Costume

When looking at costume we wanted a costume that was very typical of a modern teenager as well as something you could maybe expect within a horror-thriller film. Therefore we wanted our protagonist to be wearing something basic and plain. For example leggings, jeans, jumpers, t shirts etc. Furthermore  we also wanted casual plain colours. For example we decided we wanted some kind of white upper garment - like a white jumper or top.

The white jumper below is like the jumper our protagonist wears throughout the opening. We chose this as  jumper can seem 'home'ly' as well as it being a casual piece of wear that is communal worn by teenage girls and women of all ages in modern society. Furthermore we decided we wanted it to be a white jumper as this would represent purity and innocence because of the social connotations and general associations with the colour white. We thought the white would represent innocence and angelic like almost like an angel or a dove.

Furthermore these are the type and style of jeans that our protagonist will be wearing throughout also. We thought this was fitting as she is meant to be represented as just typical female teenager of a modern society and jeans are the most ideal, casual and normal trousers for them to wear. Therefore we also thought this was better than leggings and any pyjamas as pyjamas would show its her house whereas we want to show she is a babysitter and this isn't her own house therefore wearing clothes to go out but as if it is her own household as she is used to babysitting there. Furthermore leggings are associated with more lower class and are too casual. Moreover typical leggings are black and in some low key lighting it is then harder to see her legs and what she is doing. Therefore making us decide that navy blue jeans are the most ideal.

These white jumper and navy blue jeans are what we decided on.

Evaluation

When looking at the clothing for our opening we wanted to go for a casual look. We found that the white jumper with the blue jeans looks casual and also looks young and stylish. This works for our opening as our character is a teenage baby sitter. By having a simple causal costume it doesn't effect the realism with the piece either. This is a big part of our film as it is set in an ordinary middle class home. Having a white jumper helps portray our character as innocent and shows she is venerable. We chose the jeans because we feel that most teenagers in toady's society would were jeans as it is seen as 'the norm'. I felt that having these clothes would be more suitable than having pyjamas or jogging bottoms this is because she is a baby sitter in somebody else's home therefor she wouldn't be in those type of clothes.