Our character costumes

We initially wanted our female ghost's costume to be similar to the girl in 'The Grudge', wearing a white night gown. This would make her a ghost from decades ago, but the film is set in the modern day, these two different time zones could be confusing for the audience with the connection of the ghost and the present day. This means that we would have to display a flash back or brief history to reveal to the audience that she is from the past; which would help make her character clearer. However, I realised that this would take up too much filming time and would also 'eat up' the precious 2 minute limit we have for our opening sequence.

Therefore, we changed her costume as we wanted the ghost to be modern, fitting with the time period.

She now will wear jeans, a white T-shirt and plain black shoes; looking like a fairly normal girl.

The twist in our costume is that her white top will have rips and blood stains in it and her jeans will also be ripped and blood stained. This is to communicate or suggest to the audience that she was murdered and is a ghost. Her makeup will consist of pale foundation, to achieve a pale complexion - a stereotype for ghosts, and a dark purple eye-shadow smudged around the eyes to create her bruises. The new costume is used to make a more intimidating, creepy character. The audience may also find her creepy because she is relatively normal looking and it could make them feel wary when out in the streets.

Our male protagonist's costume is fairly plain to reflect him as an 'Average Joe' type of guy. This will also create a sense that anyone could be targeted by the Ghost. His costume consists of a white top, orange hoodie, and black winter jacket layered together with denim jeans and white trainers.

I was also thinking that he could have a beer bottle as a prop, displaying that he is over 18 and is stereotyped as masculine. It is also a good idea to have this prop because it gives him an excuse to walk away from the ghost - thinking it's the alcohol. 

We don't need to change or edit our protagonist's costume. We only need to edit our Ghosts one to add the rips and blood. I'm looking forward to doing this with Patrycja and seeing the outcome!