Costumes

  Below are journalist characters from rom-coms to show their costumes

27 Dresses (2007, dir. Anne Fletcher)

Runaway Bride (1999, dir. Garry Marshall)

  

The Apartment (1960, dir. Billy Wilder)

 

Down with Love (1993, dir. Peyton Reed)

From this I have deducted this males wear a casual suit, so they stil look smart, but not too smart for everyday tasks. It also depends on the loction, how smart the suit is, for example: in Runaway Bride; there are at a baseball game and Richard Gere's costume is much less formal than any of the others. In the Down with Love still, thery are at a scoial event and their costumes are the most formal. As there are no formal scenes in my trailer, I think a scruffy suit similar to James Marsden's in 27 Dresses (above left) will be appropriate  as the character has a rather laid back approach to his job and this would reflect that.

However, C.C Baxter from The apartment (left) is an insurance salesmen, but he has a similar costume to the male journalists and shows how the formality of costume can be lowered when the character is at home.

He's Just Not That Into You ( 2009 dir. Ken Kwapis )

The Devil Wears Prada (2006, dir. David Frankel )

Female costumes are more varied, and are often unstereotypical ones. Bridget Jones,

The Devil wears Prada and Confessions of a Shopaholic- these three films, the lead females costume is important to the narrative and that leads to a unstereotypical outfit. Mostly this is that journalist are known to have style, but this individual doesn't, but in the case of Confessions of a Shopaholic, Rebecca just has an eccentric fashion sense.

The stereotypical iomage of jounralist is a blouse and pencil skirt or a smart dress. But as in my trailer, the female isn't working in an office, she wouldn't have to look as smart as these in every scene, but would still remain smart. As the storyline progresses the formality of the costumes could lower as the two characters become more comfortable in each others presence.



How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days (2003, dir. Donald Petrie)

Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009, dir. P.J Hogan)





Bridget Jones's Diary (2001, dir. Sharon Macguire)

The females boss which features in the trailer would wear a full suit as they are in an office environment for that scene and as the boss of a company would be the most formal of the workplace.

Also, a friend of the females features in the trailer, she would wear similar clothing to the lead character. However, as they are in a parkland at the time, they could both be wearing running clothes, which reinforces the stereotype of women caring about their health and appearance.