MEN, WOMEN and CLOTHING
Body shape and clothes play an important role in portraying in a shorthand
way the stereotypes of characters, eg by profession, (like a lawyer, teacher,
baker, farmer etc) or ‘type’, ( surfer, conservative, bikie etc).
Observation is the best way to learn, preferably from life, but also from
TV. Keep a felt nib & paper handy whilst watching TV and scribble down
anything interesting you notice about clothing, expressions or body language.
Body shape examples
Pear-shaped
lean
muscular
Clothing
We’ll start with ‘uniforms’.
At this stage just use the simple ‘oval and T’ faces.
Make up a dozen of your own examples.
Now combine body types with ‘uniforms’, then make up characters
using any clothing.
Now do the same with women.
Apart from the obvious differences in body shapes, the sexes walk, stand and
sit differently. Again whilst watching TV note down the way women walk , stand
and sit.
Some body shape examples. Make up some of your own.
Then add clothes as before. Take note of ‘accessories’,
eg; make-up, handbags , glasses, sunglasses, shoe styles etc.
