Costume - Ettie Greenwood

Here I experimented with 3 different costume ideas for the actor to wear. I have also commented on the reasons why I dislike/like each one. However all the costumes are modern because this is the time that our thriller will be set in.

Here are the experiments:

The first outfit was a white t-shirt, a denim skit, a brown gilet and pink pumps. We decided this outfit to not be suitable for filming for several reasons:

The thriller would be filmed in winter so the outfit wouldn't be warm enough. 

The location could get muddy so small pumps wouldn't protect her feet.

Her skirt could get caught on branches/ the bridge in the woods.

The second outfit was a blue jumper, blue patterned leggings, wellies and a brown coat. This outfit was better than the last as we replaced the gilet with a warm coat, and the pumps with some wellies. However we felt that this was still not quite right as the colour of the jumper was quite bright (even though it doesn't look like it in the photograph) and the leggings were too patterned. We feared that this could attract the audiences attention away from what is happening in the film.

We felt that the last outfit was most suitable as it combined the practical elements needed for filming in the woods (warm coat and wellies) whilst also using neutral colours. Rosanna (the actor) wears a white woolly jumper, jeggings, wellies and a brown warm coat. I chose her to wear white as it is a neutral colour, but it also represents purity and innocence which is what we are trying to portray in our character.

Whilst taking these pictures, I also took photos of Rosanna's hair to decide whether to have it up or down (an aspect of mise en scene). Here are the photos...

I decided to have her hair down in the thriller because it looks better and it helps to make my sister look as young and innocent as possible.