed the emphasised the cold weather character's and again highlighted the cold maturity/age, but also atmosphere. reflected the seriousness of the situation.
MOTHER (BREAKDOWN SCENE) We smudged the make up We again chose to use blue in this costume with around her eyes to look like it her cardigan and jeans, because a common had been washed away with connotation of the colour blue is sadness, and this her tears. We did this to is another emotional scene in our project. emphasise the idea that she had been crying and make it seem more real. We decided to leave her hair down and slightly messy as if it had not been brushed in order to show the distress her daughters death has caused her. It also was to The warm pink vest was reflect how she had chosen to represent the become less in control mother’s undying love for her due to a dramatic child, as pink is a common change in her life. connotation of love.
MOTHER (BABY SCENE) We chose a knitted jumper as they are typically a very ‘motherly’ style of clothing. The floral We decided to pattern knitted across the shoulder also suggests keep her hair a classic mothering figure as it shows her to be loose in this very feminine and gentle. scene to show her as slightly younger and more innocent as in this scene her daughter is just a baby. It was also to give the impression that she was more relaxed and calm at The soft grey colour of the this stage in jumper was chosen to reflect her life. the calm state of the mother with her new baby.
LILY (LIVING ROOM SCENE 1) We wanted her to wear her hair down and have very little make up on to once again emphasise this idea of innocence. The colour choice here was to show her complete innocence, purity and goodness as these are all common connotations of the colour white.
LILY (GARDEN SCENE) We wanted her to wear her hair down and have very little make up on to once again emphasise this idea of innocence. The colour choice here shows the transition from good to bad as her clothes started as a bright white and have started to get darker.
MOTHER (LIVING ROOM SCENE) Once again, her hair is left down and this is to further emphasise the idea of her being a relaxed mother, showing the nice homely environment that they live in. We chose a black jumper in this scene to show that the mother has authority over her child and is the most powerful character in the room. She is wearing jeans to soften this ‘power’ and make her look like a relaxed, warm, friendly person, suggesting that family life is generally very good.
MOTHER (LIVING ROOM SCENE) Her legs have been covered with a blanket to suggest that she has grown older/more frail than at the beginning of the film. We chose a grey vest top in the second version of the living room scene to show the impact that the demon has had on the family. It was to demonstrate the shift in power with the mother no longer the strongest. By changing from a black jumper to a grey vest, the colour has been She is wearing jeans to soften this diluted and it represents ‘power’ and make her look like a how she is no longer the relaxed, warm, friendly dominant character in person, suggesting that family life is the scene. generally very good.
FRIEND (FOREST SCENE) We chose to dress her quite plainly, almost all in one colour to establish the fact that she was not the most important character in the scene and the focus was not intended to be on her. We dressed her primarily in black clothes as common connotation of black are sadness, death, etc. and this created an appropriate atmosphere for this particular scene. Her hair has been left down to make her seem very natural and to represent the loss of control in this situation as loose hair is much more wild and less easy to control.
ANASTASIA (OUIJIA BOARD SCENES) She wore very little makeup to emphasise this idea of innocence and to make her look typically young, sweet and vulnerable. Her dark clothing means she remains fairly neutral throughout but there is an underlying darkness to her personality and this is shown through this colour choice. We put her hair half up half down to make her seem quite innocent and feminine. This is also representative of how she is beginning to be taken control of but is not entirely there yet.
LILY (FOREST SCENE) Her extremely pale skin emphasises the fact that she has died and also makes her look much more innocent and weak. The dark clothing once again reflects the evil part of her. The fact that she is wearing a coat and gloves is reflective of the cold atmosphere in this scene.
LILY (BEDROOM SCENE) We chose to dress her entirely in black in this scene to show the full change from good to bad. These clothes also provide an evident contrast in the character at the beginning and the end of the sequence.
LILY (LIVING ROOM SCENE 2) The pattern of crucifixes on her leggings indicate that there has been a change in her and she has become more interested in things like that. The white socks were chosen to show that although she was turning bad, there is still some good left in her at this point in time. The colour choice here shows the transition from good to bad as her clothes started as a bright white and have slowly grown darker and darker.

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  • 1. CHARACTER AND COSTUME ‘HUSH’ ANALYSIS
  • 2. MOTHER (FOREST SCENE) We decided on patterned, knit For this costume the dominant colour we chose leggings to emphasise the fact was dark blue. This was because common that it was extremely cold. The connotations of the colour blue are cold was reflective of the cold sadness, depression, hurt, etc. and this is a atmosphere in the scene so particularly emotional scene in our project. this costume worked well. We decided to scrape back her hair into a neat, high bun. This not The scarf and coat further only showed the emphasised the cold weather character's and again highlighted the cold maturity/age, but also atmosphere. reflected the seriousness of the situation.
