Good morning/afternoon/evening/ what ever time it is for you super awesome blog readers! This post will be sort of like a really epic sequel to the last one as I am still on the topic of probably one of the best things in the whole wide world... MISE-EN SCENE!! In this post I will specifically be talking about costumes! Throughout, I'll be focusing on our protagonist as she is going to be the only one who's costume is explicitly shown in the opener! I'll also be discussing a little bit of our deuteragonist's costume because I consider that important as well :D
PART 1: THE SUPER AWESOME BREAKDOWN OF COWGIRL'S COSTUME!
WE INTERUPPT THIS PROGRAM FOR A VERY SPECIAL PSA: Hello everyone it's Emi from the future! I've come to say that I have gotten all the parts for my costume and words cannot express how happy and proud I am with the look right now! HERE IT IS!
All images of the costume parts are mine!
COLORS: Cowgirl's costume will be on the darker side with moodier colors such as deep reds, browns, blacks, and a touch of white. The dark reds will convey cowgirl's strength and power even as a woman in the 1800's, the browns her maturity and softer side of her personality, the white her goodness and purity, and the blacks her secretiveness and hidden mourning over her dead husband.
BLACK COWBOY HAT: As mentioned in the prop post, this hat follows the Western convention of cowboy hats seen almost everywhere. This hat will hide a bit of her face adding to her mysterious character, with the black color emphasizing that even more as it can convey mystery in film!
DARK RED VEST: This vest will represent cowgirl's strength with its deep red color and style, and really make her look like she's not one to mess with! Through our research, my group has learned that historically accurate cowboy and cowgirl costumes usually included vests to add an extra layer of protection and such! Considering that cowgirl is in fact a cowperson (we will give her a name real soon I promise), it obviously makes sense to give her a vest in order to better look like one!
WHITE BLOUSE: Underneath the vest, cowgirl will be wearing a white blouse that will highlight her good nature and purity as she is fact a religious woman who does have a very pure soul (well ignoring the fact that she killed her boss..BUT THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT! SWEAR!!)
BLACK BELT: This belt won't be so important...it's only use is going to be to hold cowgirls gun (which may or may not be included in the opener). It also adds more to her cowfolk look, as real cowboys did in fact wear belts to hold their ammo and guns!
DARK BROWN VELVET PANTS: The color of these pants will be used to communicate cowgirl's maturity and serious personality as they are a comfortable dark brown color! These pants are casual and convenient for a cowperson like cowgirl (hang in there, I swear the name is on its way) who spend their time traveling the wild west and riding horses!
DARK BROWN OR BLACK BOOTS: Okay before I talk about the costume piece I actually want to tell you about my little tiny dilemma with the boots at the moment. My mom only has dark brown boots with a relatively high heel, whichhh cowboys didn't really wear back in the day...they weren't THAT stylish (although I really wish they did, I mean imagine strutting around with your heels around the wild west looking like a total diva...LIKE??!?). And so taking this tiny problem into consideration, I went around looking for other boots that did not have heels and voilá! I found black boots with barely any heel! YAY! I also found these big dark brown boots also without a heel but I don't know how that's going to work with the pants...so chances are that the black boots will come out victorious. HOORAY!
Here's some images for the super awesome visual learners:
Being a cowperson, cowgirl will be wearing boots because they are a part of the average cowboy outfit due to the fact they were primarily used to make riding horses easier and more convenient (not that she is going to ride one but yeah :D). The darker color of these boots also add to the more serious tone of cowgirl's overall outfit as brown usually can represent maturity.
PART 2: THE SUPER AWESOME HALF BREAKDOWN OF THE SON'S COSTUME!
COLORS: This fella's costume will mainly be using a color palette of beige, light browns, light blue, and very dark blue. The lighter colors like beige represent his bright and happy personality that shows when he is not blinded by grief, while the dark blue (you guessed it!) does indeed represent his grief and sadness over the death of his father.
LIGHT BROWN COWBOY HAT: Apart from the obvious reason of making him wear a cowboy hat for the convention (although I don't think he will be featured in the opener with one on BUT ALAS!), the son's hat, unlike cowgirl's, will be a lighter color and will not hide his face as he really isn't the mysterious and quiet type like her.
SPAGHETTI WESTERN STYLE SCARF THINGY: Taking inspiration from the typical Spaghetti Western costume choice, we decided to include this in his design. The color of this scarf will be beige with a streak of brown running through it, further adding to the brighter look of his costume and personality!
EMI'S SUPER AWESOME CONCLUSION:
Another 3 hour sit down of writing a weekly blog post has been finished!! YAY! I hope you all enjoyed what I had in store for the costumes of our super awesome protagonists and I'm definitely looking forward to seeing them in action once we finish our opener!
It's late but not that late for a Friday so I will now drink water and NOT go to sleep because I would love to work more on the character development post...IT NEEDS TO GET DONE!! LIKE REALLY SOON!
For now stay tuned super awesome blog readers and goodnight! (or good morning or afternoon or YEAH!!)
REFERENCES
Jennifer. (2023). Color Theory For Costuming. Tribe Nawaar. https://www.tribenawaar.com/color-theory-for-costuming/
Lamport, I., & Lamport, I. (2016, May 11). Psychology of the Colour Brown. Inside out Style. https://insideoutstyleblog.com/2016/05/psychology-of-the-colour-brown.html
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