Costume: Girl (1) will wear comfortable light coloured clothing in the first scene to imply a sort of innocence and relaxing feel to her appearance, whereas later in the sequence her clothes will be dark coloured to emphasise the change in an almost "Jekyll and Hyde" style. Girl (2) will be wearing clothing which covers a minimal amount of body, for example a short skirt, a low cut top and heels, all these will give a vulnerable appearance.
Performance: The performance of girl(1) will again differ between the scenes. The church scene will involve girl(1) acting in a solomn fashion to show she is remorceful for something, although it is not known what it is. Her eyes and lips will constantly be moving to give the impression that there is something troubling her. In the frontroom scene her performance will be changed to reflect the personality change, she will now perform in a natural manner, sat in a comfortable, almost homely, position on the sofa, when the doorbell sounds, she should act slightly annoyed yet polite enough to act in a civilised way when answering the door.
Hair and Make Up: Hair and make up are similarly approached as the attitudes to costume. Girl (1) should have a small amount of natural looking make up applied and her hair set in a relaxed style whilst in the frontroom setting. However, the park scene should show the girl with her hair up in a messy fashion with dark eyes, possibly with imperfect make up, pale skin and yet blemished appearance. These techniques should show her decline into a mild form of madness; as a cause of the death of her father.
Lighting: All lighting styles will be limited by our low budget. However, artistic use of lamps, curtains and candles will give the desired affects for the scenes. As the opening scene was filmed during winter seasons the natural lighting was perfect as our thriller is designed to fit the general conventions of Hitchcocks thrillers, where the most tense scenes are set at night or dusk. Thus, all the lighting used during the entirity of our opening sequence is classed as “Low Key”.
Setting: None of our filming will occur in sets because we feel that we have knowledge of perfect settings. Also, the performance in the frontroom scene would be more natural in a setting where the actor is comfortable. Therefore, the use of one of the students front rooms was perfect. We used a local park during the “park” scene, Boston Manor park provides the perfect setting for our scene as there are many areas which are covered by trees and an area under the M4 Flyover section which provides areas where girl(1) can hide and an unusual setting for girl (2) to walk.
Props: There is at least one key prop in each scene, these are used as clues later in the film. The first scene involves a white head band and a remote control in the front room scene. A set of rosary beads in the church scene and a red jumper, the red jumper is also carried over into the park scene. Girl (1) is seen wearing this jumper in both scenes. The final prop in the park scene is the bottle of alcohol which girl (2) carries.
Appearance: The actors in our film have been specially chosen for their suitability for the profiles of the characters in the opening sequence. Girl (1) is played by Kate Blythe, aged 17. She looks younger than her age which adds an almost innocent feel to her person. Girl (2) is played by Carolina Garcia-Ocha, aged 19. Her body shape enables a good portrayal of character, yet her gender and age enables her to seem mature, yet vulnerable.
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