The Costumes

Costumes are incredibly important when trying to create a certain representation of characters and as such, it is definitely a good idea for me to analyse the representation of the characters that I want to create and how I might succeed in this through the costumes.

Lynette James

Lynette is meant to be seen as a sweet and innocent girl and so I need to put the actress in as much white clothing as possible. This is because white is seen as a symbol of purity and naïvety. If possible a white dress would be perfect as it would make her seem very feminine and sweet, this would make her murder all the more shocking and would make the opening sequence all the more intriguing. If a white dress is not possible, then a flowing cardigan would create a similar effect as she would seem graceful and serene underneath the lamp post and almost elegant when running for her life. This would also allow for some amazing shots during the running sequence.

Obviously, this may be difficult as I do not have the resources or the time to hand make any of the costumes and so I will have to make do with whatever clothing the actress has and work around my plans like that.
The final costume for the character of Lynette was a cream coat and scarf with skinny jeans and boots. Overall, this is not quite how I had imagined the costume, but, with the distinct lack of resources this was the best I was going to get. Thankfully, the cream coat and the scarf do the job of all of the white clothing that I wanted to use to create connotations of innocence.

Zoe Moon

The character of Zoe is that of a very headstrong young woman who is intelligent but also very fiery. If I can get the actress into a mixture of red and white clothing then I can portray such a character. The white would fit into the stereotypical image of pure and innocent women, but the red would indicate the fiery passion within the character. It would also suggest that she is dangerous or drawing danger upon herself. The costume would not be too smart as she is only just out of university, however, she would certainly not look scruffy. If anything, she would be dressed in jeans with a smartish jacket. I also imagine her to be wearing glasses, which would suggest intelligence through stereotypes but also a slight geekiness to her character.

The final costume for the character of Zoe Moon was a red t-shirt with everything else being black. This makes the character look fiery and fiesty, but also suggests that she is drawing danger to herself. Overall, I am really pleased with the final costume as it does almost everything that I wished it to portray. The only thing that was impossible was the white clothing, but, as I do not have the budget to create costumes this is a minor change.

Midnight

As previously mentioned, the villain's outfit in the opening sequence is not important as only their leg is seen. As only this segment of the character's leg is seen and the scene will be at night, the leg will most likely be like a silhouette against the action in front of it. This will make them seem violent, dark and evil souly through the enigma code brought about by how little the audience sees.
The final costume for the character of Midnight was simply jeans, shoes and a hoody. As only the leg is seen in the film, the fact that they are black jeans create the evil connotations and this is all that I can really create for such a small role in the opening.