PLANNING: CHARACTER PROPS AND COSTUME - THE GHOST

In order to gather inspiration for each characters props and costume, I created a board on Pinterest for the character The Ghost. 

The character The Ghost is portrayed in the film trailer as a savvy, experimental and questionable entrepreneur of making and distributing illegal passports to vulnerable, naïve and helpless refugees and immigrants. His name makes audiences' believe that is ghost-like, a presence or poltergeist, however his name derives from him having a significant amount of presence, being approachable and having significant influence in his acquaintances lives such as Sydney's. He makes a considerable amount of money and with the support and help from Sydney, he has expanded his illegal passport empire and successfully sells his illegal passports throughout Europe. He is a criminal and rogue trader purposefully landing desperate refugees and immigrants in unfortunate situations when they are either denied access to a country they are aiming to be accept access into or on the run from the police living illegally in a country they are not welcome in. His expensive dress connotes his wealth, large ego and business success, he shares with Sydney, for example he wears designer trainers and rich cotton jackets, jeans, shirts and t-shirts. He wears dark colours to remain in disguise if anyone recognises him.

The Ghost's costume - played by Jay Collins

HERE is a link to a blog post of a case study I completed on illegal passports.  

Using Pinterest not only for the character of The Ghost but also for the whole cast of my film trailer helped me gain a better idea of how each character would dress, act and what props they would use. I have a better idea of what kind of mood they would influence the film trailer, for example a mysterious, illusive, haunting and 'hidden' due to influence of an illegal trade such as trafficking refugees.

Pinterest is a useful as it allows me to collect a vast amount of photographs, GIFs and videos on a particular topic or person in culture and society; I can also follow other people on Pinterest gaining inspiration globally and connecting with people who may have 'pinned' the same photo(s).

HERE is a blog post on how I made GIFs - similar to the format of photos I find on Pinterest and due researching how to make GIFs I can make a GIF with videos and photographs I take whilst filming my film trailer or photographs I have come across on Pinterest; gaining more inspiration.

Below is my Pinterest board for the character The Ghost - HERE is link to my board.