Costume: The lead girl character is played by Emily
Blunt. Until battle Rita wears a full black tracksuit but still manages to show off that feminine look. When battling she wears black and red colours. She wears lot of military clothing
which has a lot of impact. This shows she has a danger element to her. The
colour red could suggest danger. In her costume she still manages to look
feminine even with all the armour and protection she has to cover herself in. The costume is
not stereo-typed in a female way as the armour she wears would normally be
stereotyped as a male outfit, therefor her costume does not link to a stereotypical female character. Her outfit shows she is strong and powerful as she wears this through battling. Her costume shows a lot about he character and personality.
Make up: Rita
wears a lot of stage make-up as she needs to show the amount of dirt, scares
and bruises she has on her face to look realistic at her part in the film. They
do that to show her in the battle field and how she would be dirty throughout
battling. Without that make up she wouldn’t look realistic as people at war
would not look clean. She also wears
things like mascara to look feminine, but just the basic items of make-up for a female character. Her make-up isn't like a lot of female characters, Rita's is more suttle.
Hair: Rita's hair is always up in a plait, which shows the practical women she is. In the battle field scenes her hair becomes quite messy which shows that her character is not very feminine as she does not care about the state of her hair, when stereotypically most women do. She has mid length blonde hair but her hair does have a feminine touch to it, as it's not just up it is a stylish up hair do.
props: As well as the weapons on Rita's armour, she also carries swords throughout. She uses these props when battling in the battle field. Her props suggest her strong character and her impact with the army. She uses her swords on many occasions and can do a lot of harm with them as she battles the enemy and fights off a few off the non-human things.
