Costume: Soldier and Thought Police

In this room i play the role of a demanding soldier. My character will have to be performed in a way to get an outcome of intimidation from the audience and a sense of strong militaristic force. 

In the film of 1984 thought police run in control rather than soldiers but the two do differ. My costume as a soldier will be simple black attire with brown boots and a watch to keep aware of the times of my characters. A prop to go along side that character will be a tazer- it's easy to make and it's a small weapon which looks threatening and dangerous. Even if it doesn't end up looking like a tazer we can just imagine it to be a weapon like that because anyway it's the 'future'. However we won't be heavily equipped like the soldiers in the photo above.

My costume for the thought police won't change because our play isn't about expressing your self through colour. We're sticking to basic dull colours: greys, red and black. The main reason for the red is for the Anti-Sex League to stand out-they are an organisation of women only who go against sex for pleasure.

Orwell chose to flip the date from when he wrote it, 1948 to form the novel of 1984. At the time of the Second World War this is what a British Soldier would have looked like:

The two men dressed the same with buttoned up shirts are thought police and wear hard-fitted helmets. The other man whose face is showing is O'Brien-the enemy in our video in the two minute hate room.