Clothes Emphasis
Posted: Jun 04, 2014 10:55 pm
The Main Character is focused on developing a certain kind of clothing as a form of identity, through the story. The Impact Character is forced into a certain kind of clothes by family pressure, but he really wants to wear a different kind. At the end of the story, he shows up to warn the MC about something, wearing what he wants. The MC is steadfast and has refused to go along with IC enticements, demands, and veiled threats. The warning is after, right at the end, with the IC having walked away from pressures on himself, having been influenced by the MC.
I noticed the emphasis on different kinds of clothing going through my story, after watching The Story of Film: An Odyssey New American Cinema by TMC. There was an example of clothing being important, and reference to narcissism (which I don't know if I agree with that point) in the films Performance and Mean Streets. Chas in Performance "keeps checking himself in the mirror, his hair, nails, waistline...Mean Streets...clothes are the gangster's uniform. Movie gangsters have often been about display." I noticed that in my developing a storyform and screenplay I have this display mood with clothes in different characters' stories.
My question: Where would this importance and emphasis on clothing be registered in the storyguide/storyforming? Would it be a class, type, variation, or element? Which one, or could it be one of several? I am staring at the storyform I chose, and I realize I do not know where it would be (if that makes sense). Any help is so appreciated.
I noticed the emphasis on different kinds of clothing going through my story, after watching The Story of Film: An Odyssey New American Cinema by TMC. There was an example of clothing being important, and reference to narcissism (which I don't know if I agree with that point) in the films Performance and Mean Streets. Chas in Performance "keeps checking himself in the mirror, his hair, nails, waistline...Mean Streets...clothes are the gangster's uniform. Movie gangsters have often been about display." I noticed that in my developing a storyform and screenplay I have this display mood with clothes in different characters' stories.
My question: Where would this importance and emphasis on clothing be registered in the storyguide/storyforming? Would it be a class, type, variation, or element? Which one, or could it be one of several? I am staring at the storyform I chose, and I realize I do not know where it would be (if that makes sense). Any help is so appreciated.