The costumes in the opening sequence are important for identifying the characters and their personalities. The protagonist wears all black including a cape, trousers, and boots, signaling that she is a dark, demanding villain. Though a woman, the large heel on her black boots shows this. The teenage girl wears a light gray knitted jumper that is actually orange, making her seem mysterious as her face is unseen. The colors and styles of the costumes clue the audience into the characters and hook them into wanting to learn more about the plot.

1. Costumes
By Danielle McCart

2. The use of costumes in our opening sequence is one of the most important factors
as it clearly identifies each characters personality that plays a part within the
storyline. The first character is the protagonist of the storyline. The protagonist is
wearing a black cape, followed with black trousers and black Chelsea boots. The
idea of all the characters clothing being in black is showing the audience that the
character is a very dark, demanding and evil character. The colour black has the
conventions of death and gloom which shows the audience that this character is
going to be the protagonist and that this character is going to be the one causing all
the trouble in the opening sequence. The first item of clothing the protagonist is
wearing is a cape. The cape plays a great part in the opening sequence as people
associate capes on characters as the character being a ‘super villain’ which ensures
people will recognise this cape with the same character throughout the entire
opening sequence. The trousers are just plain black but the audience does not see
the trousers in any of the shots as the cape is very long and oversized. The last item
of clothing that is visible is the black Chelsea boots. The black boots show that the
protagonist is a female as the heel is very large. This shows the audience that the
idea of the protagonist always being male is not the case in this opening sequence,
which is a very modern and different interpretation to what people may expect of a
protagonist. This attracts the audience’s attention and makes the audience what to
watch the rest of the film to see what the female protagonist is all about.

3. The next character that is shown in the opening sequence is the
teenage girl. The only visible costume that is on the teenage girl is a knitted
jumper. This could be showing the audience that this character is a mysterious
character as her face is not shown nor is she the protagonist of the storyline.
This would make the audience hooked onto the storyline as they would want
to find out who this teenage girl is and what relevance is her character to the
storyline. The knitted jumper appears to be light grey but is actually orange,
but the audience do not see the colour orange as they only see the jumper
being light grey. The colour grey has connotations of unsettling feelings, loss
or depression and can also connotation negativity and dullness. The knitted
jumper ensures the audience that the character is a teenager as
stereotypically knitted jumpers are only worn by young teenagers and
teenagers as it represents young and childish aspects. This will make the
audience question the relevance of this character to the storyline and make
the audience want to continue to watch the opening sequence. This links in
with the genre of the opening sequence being a Psychological Thriller as it
shows that the teenager is going to be on the one that is going to be attacked
or used in the film due to the costume that is used on the teenage girl.