We wanted to discuss the costumes of our two main characters:
1. First of all, we wanted to make the killer unique and perverse. We thought if the male killer wore a dress it would be strange and engrossing for the audience. Also thrillers succeed when the killer have originality and stand out. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) for example has Norman Bates wearing a dress as he murders. Also we knew we were only creating the opening to the film which gave us the advantage in not having to explain the strange attributes the killer contains.
2. Our second idea for the killers costume was a unique, gritty style suit. We felt like the dress idea maybe to cliché and we were aiming for something more original. So we thought white shirt, waistcoat, skinny green jeans and classic brown shoes. The make-up was going to be the key for making our killer look strange and perverse. His nails would be painted red and brown make-up to make his face look drained and dirty. Also his hair would be messed up and long and red lipstick would be smudged in a frown. This was an influence from Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (2008), where the Joker character has bizarre, overdone lipstick although we would swap modify this to change his smile to a frown as we wanted the killer character to be more aggressive and creepy. This gave our character a look that would persuade audiences to connote a psychotic and mental background.
We wanted the boy to stand out in the opposite of how someone would usually. The idea of having everyone wear costume made us think that if the boy did not he would stand out from the crowd. He also needed to appear isolated and confined so we imagined him wearing a hoodie to express his solitary personality. The fact that the lonely boy character does not dress up in costume separates him from his peers who he is ignoring.
2. Our second idea for the killers costume was a unique, gritty style suit. We felt like the dress idea maybe to cliché and we were aiming for something more original. So we thought white shirt, waistcoat, skinny green jeans and classic brown shoes. The make-up was going to be the key for making our killer look strange and perverse. His nails would be painted red and brown make-up to make his face look drained and dirty. Also his hair would be messed up and long and red lipstick would be smudged in a frown. This was an influence from Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (2008), where the Joker character has bizarre, overdone lipstick although we would swap modify this to change his smile to a frown as we wanted the killer character to be more aggressive and creepy. This gave our character a look that would persuade audiences to connote a psychotic and mental background.
We wanted the boy to stand out in the opposite of how someone would usually. The idea of having everyone wear costume made us think that if the boy did not he would stand out from the crowd. He also needed to appear isolated and confined so we imagined him wearing a hoodie to express his solitary personality. The fact that the lonely boy character does not dress up in costume separates him from his peers who he is ignoring.
