2. Why have we chosen
to use no props?
We have decided not to use any props to
connote the isolation of the protagonist and
that she has nothing to turn to for a feeling
of safety or reassurance. We decided not to
use any weapons as stereotypically
psychological horror films use the
antagonist’s twisted mind as the deadly
weapons so no props will be needed in our
production.
3. Isobel, our protagonist has 3 costumes for
the character she is playing. The top
costume is accompanied with a big black
hoodie. We decided to put Isobel in all
black for the top costume as this is the
antagonists clothing, all black connotes evil
and looks extremely sinister. The audience
will not be aware that Isobel is wearing this
costume. The second costume is what
Isobel is filmed in for the majority of the
production. We have chosen a school
uniform as our production is set in school.
We chose this setting as stereotypically
psychological horrors are set in everyday
places to create personal identity with the
audience and connote that the situations
occurring could happen to anyone. The
third and final costume Isobel will be
wearing is the checked night shirt, this
costume is relatively normal and
mainstream. This would again apply
personal identity, emphasising the situation
could happen to anyone.
4. Ines’ and Niamh’s costumes are similar as we
wanted to show the audience that they are both
innocent. We used a dark colour palette but the
unknown antagonist will wear black as they are
pure evil. The other characters will wear colours
lighter than black or items of black clothing to
show their vulnerability and that they are
blameless compared to the antagonist. The dark
colours also connote the lack of hope and that
there is no time left for these characters. The
material of both girls top is floaty and not too
heavy, we chose to do this as it looks good
underwater and also connotes that both girls
were gentle and calm, like the movement of this
material underwater. The makeup we have
decided to use for all our actors, but especially
for the girls, is a cold, drowned look. We
achieved this by using a red eye shadow
underneath the girls eyes to make them look
tired and dead. We also put a blue coloured eye
shadow on their temples, lips and collar bones
to really emphasize the lifelessness and
distantness of the characters. This is shown on
the next slide.
5. As mentioned in the previous slide, the
look we wanted to achieve was a
drowned and lifeless look like the two
shown here…
Our actors and actresses final makeup
is shown below. We believe we achieved
the look we were going for.
6. Marshall’s and Ganesh’s costumes
followed the same rules as the girls which
was to be dark to connote the impending
doom that was coming their way. The
boys also had lightweight clothes on to
connote their weakness against this
antagonist. We clothes Ganesh in black to
connote he was the strongest out of all
the actors, however he was still
overpowered by the unknown antagonist.
There would be a backstory for each
character if we continued the opening
sequence.
