Costume Ideas

After planning out the main plot for our thriller we then all had to decide on what each character would be wearing. We thought that the costume for the main character played by Lily was quite difficult to decide on. We wanted to dress this character in a normal outfit to make it look like she was just an average woman and not a serial killer. We all thought that smart black trousers, a neat red blouse and smart black heels. We chose to tie her hair up in a neat formal bun so it was all off her face. We decided to do all of this because we wanted the killer to break the conventions of what a stereotypical killer would normally look like. We wanted her costume to portray that she perhaps works in an office and is very professional in her job. We also thought that the colour of the red blouse was very significant and was a good colour to use as it contrasted with the theme of killing and blood.

For my costume as a victim, we decided that it was going to be a very plain and simple one. We thought that a plain vest, blue jacket, jeans and casual trainers. The colours of these clothes used are very bland and dull, this is to emphasise how miserable and weak the character is. Just from the costume that we used the audience can tell that she is a normal teenager which is what we wanted to convey. This highlights that the killer’s victims are selected at random and are just ordinary people. We decided to have my hair down and quite messy, mostly covering my face as I wouldn’t have been able to move it due to my hands being tied behind my back. My make up was similar to the clothes, very dim and toned down due to me being a captured victim.