Costuming

Costuming of the Psychopath

For our psychopath, we thought it would be suitable if he was wearing fairly ordinary clothes, as this shows that he seems like an ordinary man, who is only insane on the inside. We decided that he should also wear fairly plain clothing so he doesn't look like he cares a lot about how he looks. Plus, he is wearing dark shades of clothing, as this gives connotations of evil and fear, opposed to him wearing yellow, which has connotations of happiness and sunshine. However, some psychopaths in films do wear white, which contradicts the connotation of purity, so makes the audience feel uneasy, as well as adding to the use of plain clothing.

When looking at other thrillers, the psychopaths similarly match this costuming:

Shutter Island



Henry: Portrait of a serial Killer

Se7en




Fatal Attraction



Hostage

After receiving the feedback from our first draft screening, we have decided to change our hostage. We will now be using a younger actor with better makeup and costuming. Our current hostage is a woman who is wearing very warm clothes and doesn't seem too bruised.

 

Above, the hostage is shown with a head injury, we hope to improve our makeup when re-filming in order to make it look more realistic.

 

In all the examples above, the hostage is somehow restricted in their movement. All of them have their hands tied up and some of them are gagged, this is a common convention which we will use when we re-film.

As for the clothing, all the hostages are wearing clothes which reveal a fair amount of flesh, this makes the women seem more vulnerable and at risk. In most of the clips used above the hostages tilt back their heads to show their necks, the neck is a very vulnerable part of a women's body and can be used to show their inferiority.