Costume Design

The character, as played by Danielle, needed to dress distinctively different to that of the fairy tales and therefore we chose clothing that our demographic would wear. We chose muted colours to add to this distinction as the costume of characters such as Alice wear vividly bright costumes and therefore a binary opposition needed to be created. My group and I also incorporated the black ribbon within the hair as a signifier to the transition to Alice who wears a black headband. This then foreshadows what will happen by adding visual elements hinting to our audience.

Alice's costume is very distinctive and therefore my group and I ensured that we incorporated crucial aspects such as the blue dress and black headband so that our audience could understand visually what we are portraying. We took inspiration from the cartoon adaptation which is very traditional and recognisable (as pictured). The Mad Hatter is another distinctive character featured in Alice in Wonderland and therefore we incorporated him into our production. We ensured we featured the hat with the price tag "10/6" on it for our audience to immediately recognise and understand. Altogether, these characters and their costumes helped depict the fairy tale of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
                        

 Hansel & Gretel, our second transition featured, is another well-known fairy tale of German origin and their have been many interpretations of costumes for this. Based upon this, we created our own interpretation using features that our audience will understand in order to portray these characters effectively. For example, we included candy jewellery since a predominant theme of this fairy tale is sweets. We also included braces with white button up shirts and Danielle has "milkmaid" braids whilst Billy wears a hat. This links to the German origin thus showing inspiration and a clear link for our audience to understand.

The most recognisable feature of Little Red Riding Hood's costume is her red hooded cape and therefore this was a must. Due to our limited budget, we had to make the hood using resources that my group and I could find in order to keep the production costs low. As a result, we had a hood that represented that of the original fairy tale, and that of recent adaptations such as the film "Red Riding Hood" (as pictured).

Goldilocks hair was the most crucial thing to consider when constructing our costume since even her name referenced her hair. Therefore we curled it and tied it into bunches to replicate illustrations such as the one pictured below. From this, we then chose costume that reflected the song thus conforming to Goodwin's Theory of linking music to visuals. For example we used a 50's style flared skirt that had a lot of movement and which also featured a floral print.