Pre-production: Costume research

Costume:

We had Alice Soulard try on her pyjamas to be able to choose which clothes will work best for our character, Jess. We want Jess's mood to be upset and frustrated. We want her to have an unwashed stale look.

We had Alice take pictures of the different clothes so we could trial them on her. 

We had Anthony take pictures of different outfits that fit Alex's character

Out of the costumes we thought the black pyjama top and grey pyjama bottoms suited our character the best. This seems to resemble the pyjamas of a 19 year old. The colour black is usually worn in mourning so thus relates to her going through depression after her boyfriend's death. We thought the others were too colourful to reflect the emotions of Jess.


Costume References:

Silver Linings Playbook (2012):  Tiffany wears black throughout most of the film. She has been impacted by the death of her husband.



We decided that we wanted Anthony, who plays Alex, to wear casual clothes since he is ready for university and is optimistic about life. We thought that his T-shirt should be pastel coloured to contrast the dark clothes that Jess wears.
In the end we asked him to wear his un-patterned green T-shirt and black trousers. The plain nature of the T-shirt doesn't pull too much attention from the audience and it resembles how simple and jovial he can be.


Costume References:
This is Adam from Now is Good (2012). He wears casual clothing and is generally more optimistic in the film. His role as the love interest is similar to our character of Alex as they care deeply about the respective female leads deeply.