(New) Costume Planning/Character

This is our main character, Amelia.
She is 16 years old and in Sixth Form.  The audience will relate to her because she is of a similar age, and in further education.  Since she is a female lead, men may feel  that she is attractive (Male gaze theory) and that’s why they want to watch the film, and also females can relate to that character because she’s a generic teenage girl, there is nothing strange or different about her.In any horror film, and generally in every film costume and props are very important because it can connote different things, whether it’s representing a role, showing signs of stereotypes they are both required. The costume that the character is wearing is simple but is yet still effective. The character is wearing a light blue long sleeved shirt and plain black trousers, she is generally covered, and this goes against the horror convention of woman because she is not seen an hypersexual. At first, our original character had brunette hair and we were considering giving that person a blonde wig and dress her in skimpy and revealing clothing so that we can go along with the convention of horror and connote the stereotypical blonde girl

Inital Ideas Mindmap

 

 

 

 

Setting & Location Planning

At first you see the character Amelia in an empty class room. We chose an empty class room because it emphasis the theme of isolation. The empty class room is used for deliberate effect as it creates a sense of the unknown, also a classroom is supposed to be considered a safe environment to be in.

Next you see Amelia walking into the woods, the woods is considered to be a horror convention and this adds effect as it is sinister. Amelia is seen walking through the gate of the woods, and the lighting is dark this creates an eerie atmosphere.

Costume Planning

This is a picture of Grace who plays the role of the mother in the production. She is the one who dies first and she has blonde hair which is a convention of horror. As you can see in the photo Grace has fake blood on her shirt this gives off a realistic feeling towards the production.

This is Morris he plays the father in the production and also the killer. He is a mad psychopath who kills his wife and then goes on to kill the Daughter. Morris's costume is hard to justify but the overall meaning of it is that dull colours obviously link to darkness and in regards to our production it links in with the story because of his inability to care.

 This is Amy she plays the daughter in the production.