How we organised costumes (Ben)

For costumes we needed 5 military uniforms for our squad members. We chose to use the DPM (disruptive pattern material), which was the British Military standard from the late 60s to the early 2000s, we chose this because it looks good and works as a generic camouflage type and is extremely readily available and affordable in the UK. We also chose to use these Jumpers as they're iconic British military standard ones and are a good compromise between chav and soldier.

We purchased most of our costumes on Ebay as it allowed us to get job lots of trousers and jumpers, which was more cost effective than purchasing them individually. We also used Ebay to purchase a Beret (with cap badge) and a couple of DPM caps . I myself also own a helmet, webbing set, and trousers, so we used those as well to save cost. After we have finished filming some of our group members are going to buy some of the costume parts off of the group and the rest we will sell on as a job lot on Ebay.







Brian Muggs
This character will have the standard uniform of a jumper, DPM camo trousers, and black boots. They are also meant to have too much gear and so will also have a webbing set, oversized helmet, and backpack.

William McKenzie
This character will have the standard DPM camo trousers and black boots, however won't have a jumper and instead a DPM camo flak vest and short sleeved top. This is to show off their muscles. They will also have an olive green beanie instead of a DPM camo cap as it is more suited to gym-like attire.

Molly Baxter
This character will have a fairly basic costumes, simply with DPM camo trousers and caps, black boots, and jumpers. This is because we need this character to have a simple uniform to make the uniforms of the others' feel more significant and unique to the audience

Lewis Harold

This character will have DPM camo trousers, black boots and a jumper with an insignia badge on it (red, corporal). He will also have a beret instead of a cap as they look more officer-like and suits the role.





We used Excel to make a budget to figure out how much each group member needed to pay before we sold the costumes back. This ended up that each group member paid £12 (before selling the costumes off).