Production Roles - Costume

For my production role i am part of the costume team, we have taken some inspiration from past productions of Into The Woods. and have also mindmaped ideas for our selfs.

The Wolf
For the wolf we have steared away from the past productions, and thought of something brand new. Instead of having a classic, fancy dress looking wolf, we have made him alot more upper class, by wearing a suit, top hat
and cane. this brings in the character of a sly, creepy and a character that can talk his way around everything,

To still make it recognisable to an audience that this character is still representing the Big Bad Wolf from the well known fairytale, we have added in an indication for the fur, with the furry material, adding it from coming out of the split seams, and down the sided of the trousers. We also added ears to the top hat for the comical value of the character, being abit clumsy and sleesy.

 

 

The Witch

 

For the witch I kept it very simple, having just a plain black cape, to make her look mysterious and old. Under this she would wear a bright red dress for when she transformed to the beautiful witch. This is a big contrast from the dull boring costume that she had before. I don't think that the costume needed to be easily recognisable as a witch as the character is very recognisable due to characterisation.

 

 

 

The Narrator

 

For the narrator I wanted to keep it very formal and assertive. I did this by having a black piny dress with a white shirt. This kept them very neutral so that they don't steer away from other character that bring the story to life.

 

 

 

Little Red Riding Hood

 

 

For this costume I had to keep quite close to tradition, sticking with the main colour as red was very important. I tried to keep it very child like with the skirt and t-shirt tucked in. I think this highlights the sweet, innocent and vulnerable characteristics of the character, while still having the main colour of red so that the audience can make the connection between the character. This colour also represents danger and leads up to what may be happening from within the story.

 



 

 

The Prince's

 

For the princes I stuck with very royal colours, Reds and Blues with gold accessories. This seems very grand. and then the two princes, with different colours then can be linked to their princesses. In a tight time scale i would just make the sashes for the princes as it still shows their royal statuses and is an easy costume to take on and off.

 

 

 

The Bakers Wife

 

For the Bakers Wife I have stuck to traditions, I researched olden bakerys and they would usually wear their casual clothes yet with their aprons over the top. I made this more child friendly by adding the bright colours