For our protagonist, we wanted to use a young girl who will be played by my sister. Youth is associated and connoted with innocence and hence this would be an appropriately aged and dressed character to give a disguise or mask of innocence, especially if our main character is actually the antagonist-seeking vengeance and not so innocent after all. This usage of a young appealingly innocent girl will create an even more warped and chilling theme to our film because young children are often used in films like the woman in black, orphan and even children of the corn which are all similarly themed films to our own which we have taken inspiration from. We thought a long nightie or dress would reinforce the setting of night-time..suggesting the alter perspective of this whole situation being a nightmare. Also, the idea of a long nightie is almost ghostly and creates a feeling of absence and delicacy. The white color of the nightie would suggest purity and innocence- as well as being an easy color to stain with blood which would contrast and be highlighted with both the colors. White in the bible has connotations with doves and peace- doves suggesting freedom and presence and peace being completely juxtaposed with our protagonists spirit being uneasily not at rest. The long pure and delicate nightie would be pristine alongside the perfectly tidy hairstyle and mannerisms of the young girl- this would then create a huge and noticeable contrast when the girl is covered in blood and in complete uneasiness and disorientation. A teddy as a prop would be useful to show the fine line between the realism and fantasy in our film- the realism being the local and familiar setting and the fantasy being the idea of 'defeating death' and paranormal haunting, The Mise en scene prop of the ribbon in the characters hair is symbolic of childishness and youth with typically young school girls having ribbon tied hair. Ribbons also connote precious possessions and almost the anticipation in opening something (like a gift) and the idea of the unknown- which in this case the idea of the unknown is haunting and chilling.
For character two, we didn't focus so predominantly on the male because we wanted our male antagonist to be mainly filmed in the darkness and shadows, unlike the young girl because we wanted her to be in the headlights and featured under natural lamp post lighting, and artificial professional lighting to illuminate her facial features and injuries in some of the scenes. The dark hoodie we propose the male wears is a typical form of mise on scene where hoodies are associated with crime and hiding away- which our character is doing as he hides from his crime of drunk driving. The beanie that we wanted our second character to wear possibly hints him hiding his identity, which could be one of the enigmas of our opening scene because his true identity is often kept in the dark- until the end. The inclusion of alcohol bottles is an important plot because there is very limited dialogue in our movie opening, so we have relied on plots, camera shots and body language to get our story line across. The alcohol bottles will be filled with a proxy substance, like water or a tinted liquid- however this will confirm to the audience the drinking habits of our driver and the causation of the car collision. Having the car in a poor condition and messy state is effective because it will hint the social status and general personality of our main male character- especially with brown paper bags and cheap alcohol hinting he may be very poor or even homeless. This would entitle why he is in the drunken state he is, and make him appear even more careless and deserving of the fate at the end of the film from the girl who comes back to life.
We wanted to make our movie safely in a safe and secure environment- however key inclusions in a car collision scene like glass would be too dangerous to use- however as an alternative we have experimented with creating sugar glass- a cheaper and safer alternative made with syrup and sugar. Although this method of creating a glass substitute takes time and can have a yellowy tint- it is effective in the low light of the evening we are going to be filming in, as it appears to simply glint and reflect light in low natural lighting. We also wanted to create special effects and makeup for the movie- especially with the car collision victim because her injuries have caused her death- so need to be prominent and visible to the audience. For this, we are going to use liquid latex and create blood using food dye and cornflour. Additionally, with the use of dark makeup and talcon powder in a paste- we will be able to create deep and severe looking injuries. The car that is going to be used in our piece, driven by a fully licensed middle aged male, is going to be silver, possibly with a ladder on top or roof rack showing the man possibly lives out of his car, and in a relatively poor condition. We considered using contact lenses for our young girl in the movie because especially for the extreme,e close up when she opens her eyes- these lenses will create a more dramatic suspense and prominent event of the opening of our movie, however we have highlighted some of the dangers of contact lenses with eye irritation and color of the natural eye causing an additional problem to how the contact lens color is shown so we are still uncertain about this inclusion.
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