Dance Film - Character Development

With this project, there are a lot of things that need to be thought about that isn't including the dance itself; One of which is costume. Myself and Jack spoke and between us agreed that for the video to be believable we need to have the character be believable too. For the choreography we have planned we know that having for example a builder do the dance just would not work as it doesn't fit the mood or the aesthetic of the film. Jack and I began by giving the character a name, we threw a few names about but decided on calling him and the production itself 'Earl'. We stuck with this name because of two reasons; One, it's known that Earl has stereotypically been used in the past as a name for a 'dorky' or 'nerdy' kind of individual. The second reason is because there is a type of tea called Earl & Grey which is just a subtle pun which we hope that some people may notice. After deciding on a name we started to handpick the costume one clothing piece at a time. We agreed that we wanted bright colours so that the viewers eyes would never sway away from the dancer. Jack was certain that he wanted an 80's style ringer top, much like a similar fashion sense to Napoleon Dynamite who was a heavy influence of character development for Earl. We also chose to have Earl wear 'Mom jeans' and colourful vibrant socks purely because we want him to have boring mannerisms when not dancing but once moving have his outfit suit him and his surroundings. After we sorted out the costume that we wanted, we got a mock up done of how Earl would actually look. We were both very happy with the outcome and are looking forward to begin filming.