Costume and Location Considerations

Costume and Location Considerations

The costume we decided to use for one scene was a white top and jeans. We wanted to use causal clothing as we seem like ordinary characters, and didn't want to withdraw the audiences attention from the film by the costume. The white top is for a few reasons. The white tops connote vulnerability to the audience. This allows the audience to see the characters are at a state of vulnerability.
Furthermore, the white also connotes innocence which helps to promote the purity of our characters. This is important as we want the audience to understand who the protagonists are, in the opening, without having to explicitly tell them.
In addition, we used white tops to make the fake blood stand out. This way, the blood looks brighter and more severe. This promotes our genre of horror. 

Our location was chosen due to the genre of our film opening and the content in it. The first part shall be filmed in our local woods in Bywood Avenue. This would allow for the perfect setting as it would make the audience feel scared and vulnerable as it is quiet and a large woods. This is a perfect setting for a horror film opening and would really help to express the genre with clarity to the audience.  

We will also film part of our film opening in Josh's house. This is because we need a more formal setting as we wanted a scene with investigators and a string board. An indoor setting would be important as we would want to replicate a police office.