Costume List

Costume is very important in my film for distinguishing between the past and the present of the narrative. If the costume changes are not well thought out, planned and obvious, then it will just look like really bad continuity and the narrative therefore won't make sense.

This is the document I sent to the cast outlining my ideas. 

Scene	Gen (Angela)	Emily (Melissa)	Henry (John)
1 OUTSIDE	Casual - jeans and winter coat, winter accessories (scarf, gloves)	Casual - jeans and winter coat, winter accessories
2 KITCHEN	same as previous	same as previous TAKE COAT OFF??
3 KITCHEN  FLASHBACK	t shirt and cardigan, jeans (can be the same jeans as before if you don’t want to change) Make hair different in some way SUNGLASSES	START OF FLASHBACK - same clothes as previous DURING FLASHBACK (younger Emily) - SUMMER - dress/pink top (more younger looking style) END OF FLASHBACK - same clothes as previous
4 LIVING ROOM		same clothes as previous
5 LIVING ROOM FLASHBACK		FLASHBACK – different top, jeans, cardigan/hoodie AFTER FLASHACK – same as scene 4	Trousers/jeans, shirt, jumper, glasses
6 BATHROOM		Same as previous	Pyjamas/dressing gown
7 BEDROOM		Same as previous
8 BEDROOM FLASHBACK		FLASHBACK – Jumper/long sleeved top, jeans, different hairstyle AFTER FLASHBACK – same as scene 7	Different jumper
9 CONSERVATORY	Different top (unless coat is zipped up in scene 1 and 2 and the top isn’t visible)	Different jumper/cardigan combination (it’s Autumn now)	Different jumper Watch
10 CONSERVATORY	Same as previous	Same as previous	Same as previous
11 OUTSIDE		Different winter coat (if possible) Hat, gloves, scarf Phone, earphones
12 THROUGHOUT HOUSE		Same as previous
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I then separated the costume list into sections for each day to make it easier for the cast so they can look at it and know what they need each day straight away without having to refer back to the shooting schedule to see what scenes they are filming on the day.