Production Roles

My first production role is costume, i was given the task to sort out my own costume and the character of Angels. I tought that this character would be fun to plan the costume for as it would have lots of bright colours and patterns. 

The first costume the Angel wearing in the show is the classic Mrs Christmas Costume, we had brought some zebra tights which it says about in the characters profile, with the combination  the red dress and the other patterns that she would be wearing it would gie the classic drag queen look where there is a lot going on in the look. 

For the other costumes we kept the theme of bright and patterns and putting things together that dont work together. I think that all of Angels costume in the show looked really good and worked really well in contrast to the story line that she tells throughout the show, as she tells a serious story about people living with AID's and HIV but then in contrast she wears a happy, playful costume.

For my own costume i kept it very simular to the original cast cotume. This was a knitted jumper which i thought about changing through out the show and then a blue and white striped scalf. This i think defines the character of mark and is a part of the show that people would recognise. I dont wear glasses myslef but i found it important for my character too, i saw this as an element of himself that made him stand out from everyone else as nobody else in the show does. 

My second production role was to make Marks film that is shown throughout the show. I dont have many skills in media and editing so i did it alongside someone else in the cast. I took a big lead on how i wanted it to look, i felt that i should be heavily focused on the homeless, so we set up some homeless scenes using the cast and others. This I think created very powerful shots as we panned across the homeless people and saw them all sat outside. The other focus that i thought would have worked well is the characters relationships with each other. We did a lot of shots of people together laughing and having a nice time, but i also found it powerful to not have my character in the film at all as it highlighted the fact of my characters lonleyness and him keeping himself to himself.