  • 3. MOTHER (BREAKDOWN SCENE) We smudged the make up We again chose to use blue in this costume with around her eyes to look like it her cardigan and jeans, because a common had been washed away with connotation of the colour blue is sadness, and this her tears. We did this to is another emotional scene in our project. emphasise the idea that she had been crying and make it seem more real. We decided to leave her hair down and slightly messy as if it had not been brushed in order to show the distress her daughters death has caused her. It also was to The warm pink vest was reflect how she had chosen to represent the become less in control mother’s undying love for her due to a dramatic child, as pink is a common change in her life. connotation of love.
  • 4. MOTHER (BABY SCENE) We chose a knitted jumper as they are typically a very ‘motherly’ style of clothing. The floral We decided to pattern knitted across the shoulder also suggests keep her hair a classic mothering figure as it shows her to be loose in this very feminine and gentle. scene to show her as slightly younger and more innocent as in this scene her daughter is just a baby. It was also to give the impression that she was more relaxed and calm at The soft grey colour of the this stage in jumper was chosen to reflect her life. the calm state of the mother with her new baby.
  • 5. LILY (LIVING ROOM SCENE 1) We wanted her to wear her hair down and have very little make up on to once again emphasise this idea of innocence. The colour choice here was to show her complete innocence, purity and goodness as these are all common connotations of the colour white.
  • 6. LILY (GARDEN SCENE) We wanted her to wear her hair down and have very little make up on to once again emphasise this idea of innocence. The colour choice here shows the transition from good to bad as her clothes started as a bright white and have started to get darker.
  • 7. MOTHER (LIVING ROOM SCENE) Once again, her hair is left down and this is to further emphasise the idea of her being a relaxed mother, showing the nice homely environment that they live in. We chose a black jumper in this scene to show that the mother has authority over her child and is the most powerful character in the room. She is wearing jeans to soften this ‘power’ and make her look like a relaxed, warm, friendly person, suggesting that family life is generally very good.
  • 8. MOTHER (LIVING ROOM SCENE) Her legs have been covered with a blanket to suggest that she has grown older/more frail than at the beginning of the film. We chose a grey vest top in the second version of the living room scene to show the impact that the demon has had on the family. It was to demonstrate the shift in power with the mother no longer the strongest. By changing from a black jumper to a grey vest, the colour has been She is wearing jeans to soften this diluted and it represents ‘power’ and make her look like a how she is no longer the relaxed, warm, friendly dominant character in person, suggesting that family life is the scene. generally very good.
  • 9. FRIEND (FOREST SCENE) We chose to dress her quite plainly, almost all in one colour to establish the fact that she was not the most important character in the scene and the focus was not intended to be on her. We dressed her primarily in black clothes as common connotation of black are sadness, death, etc. and this created an appropriate atmosphere for this particular scene. Her hair has been left down to make her seem very natural and to represent the loss of control in this situation as loose hair is much more wild and less easy to control.
  • 10. ANASTASIA (OUIJIA BOARD SCENES) She wore very little makeup to emphasise this idea of innocence and to make her look typically young, sweet and vulnerable. Her dark clothing means she remains fairly neutral throughout but there is an underlying darkness to her personality and this is shown through this colour choice. We put her hair half up half down to make her seem quite innocent and feminine. This is also representative of how she is beginning to be taken control of but is not entirely there yet.
  • 11. LILY (FOREST SCENE) Her extremely pale skin emphasises the fact that she has died and also makes her look much more innocent and weak. The dark clothing once again reflects the evil part of her. The fact that she is wearing a coat and gloves is reflective of the cold atmosphere in this scene.
  • 12. LILY (BEDROOM SCENE) We chose to dress her entirely in black in this scene to show the full change from good to bad. These clothes also provide an evident contrast in the character at the beginning and the end of the sequence.
  • 13. LILY (LIVING ROOM SCENE 2) The pattern of crucifixes on her leggings indicate that there has been a change in her and she has become more interested in things like that. The white socks were chosen to show that although she was turning bad, there is still some good left in her at this point in time. The colour choice here shows the transition from good to bad as her clothes started as a bright white and have slowly grown darker and darker.