Costuming options (🕵️‍♂️or🤵)

 Introduction:

    In my other blog posts I have explained the main character and that I am going to have my dad play the character. I have made several images in my mind for costumes and ways to dress up and play the role of the FBI agent. I have two options for costume design and have been struggling to pick between so I thought writing about it could help me understand the pros and cons a little better.

Research:

    Every time I went to research FBI agent clothing or costumes the only thing that came up was kiddie Halloween costumes. I felt kind of stuck at this point until I remembered that I have watched films with FBI like characters and I looked back to remember what they wore since it looked very realistic. The first film I have watched is Criminal Minds where the main characters played the role of FBI agents investigating, tracking people and their profiles, and finding dangerous people. Their traditional outfits were normal black suits or button downs with dress pants. This is where I got the inspiration when I looked through my dads closet to see what he had. I really enjoyed this show so other than the costume ideas, it gave me a lot of inspiration for the production of my film.

    Another film that I have previously watched was Law and Order. This show was so interesting to watch and showed off true FBI agents/detectives at work. The typical outfits of the main characters were also suits as in Criminal Minds which made me want to go for black suits more since it seems professional for the professional job that FBI agents have. The characters job in this show was to be investigators working with the special victims unit and solved cases and crimes throughout every episode. They worse these types of outfits daily in every episode showing the formalness of their characters. I want to follow this theme and make my main character look as FBI Agent as possible which is why these outfits are great ideas as well as the Criminal Minds cast costume design.

These two shows both gave off the same vibe with the plot and outfit since the characters are all FBI agents working to figure out criminals next moves. I have decided to go with the suit/button down instead of a traditional beige coat and a hat which is what the kiddie costumes showed when I look it up on Google. (I'll inset a picture of the unreal looking FBI agent costume below) The outfit does have potential and it may not have been as bad as you think but to make my film more convenient I would like to stick to a suit since the actual FBI agent themed shows I have watched, the characters wore suits. I want to follow this realistic film type as many people may think this coat and hat outfit seems silly (including me).

Summary:

    It was very fun researching about some of my favorite shows and I have definitely picked my answer which is the suits or button ups because they really didn't have any cons when listing about them in this blog. The only outfit that had cons was the silly costume that I didn't really like in the first place. I can give this costume one pro though, its that the coat and hat combo was the first thing that had come to my mind when even thinking about an FBI Agent, meaning this outfit probably made a big statement on people. I am going to document my filming processes in my next few blogs so you will get to see a glimpse of the overall outfit pick!

Resources:

Order, C. to L. and. (n.d.-b). Law & order. Law and Order. https://lawandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Law_%26_Order

IMDb.com. (n.d.-b). Criminal minds. IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452046/plotsummary/

AceShowbiz. (n.d.). Criminal Minds synopsis, TV summary and spoiler. Criminal minds synopsis, TV summary and Spoiler. https://www.aceshowbiz.com/tv/criminal_minds/summary.html#google_vignette