Costume and props

Costumes

Costumes can range from normal clothes to much more complex outfits. They can also be reliant on to set the scene of a film, such an Changeling and Sin City. They can also completely transform a character, such as Batman or The Joker. Without their costumes, their characters would be a lot less effective. Costumes can also be used for useful purposes. Sweeney Todd is a horror, but is a good example of this. The directer attached tubes to Sweeney Todd's blade, and ran the tubes inside Johnny Depp's costume so that they were hidden.

Props

Props such as the famous kitchen knife from Psycho can often make a film even more memorable combined with everything else. Props are always needed, especially if the film is naturalistic. They can be used to keep a storyline going, for example if someone drops a gun in a river, and the police find the gun, it leaves the film open to go into a full investigation.