Metamorphosis Unit: Kaa Humanoid Costume

Reminder: The Deadline for the Costume is March 12th! Please do not forget!!!



For my Metamorphosis Unit, I'm going to use some techniques that I've learned and have been using in my previous year such as Latex, Mod rock, Wiring, Paper Mache, etc.

The subject that I'm basing my unit on is Humanoid Animals, why I've chose this subject for my unit, is that it's not just going to be used in college, but at the play too! The play in question which I'll be wearing in the play for is The Jungle Book, which have made me play the upcoming role of Kaa the Snake, a minor antagonist in the story!

His characteristics is very sly and cunning, as he tries and fails humorously to capture and eat the "Man-Cub" for himself, but his attitude is very elegant, but he disguises his sneaky ways into a friendly and calming mood for his 'prey'.

 The way he walks is slow, but precise as he moves in the trees or on the ground, however it becomes short-lived as his approach to other creatures, especially Mowgli, as Kaa's head moves very rapid and and he mostly invades some characters personal space like moving his head with straight eye contact to a character and would hypnotise in eye contact (reenacting with smooth head movement and body movement).

However, the main objective to maintain is his appearance in the play, his costume. So I did some research about the film and it's setting, in the beginning of The Jungle Book, Bagheera reveals that the story is set out in the deep jungles of India, however the time of the film is unknown. So I decided to make a costume for my character of Kaa, by looking into different outfits that are linked or wore around the Indian culture:

I will be making a puppet tail to act out as a third limb in the play (controlled as a Rod Puppet limb), which will either be attached to the skirt, one part of the sari which could be one end of the sari, or on the end of a scarf.