Costume

Question 1

Key Stage 1

Answer 1

At the beginning when the characters are in Devon.

Question 2

Key Stage 2

Answer 2

Injured soldiers coming back from the war, heading back to England.

Question 3

What happened in Key Scene 1?

Answer 3

• All characters in the town, wore fairly muted colours of browns and greys - working class background.
• The materials used, for example: tweed, wool, cotton. Helped present the stereotypical persons living in the country around 1914.
• All the characters seemed content and happy with what they were wearing and living in rural England.

Question 4

What happened in Key Scene 2?

Answer 4

• There were soldiers that were returning to the war, they were dressed in all black, ripped clothes. One character depicted a soldier who lost a limb during the war.
• Make up was white and pale, to illustrate a corpse like figure. Faces were contoured with grey to show the deprived soldiers in the war.
• Make up was also used to show wounds given to soldiers from fighting.

Question 5

What impact does this have on Key Scene 1?

Answer 5

• The coutumes fit the period (1914) well and added to the overall atmosphere.
• They were accurately portraying the clothes of the average working-class person living in the country at that time and reflected the rural setting.
• The costumes weren’t over exaggerated, adding to the realism.

Question 6

What impact does this have on Key Scene 2?

Answer 6

• The costumes of the injured soldiers made the audience feel uncomfortable and contributed to the overall atmosphere of the harrowing soldiers.
• Make up helped to present what the soldiers went through and added to the distressing nature of the scene.