The document analyzes the props and costumes used in an opening movie sequence. A large, mysterious book was the only prop used to take up screen space. The girl was initially dressed normally to establish normality before vulnerability was introduced through a red coat that symbolized blood and stood out against the forest backdrop. The three pursuing characters wore dark black clothing to hide themselves and appear more frightening and suspicious to the audience.

1. By Hasan Ali
PROPS AND COSTUMES ANALYSIS

2. Throughout our opening sequence we did not use any props apart from a
book, the reason we chose the book we did was due to the fact that it was
large and would take up a lot of the screen, also because it was mysterious and
random.
PROPS

3. The girl is normally dressed at the start of the sequence this is to allow a sense
of normality into the movie and then take it away from the audience later,
leaving them vulnerable. Later in the sequence the girl is seen wearing a red
coat this is to allow vulnerability into the scene as red is closely related to
blood and is very iconic within horrors. The colour also makes her stand out
within the forest and completely contrast every other colour shown in the
sequence showing us that she is out of place and does not belong in the
location she is.
COSTUMES

4. The three characters that follow the girl through the forest are all dressed in
dark clothing mainly black to hide them and make it harder for the audience
to spot them also to make them scary and suspicious to the audience.
COSTUMES CONTINUED