Costume and Props

Character profiles:
The story line for our opening sequence revolves around a teacher who is Working past school hours to mark books and write assignments. However In order to construct an effective opening sequence is  Vital that we are accurate when arranging and designing the costumes for the characters. There will only be two characters present throughout our film which are the teacher and the Villain.                                                   
 



Name : Marie  Browning                                        Name :   Jamie Hutton

Character Name: Suzanne Edwards                 Character Name: Unknown?

Occupation : School teacher                             Occupation : Murderer

Age In Film : 24                                                Age In Film : 30+

Characteristics: Friendly, Hardworking,            Characteristics: Obsessive, sinister,

 Considerate & Punctual.                                          Malicious, Vengeful, Corrupt

Researching Character Costumes :

• Suzanne Edwards (teacher) :

I have used Google to research the general way in which female teachers are expected to dress . After research I chose & collated three pictures which I felt best represented teachers dressing style. My research shows that the typical attire for a female teacher is as follows: Formal , Smart , No revealing or Low cut tops, suit trousers or skirts . 

Suzanne Edwards - School teacher

After researching Appropriate Teacher clothing                       

Our group had worked hard , to ensure that the

main character represented a female teacher

In the correct way. In order to do this we dressed

Marie rather formally , In a Grey cardigan,

White shirt and a black three quarter skirt. The 

effect of this formal dress code , caused Marie
to look mature, in age and meet the age
 specification which had been stated ;
that her character will be 24 years old.

To the left is a screen grab of two Victimised characters
 Pamela Anderson (Left) and Jenny McCarthy (right)
 From the film Scary movie , which is of the same genre
 of ours, with a similar story line. Clearly we can see an
 immense difference in the character clothing and
 appearance.The two characters are dressed rather seductive
 and sexy , this idea has been created through the use of their
Low cut & revealing tops. The simple fact that these characters
look seductive, automatically causes them to look younger.
However we have tried to avoid this type of clothing & appearance
to create a more realistic teacher appearance for our main character.

Villain :
In order to successfully create a costume or a scary appearance for our Villain , we will need to research other Villains from films similar to ours with the same genre . Researching other Villains will give us a clearer idea as to what conventions work well with each other to make a scary Villain, and evoke a frightening feeling .

Villain Research :

This character is from the film 

Texas chainsaw massacre. He

 is a cold-hearted , vicious villain

 Who Brutally murders people with

 a chainsaw. As we can see his face

 is disguised by a horrific mask

 which has been constructed with

 Human skin from his victims. His

 Disguised appearance causes him

 to appear more scarier , and adds

 a mysterious feeling.

The character to the left shows the

Villain from the films 'Scary Movie'

And the 'Scream' The fact that the

Villain wears a scream mask , and

hides his identity adds a sense of

secrecy to the film , which contributes

to the daunting feeling throughout the

film .

 

Jamie Hutton-Villain