Costuming

Costuming is essential to the development of a character.  We want Diego's mental state to be apparent through the clothes he wears, and we planned to execute this through trashy, dirty, and old beat-down outfits.  As Clara described it, he's very "Shane Dawson big t-shirt."

I want it to be evident that Diego just doesn't care about personal style.  He doesn't care to be well-groomed or fashionable, and his appearance is just barely put together.  We want to convey this through the use of sweatpants and baggy tees, graphic tees with corny designs (think Walmart menswear), and clothes with holes in them.  For shoes, maybe some orthopedic running shoes, Vans, or Adidas Slides.  I'm basing a lot of what I want Diego to wear on outdated trends, lazy-day outfits, and things that people with no style would wear.  I want to dress him in bermudas or basketball shorts, a Gildan tee, and grandpa shoes.

I need to start thinking about what outfits will be associated with each scene.  As most of the production will take place in his bedroom, the outfits will be pretty trashy and require no effort.  However, we all agree that we want his appearance to get progressively worse the deeper that he falls into this spiral for internet validation.  His hair gets greasier, his clothes more stain-ridden, and his glasses filled with fingerprints.

In the scene toward the end where he encounters his ex, I want his appearance to be objectively shitty.  He doesn't necessarily look like he put no effort into his look, but rather he looks straight-up grimy and dirty.  By this point, he's really let himself go.