Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Costume Critique #2 -- the Maze Runner

I watched the Maze Runner this weekend. The story begun when a boy named Thomas was sent to a small village, where about 30 boys are living together. At first, Thomas remembers nothing about him, just like the other boys are. They are allowed to remember only their name but nothing else. The village is surrounded by a hube maze. Not understanding much about their situation, boys have organized themselves while they look for a way to solve the maze to get out from the village.
Costume designing was done by Christine Bieselin Clark and Simonetta Mariano. Christine also did costume designing on Disney's Tron: Legacy in 2010. Simonetta Mariano often does costuming on TV shows; her first experience as a costume designer was for The Best Bad Thing in 1997.
I liked how the costumes were designed. It matched with the sorrounding environment, which is isolated mam-made wilderness like a camping locations. Their attire was not too new, which easily represent that they live with nature, where they need to work with mud and trees without having access to laundry machine (so they must wash everyting with hands).
What I liked the most about the costume in this movie is the combination of these two characters. The girl is Teresa, the last one who was sent to the village after Thomas. Thomas and Teresa are special among the all kids because, even though they remembers nothins at the beginning, they see dream about their past when they sleep at night. The color and the style of their shirts are very similar, and it gave me an impression that they must be thea key personnels in the story. Those to were found to be the smartest among the kids before they were sent to the village; the shirt color blue, I think, also represent their intelligence, comparing to the other color like brown.
From analyzing costume designing for this movie, I noticed that costumes must be carefully planned even when characters wear something that are very similar to our daily fashion because its color use, shape, and accessories always send message to the audience.
 

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