Charters-Coraline-Other mother

we are talking about character design here is some words about the other mother character costume



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hand Change
edged sharpen
gets taller
changes every time we see her
clothes change


Other mother 1
wears comfortable 'mum' cloths.
gray/black-hints of red.
rounder curves warm

Other mother 2
darker clothes-red purple,black
bit taller
head less round
subtle change
lose shirt like a dress
sharp-head and apron

Other mother 3
proportions are changing
more skin-short sleeves and dress
red/black
dress is sharp and stiff, it fits her better and shows her shape
layers of dress like a beetle

Other mother 4
hair pointy
all black except the red shoes
skinny and taller
angular limbs
long neck
dose not look like a real mother

Other mother 5
no nose, no skin-skeletal
meny legs. like a spider
cloths are barely there and are all ripped
very sharp-though how thin she is, how pointed her joints are, use of metal/needle finger

The Director effectively use costume to create the other mother. At the start she is dressed like a normale mother. She is wearing a white long sleeve turtleneck, black leggings and red shoes. this gradually changes over the course of the film. her head becomes darker and she exposes moreskin. by the end of the film her costume is more spider like. her body id a metal skeleton with lots of sharp angles and her clothes are black rags. the director has done this to show us that the other mother is evil and that her looks were deceiving

colour and lighting are important in creating the other mother when we first see her it is a warm lighting with shades of yellow and orange. this makes the viewer feel happy and safe. by the end of the film scenes with the other mother are dimly lit with a cold light and green and black colour palette. this is because she has turned into her real self, a demon-like spiders who is evil and tries to steal children's souls though their eyes.