Creating | Costumes

When thinking about the costumes for the characters in the opening scene we mainly focused on the main characters which are the victim and the murderer. We didn’t really focus on the costumes of the friends as they could just wear their own casual outfit. But we wanted to be a bit more careful and stereotypical with the main character costumes.

Main Character 1 – Becca – Victim

When thinking about what this character could wear, we thought that she should wear something white to show purity and innocence. So her costume is normal jeans, a white top and a jacket of some sort, with converses. We chose these clothing items to make up the costume because we wanted innocence and purity to be shown but also we wanted the stereotypical teenager look to be shown as well. This is why we chose jeans, a jacket and some converses. For the hair, we didn’t worry too much about it, so we decided to keep it plain, simple and basic and have the hair up in a bun. We also had make-up put on her because again we wanted to show a stereotypical teenage girl. We didn’t put a lot of make-up on the character as we wanted her to look natural and not like she is about to go to a party. We kept it natural so the audience wouldn’t think too much of it and they wouldn’t notice it.

Main Character 2 – Nadine – Murderer

When thinking about what this character could wear, we thought that she should wear something black to show danger and evilness. The costume we had for Nadine was black jeans, a black plain top, a black jacket and black converses. We had her wear all black because we thought it made her look mysterious and we also thought she could be identified as the villain easier and her character would be clearer. We kept the hair natural and had her wear it down so we could easily put the hood up on her jacket to add to the mystery. We had her wear a little bit of make-up. Villains don’t wear make-up but we kept to the idea that the character is a girl so we thought adding a touch of make-up would be a good idea. We didn’t put as much make-up on Nadine than we put on my character as we wanted it to be clear that she was the villain and that my character was the victim/damsel.

Extra Characters – Claire and Victoria – Friends

We didn’t really think in depth of what the friends should wear as we felt that they weren’t as important as the main characters and we wanted to put most of our focus on the main characters. However, we had the friends wear minimal make-up, like we did for Nadine, and we also had them wear casual everyday clothing. We didn’t want them to be to eye catching because we didn’t want the audience to be more attracted to the extra characters and not notice the main characters.