So after working with Bill yesterday to look at BONZO's costume, today it was about JERRY THE BARMAN (Alex Walker) and MR FERNELLI (Matthew Jure). Again the costume fitting took place at Katerinas flat and unlike the day before, unfortunately our makeup artist Kirsty couldn't make it. This is just one of those things when you are working around peoples day jobs, so we just had to make sure we got all the info Kirsty needed so she can finalise her designs.
First up was Alex. The thinking behind the costume for JERRY was to show a chequered history and paint him as a bit of a coward and a rogue.
To bring this alive, we had a variety of Hawaiians style shirts that would show a tac
kiness about him, complemented with jeans and trainers. We went for the option of the faded blue to purple (option 2), baggy t-shirt and faded jeans as this seemed to work best, rather than something than made him look too stylish.
We also want a faded tattoo on his lower arm, which Kirsty (our make up artist) is working on and Alex himself has come up with the idea of a gold earring in one ear, which I really like as well as options on a few rings, that he will bring to the photo shoot.
I go slightly side tracked chatting to Alex before Matt turned up as we were discussing the effort and thought that is going into every element of the production. I think everyone involved is impressed with how we are approaching this, opposed to what can be a simpler approach to short film, in that we are covering so much detail to improve our skills for feature film-making, which is the next step for a lot of us. Its always good to hear that the work you are putting in is being recognized and respected by people.
As Matt arrived, Alex left and it is the first time I have spoken to Matt about the role since we
chatted about it originally. There was genuine surprise from him as I told him more about the IndieGoGo campaign, the website, the blogs and interactivity and the back stories we are creating as comic books that will serve to both help us build characters and as unique perks for our community.
We knew that the costume for MR. FERNELLI was going to be the most difficult. As I see him as both a clown and a magician, getting the right level of each part, whilst pitching him as the antagonist whilst not as an 'evil' character is a delicate balance. I don't want to make him unrealistic or pantomime as there is a very real story at the heart of the film and I don't want that to get lost so finding the right balance of colour for him is very tricky.
We tried various jackets and accessories but haven't quite cracked it yet. I like the look very much, the sharp fitting jacket, the bow tie, the waistcoat and the aggressive golden flower, it is just getting some colour onto his out
fit so he is not too cold or just magician from the neck down.
The makeup will obviously play a big part as he will have vibrant red hair and be a full white face clown but I would really like some small detail of colour on him, so Katerina is busy
thinking of how we can do this, whilst still complementing the overall costume palette and not spoiling what is already created.
After the costume fitting, Matt chatted to me about how he now felt about the role. Matt always has a lot to say and is great at articulating his ideas so I decided to film some so everyone else could see what ideas are forming and also what attracted him to the role in the first place, check it out here :-)
Next is Kiki Kendrick on Thursday, where we also make all final decisions on the costume so Katerina has a week to get all the final things sorted. Although she is filming another short in that time, so will try not to pile too much on her...
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