Daniel Craig plays the character of Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist who investigates the disappearance of a wealthy patriarch's niece which happened 40 years ago.
By having a clean cut suit and a long coat it shows he is in some sort of profession. Just by looking at his clothes, you can tell he has more of a contemporary lifestyle and doesn't look like he should be involving himself in any danger.
Rooney Mara plays the character of Lisbeth Salander: a pierced, punk, computer hacker with an iconic tattoo who helps Mikael with the investigation.
For this character all her clothing came across as very authentic. As if nothing appears to be brand new, it's all very worn in and torn up. The colour scheme is also very dark and there is a running theme of textures such as leather and cheap fabrics. Described as if she could 'disappear into the shadows'. I think this design works really well and portrays her character in the film.
The wardrobe for the cast was designed by Trish Summerville who worked with an artist called Christopher Cordella. By sketching initial ideas and then creating outfits from the drafts. I have found some of the final sketches of 'Lisbeth' on this website: click
By digging a little deeper, I also found a YouTube clip of Trish Summerville talking about costume designing and the idea and emotion behind it.
Over all, the contrast between these two characters costumes work really well and might be an idea for our opening thriller film.
Good Phoebe. To really make this post into level 4, you will need to revisit it and discuss how you apply all this to the creation of your own characters. You can do your own video perhaps.
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