Costume development for superhero films

Just a quick post for GCSE Paper One students. 

The image below shows the development of costume for Superman and Batman across TV and Film. This is the kind of useful information that might be handy in an exam, especially for questions 3 & 4. 

Remember: you don't need to be a costume expert to mention this stuff-describe the changes in broad terms first (more colourful, less bright, more realistic, a bit silly looking, more technology etc) and the just describe WHY you think the chances might have happened. 

A good revision technique is to try it with this image-describe the changes and why they've happened. 

Then, try for other costumes; search google for 'captan america costume development' or 'Spider-Man costume evolution' for example. 

The making of Batman (1989)

A really interesting video has turned up online to coincide with the 25th Anniversary of Tim Burton's Batman film from 1989.

The video is a 'behind the scenes' style video that looks at various aspects of the film before it was made, showing investors why the idea of a dark and gritty Batman would be a successful one. It seems as though the film was made to show the people whose money was needed to make the film that they should continue to give the film money even though they weren't convinced the film would make money. There is also some really nice background to Batman comic books and the evolution of the character, so could be a really useful watch for both GCSE Film paper 1 and for FM2 section of AS Film.

Well worth 20 minutes of your time: