Costume Analysis

Costume Analysis
Why is costume important?

The costume in which characters wear allow the audience/viewers to know the genre of the film. For example if the characters are wearing baggy trousers and gold chains, you would associate them with a gangster or crime film.

• The girls in 'The Purge: Election Year' are wearing masks to hide their identities. They want to hide their identities so then revenge cannot be taken on them because people will not be able to recognise their faces. On the leaders mask it has 'kiss me' written on it. This is to entice people, it is also written in red which represents evil and death.
• They are all wearing skimpy dresses. This is too come across as sexy to other people, also to entice people.
• One is dressed in white- white represents innocence and purity. She wants to come across as innocent on the night of the purge, even though she is killing people.

• 'The Boogie Man' in 'Sinister' wears a full black attire. The colour black symbolises death and depression. This represents him as a person because he is evil and likes to cause depression against others.
• He is also wearing a suit. Suits are usually worn by smart business men who earn a good wage. This may show that he had a good job before he became evil.
• His clothes are dirty, this shows he has worn them for a long time and doesn't have the ability to wash them. His hair is long and matted together which shows he hasn't washed himself either, so he has poor personal hygiene.