Characters (costume and make up)

Vivian Ward

Vivian Ward is the confident, funny, gorgeous, quirky prostitute played by Julia Roberts in the film ‘Pretty Woman’ (1990). She is hired by businessman Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) to escort him to some high class social events; a world away from her everyday life, here we see her vulnerability exposed as she feels completely out of place, as she doesn’t fit in and fears people are looking down on her. Vivian is one of cinemas most well loved and easily identifiable characters, and hair, make up and costume played a huge role in this. For the first scene the costume of a blue mini skirt, over the knee boots and that iconic blonde bob wig we instant recognise and associate as Vivian from Pretty woman, and this look is replicated by many as a distinguished film character costume.

James Bond

James Bond is one of the most recognisable and well known film characters of all time! He is intelligent, suave, handsome, smooth, sophisticated and dangerous. Whether he has brown or blonde hair as long as he is wearing a tuxedo and holding a slick black gun and a martini glass, we’ll know it’s him. This simple, yet eye catching costume is very effective as it makes the character immediately recognisable to the audience, which is a key factor in keeping support and continuity as so far there have been 6 different actors playing Bond in 22 different movies spanning over 5 decades.