Assignment 3 - Costume/props planning

In order to accurately portray characters on screen, costumes and props must be taken into account.

First of all, the teenage victim is always seen wearing normal clothes appropriate for today's demographic. Her outfits are always jeans and a t-shirt to relate to most of the audience, as this will then make them scared for her character more - out of a feeling of familiarity. Her clothes are always dark colors, reflecting the dark and scary tone of the trailer, and showing how the monster has affected her as well, in terms of personality reflecting through appearance.

The therapist in the trailer is seen wearing a lab coat, making the audience aware of her profession and allowing them to take her character more seriously in her approach. She also wears glasses to look mature and intellectual, indicating how talented at her job she is. The use of makeup on her face and her hairstyle also adds to her mature and adult-like appearance.










The killer is always seen masked and in black clothing. The mask causes a feeling of terror as it allows the killer to have a st
raight face, which never changes expression, this causes the audience to believe he may lack humanity of any kind for the other characters. His black clothing only emphasizes the effect of the white mask because it allows it to stand out of his outfit.
Along with this, his prop is a knife with a large and sharp blade, indicating the fact that he's a killer and intends on harming the teenage girl.

Assignment 3 - Location planning

We mainly plan on using 3 different locations in close vicinity to one another as this will allow more time for filming and less time wasted spent driving to different locations.

The first location is my house as it is the average house that belongs to a typical family and has rooms  that resemble those we picture the main character living in. This idea of a normal house and a normal family envokes more fear in the audience as it causes them to believe that the horrifying things the protagonist experiences can happen to anyone of them. We only plan on showing the interior of the house and not the exterior, as the exterior resembles houses in the Middle East which look very different to those in America or the UK, where most of the demographic live or originate from. The two rooms we have decided to film are: my bedroom, which resembles the main characters bedroom, and the living room downstairs, which has a nice antique mirror which is suitable for a scene we wish  to shoot.

The other location is the abandoned house next to my house and as it is the neighboring house and is abandoned it is easily accessible and gives the right kind of setting we need for our shots. The rooms located inside have chipped walls and no electricity. The windows are also left open which causes the curtains to blow around, creating a sinister atmosphere. The house also contains narrow dimly lit hallways perfect for filming the monster walking towards the camera.

For our therapist scenes, we plan on using the clubhouse as it has white walls, comfortable sofas and tables which comprise a therapists office perfectly, but we will most likely film at less busy hours to avoid noise in the background and to avoid disrupting people in the clubhouse.

Assignment 3 - Storyboard