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Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Costume

Costume in horror follow a very basic style depending on the type of film. My research has shown that for most horror films the protagonist dress in normal cloths for that time period or location.
 (Cast of 'The Thing') In this film the actors dress in winter clothes which is normal for people living Antarctica which is were the film is based, the cloths are fitting for their environment which can help set the scene for the film. I feel that this is done so the audnience can relate to the characters more is they look like normal people.

 (Jason Voorhees from 'Friday the 13th') For most horror films they follow a stereotype for horror villains which is tall disfigured humanoids that look dead or that are covered so you can't see their body for face. There is also the running cliche is the uses of masks. We want to avoid cliches so we will probably not use this type of clothing in our film.

 (Norman Bates form 'Psycho') When researching psychological horrors (which is the type of film we are making) I saw that the killers and antagonist also dress normally.

In our horror we will try to use normal cloths that don't give away who is the threat to the protagonist to keep some level of mystery and to make characters more relabel.

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