The document discusses the creative decisions made for a film, including the choice to avoid a script until the end to maintain mystery. The little girl's clothing was intentionally chosen to make her relatable and evoke fear, while silence and body language emphasized her mourning. Additionally, the flashbacks were altered to use red to signify danger, guiding the audience's perception of the girl's fate.

1. ALTERATIONS WE’VE MADE ALONG
THE WAY!
By Kayleigh Norris

2. We decided against having a script
until the very end of the opening
because we wanted to keep the
mysterious effect so we kept it quiet
until the end where we did a voice
over of the only three lines in the
opening of the movie.

3. We also changed what the little girl was wearing because
we wanted to make her seem more like an ordinary child
so it would scare the audience more because something
like this could happen to anybody. So in the end she wore
blue jeans, black dolly shoes with white socks, a white
knitted cardigan (Still in keeping with the theme of white
meaning innocence) and a navy blue coat. We gave her the
coat because it was really cold when we went to film so we
incorporated it into our filming. It was fairly easy to do so
because it was too big for her so we agreed that maybe
the coat belonged to her mother, so she started wearing it
when her mother was killed.

4. We were planning on having the little girl sing/hum
the Itsy Bitsie spider song at the very beginning as
she made her way to her mother’s grave but we
decided against this because like with the dialogue,
we wanted to just keep it quiet so we could keep the
mysterious effect the silence created – The silence
also made it seem as though the child was mourning
because her body language helped make it seem
that way. Her head was down and her movements
were slow.

5. We ended up not using a
flower for the little girl to
give to her mother because
we were unable to get one
so we left that part out.

6. We decided that the flashbacks should be
in red as oppose to black and white or blue
which was the original idea to show that
it’s in the past. We decided this because it
would make the audience aware that the
little girl is in danger and by the end of the
opening they would make a conclusion as
to whether they think she’s dead or not.