Costume and Props

The following image is  a man modeling a plain black tracksuit which in my production is an efficient costume to have when depicting my disruptive, antagonist bullies. It meets the expectations that my audience expect because it is a common costume associated with the 'chav', a person who many people see as vicious and scary. It also reinforces the repertoire music in my productions genre because the black costume works in unison with the tense, discordant music. Moreover, it will be effective in the dark because black connotes fear and horror. I can acquire this tracksuit form my wardrobe and actors wardrobe because we already have possession of these cloths.

The black, butch trainers are really to reinforce the black tracksuit and create this common ideology that people wherein these costumes generate fear because they seem unnatural. Therefore this meets the expectations of my audience believing these characters are supported by real life stereotypes. Lastly, I can acquire these thee shoes from a shop. However, I already have shoes like this and I've seen my actor have shoes like this two, so the same effect will be created even if they are not exactly like the ones in the image above.

I used a model from my class which had the exact hairstyle I wish my antagonist bullies to have. It is a wet, gelled down hairstyle which connotes a rough and touch look. This supports the common ideology that these type of people with short gelled hair, black tracksuits and trainers are viscous and have great expertise with fighting. Therefore I want my target audience to believe that my characters are these people, meaning that they will be enticed and feel my production is realistic. To acquire this hairstyle, gel will need to be required, and I get this easily at a shop or form my actors.

Although this is a drawing, it still symbolisis the weapon I am going to use in my horror film opening. It was also the main suggestion of weapon people in my interviews expected there to be. Therefore, I feel this will reach the audience's expectations if I am using the prop they suggested. I can acquire this type of knife in my kitchen but I am going to make sure it is blunt for safety purposes.