costume design and props

1. By Kelly Goodman
COSTUME DESIGN AND PROPS

2. JAMES’ COSTUME
The costuming used for James
includes, first of all, his iconic blue jacket.
This appears throughout the film in order
for the audience to be aware that they are
seeing James, if they do not have a full
picture of him. In addition to
this, another key element of his
costuming is his glasses. These alert the
viewer, to begin with, that James may be
slightly ‘nerdy’ and therefore he isn’t
represented as a stereotypical killer. This
effect works well, since it leads the
audience to expect the unexpected. All
these elements also tie in to create a
typical teenage look, in order to attract
the target audience.

3. KELLY’S COSTUME
Kelly is also a key character, and is
seemingly the one who relates to
the viewers the most according to
my questionnaire results. Since
this is the case, she simply wears
‘typical’ teenager clothes, which
are up to date, in order to make
the audience aware that she is not
a threat. The colours of her
clothing are sometimes
bright, which connote
happiness, and
liveliness, something which is not
the case within James’ costuming.

4. JESSICA’S COSTUME
Jessica, similar to Kelly, needs to
make the audience aware that she
is not a threat, and is on the side
of the protagonist. She is well
groomed, and also wears
stereotypical teenage girls
clothing. The colour scheme isn’t
as bright as that of Kelly, since
she is more wary of the
situation, and in some cases, stays
out of the limelight. In the side
image we see one of Jessica’s
typical outfits, a pair of leggings
with a grey lacey jumper.

5. NATHAN’S COSTUME
Nathan also is dressed in
simplistic teenage stereotypical
clothing. Throughout the
film, Nathan will wear various
coloured t-shirts, in order to
match Kelly’s vibrancy, which
alerts the viewer that Nathan is
also on the side of the
protagonist. Although this is the
case, when he is angry, and meets
the stalker (James) we see him
wearing a black coat. The use of
black relates to evil and
darkness, alerting the viewer that
something bad may happen.

6. PROP 1: IPHONE
The Iphone is an essential
prop for the opening
scene in the trailer. The
Iphone is used to display
the strange/obsessive text
messages which the
stalker sends Kelly every
single day. The phone
alerts the viewer that the
trailer is taking place in
current times, which may
make them relate to Kelly
once again.

7. PROP 2: PHOTOS
The images/photos really
alert the viewers to the
extent of the stalkers
obsession. They will be used
throughout the trailer in
various ways, such as the
stalker printing
them, putting them up, and
maybe even kissing them. I
feel that this will really bring
fear to the viewers since it
brings his obsession to the
surface.