Costume Designer Flashcards
(13 cards)
Overall Costume aesthetic
German expressionism
Berkoffian mime and makeup
Victorian
Kafka nightmare atmosphere
Clown
Industrial
Black-and-white monochromatic
Large irregular shapes
White dramatic make up
Slick black gelled hair Kabuki theatre
Chief clerk
Fully black suit and pants fitted
Face completely white pale make up with dark circle eyeshadow, no emotions de human
White paint full fully over their bald head
Monochrome German expressionism
Greta
Monochrome black fur
Black-and-white horizontal stripes knee length socks
Gel wavy middle part hair with spiral curl gel to forehead
She would have stage make up creating the illusion of crack doll
Mrs samsa
Black long lace dress with elongated irregular pointy shoulder pads extremely tight near the knees
Dramatic, the berkoffian style make up white base expressive thin eyebrows
Dark brown with grey Hughes hair and a tight bun held together with four black hair sticks, kabuki
Gregor
Extra large monochrome striped blazer creating a box shadow almost like a Beatles body
Plastic headband with black silicone vertical antennae which move with his body exaggerating
Tight black pants allowing rug actor to create shapes of representing Beatles legs
Make up pale base with dark thick expressive eyebrows
Mr samsa
Upside down triangle shape shirt with black rim, long sleeved arms and thin monochromatic stripes
Vertical monochrome thick stripes
Black moustache with curly ends
Black gelled hair with receding hairline
Lodger
Black and white striped large straight trousers
Holding a white mask on each hand, each with intimidating clown make up white base one with a large smile red lip, although with a crying face
Lodges face male make up black moustache
Black spiked hair
Black and different shades of grey pom-poms as buttons on the shirt
Gregor’s character
Money earner of the family after his father’s business failed
Dislike being a travelling salesman
Except his new state
Greta character
Shows pity to Gregor
Primary caretaker of Gregor
Character development
Mr samsa character
Hopeless and unkind man
Concerned with his money and status
Disgusted with his son’s new state
Mrs samsa
Sympathy and care for sun contrast, Mr. Samson.
She maintains her belief in Gregor’s human form inherent humanity
Lodgers character
Represents the outside world intrusion into their domestic life
Contrast Gregor’s isolation
Represents a societal norms
Chief clerk character
Capitalistic control and oppression
Surveillance
Dehumanisation
