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Characters and costumes

Costume:
The prisoner is wearing a grey jumper, black jeans/leggings and white trainers. The full prisoner costume is not seen in the documentary as the shots including the prisoner are purely talking heads shots. I decided this because of my research into interview and crime style documentaries, they included mainly talking heads scenes of prisoners which I thought increased the tension and dramatic effect by the camera being close to the focus point (the prisoner) of the frame. In addition, this connects the audience with the storyline and prisoner more, as it expresses the prisoners raw emotions and thoughts through the shot.

Representation:
I chose to dress the character of the prisoner in a grey jumper because from researching into prisoner clothing, I found a lot of prisoners wear plain jumpers as the purpose of their clothing is to be dull and bland as they are stripped from their personality. I chose for the character to wear no makeup with their hair to be up, this appearance gives a realistic prisoner representation as its a completely natural, minimal and a slightly scruffy look.                                     


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