Props and Costumes

The props and costumes that were used for 'Nick' were all for the sophisicated look. We tried to dress him up in a suit for some of his scenes but due to the lack of funds, we just had to manage with casual smart clothing, so in some scenes he wore a polo shirt and skinny tie and in other scenes he wore a leather jacket and black jeans. As a group we felt this even though we didnt get the outifts that we had wanted what we had did work and still gave off the same look we were hoping for.
For the girls, instead of trying to buy outfits for them, as they all have such a different look, we just went with whatever they already owned and we felt like this for each of them which gave the right image as well.
For all the girls we wanted them to carry a handbag, as this is the trademark to any woman/girl. But then when we looked at the girls individually we wanted to give them all different characteristics, that would make them stand apart from each other. For Florinda, as she was the more fiesty one, we wanted to make her more glamourous and therefore in most of her scenes she is seen wearing a leopard print jacket. This could show that she has a bit of money, or that her parents willing to spend theirs on her. For Lucy, as she was meant to be the more timid one, we wanted her to be the feminine and therefore had her wearing more flowery skirts with nice simple tops and cardigans that all used complimentary colours. For Susan, as she was the one who was representing the diversity of different faiths, we had her wearing a headscarf, that complimented the colours that where on her dress. We also wanted her to come across as quite feminine and therefore we had wearing pinks and purples and did her make-up really elegantly.
We did want Nick to be holding either a newspaper or a Starbucks cup, something that would give off the sophisicated look, but when it came to filming we found that nearly all of his scenes involved the girls and therefore he wasnt able to hold anything as he would be hugging them or holding their hands, and even the scenes where he was on hid own the type of shot we filmed him in didn't require any props. Other props that we used for the girls were mainly mobile phones and handbags as mentioned before.