COSTUME
While sub-genres of horror such as monster and splatter require vast amounts of makeup and a well thought-out costume, psychological horror movies are unique in that they do not need so much of these two elements in order to work as a horror. Because of this, our use of costume and makeup is quite limited.
The Final GirlOur horror movie concept is largely influenced by the film Scream, and so we decided to follow in their footsteps when deciding on costumes. In the film Scream, Sidney Prescott is shown as feminine and would appear quite innocent and prone to vulnerability. However, by the end of the film we have witnessed her courage and power and are almost shocked as we had previously judged her as a damsel in distress figure. Similarly, our final girl Sadie is scared of horror films and this is shown in the trailer when the boys scare her. She then ends up being the last one to confront the killer in the house at the end of the trailer so we question whether she is fragile and helpless or strong and brave. We decided to put her in childish patterned pajamas that connote innocence and immaturity so that we can surprise the audience with her fearlessness in the film. Also, she is the only girl in this ensemble and so she will stand out as our protagonist among all the characters.
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Girls
As our horror movie concept plays with a murder mystery, much like the film Scream, when watching the trailer we will not reveal the killer. For this reason, all of the male characters are to be wearing similar clothing and in order to make this more credible, we have decided that jeans, tracksuit bottoms and dark t-shirts and hoodies would be convenient as this style is very typical for young male adults today. A symbol throughout our trailer will be the rosary beads. These belong to our killer and by using them we are sticking to the conventions of a psychological horror through the theme of religion being introduced. Although no character is seen wearing these beads, they are still used in part of our trailer and so must be included.