Costume Analysis

When selecting costumes for our actors, it was important to consider each character's personality and base their outfit around this. Also, it is dawn and they have just come out of an all night/day rave so we took this into account and chose costumes we feel that typical teenagers would wear on a night out.

Sara has a 'thug-like' personality yet her costume consists of a ruffled black high-waisted skirt and a vest top which makes it quite feminine and highlights the fact she has come from a party. We felt this outfit suited her personality as she is a very self-centered, vain individual who obviously enjoys keeping up with the modern clothing trends of society. The contrast between her feminine costume and aggressive persona shows that she is perhaps more delicate than people think, as in our sequence she conveys a worried and vulnerable side.We also made her wear a hoodie under the hard exterior of the leather jacket, indicating that she has a softer side underneath the ignorant personality that she has.

Jenny is a softer character and this is reinforced by her costume. She is wearing a light-coloured hoodie which conveys her sensitive and soft personality. Furthermore, she is wearing a white top with a colourful butterfly print which emphasises her innocence, vulnerability and childlike nature.

Micheal is portrayed as caring since he is protective over Jenny. However, this is juxtaposed with his costume as he is wearing a white t-shirt covered and smeared with Emily's blood. The white t-shirt is symbolic of purity and innocence but since it is covered in blood it shows how he's been tainted by the corruption of the group and their actions. In addition, all of our characters have blood on their hands to signify they are responsible for the death of Emily and this burden will permanently remain with them. Also, it adds to the thriller genre because blood relates to death, brutality and evil.

Jason is wearing dark coloured clothing to correlate with his dark personality which is shown in our opening sequence. He doesn't have as much blood on his hands along with Sara, as opposed to the more vulnerable characters such as Jenny and Michael. This is ironic as Sara and Jason are more aggressive individuals who show no remorse and this indicates that they enjoy getting others to do their 'dirty work' for them, highlighting similar characteristics they both share.

Ultimately, a binary opposition appears as Jenny and Micheal naturally team up while Sara and Jason team up too. This is shown through the costumes as Jenny and Michael are wearing lighter clothes than Sara and Jason, who are depicted in darker clothes, representative of evil and malice.

Monica Wyithe + Lucy Johnston + Sophiya Ali