The main mention to costume in the books was the man in black, who ironically proved to be the opposite of what his dark clothes and mask suggested. Similarly, props and setting play a much greater part in the film than in the book, close attention being paid to ensure the rural village is idyllic and the castle magnificent. Where in a book the imagination provides the information that is left out, each responder creating their own image of each setting, in a movie it is essential to design each individual element to create the right impression. ... Where many of the props, such as the Rod...

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