Script notes on being visual

Today on a recent episode of the Script notes podcast, they talked with two people who worked on the movie “Hustlers” on how to visually create a story. Also they pointed out that the episode was recorded pre pandemic as well. They talked about ways of appealing to certain cultures through things such as costumes. I think that this is a very common thing throughout filmmaking: appealing to a certain culture or demographic. Filmmakers want to sometimes make sure that their film is as appealing as possible to young people, women, or any other group. They said that “Hustlers” was really a “movie told through wardrobe.” This I guess means that the clothes that people wear in certain scenes in a movie can really tell the viewer a lot about the characters themselves. One example of this may be “The Breakfast Club” because in that movie the way the characters are dressed tells the audience a lot about their social standing (jock, rebel, outcast, popular, etc). They are basically saying here about “Hustlers.” They also said that they did research on certain clothing styles as well and I think all filmmakers should do that to make sure whatever wardrobe the characters have is as realistic and accurate as possible.