Costume: What

For our opening sequence we need a variety of costumes. They are essential to our sequence because people will judge the character by what they are wearing, so we need to make it clear for the audience,

POLICEMAN
One of our characters will need to be in a police uniform so I have researched various different police uniforms to see which one would be best.

American Police Uniforms:

British Police Uniforms

VICTIM

We have two options for the victim; we can either have the victim wearing a white dress or school uniform. I think a white dress is a good choice because it shows the purity and innocence of the character and clearly shows the audience that she is good.

The other option for the victim is school uniform. This is good as like the white dress it shows the character's innocence and youth, however I think a school uniform would make the girl look too young and so would not be right for the age that we want this character to be. 

VILLAIN 

We have a number of options for the look of the Villain. Victoria has done some sketches of possible ideas for the villain in our opening sequence:

The rock biker look gives a threatening look and persona for the villain. Him wearing a leather jacket and clothing with studs makes the audience feel intimidated by him and so would be a good choice for the villain as it gives a youthful and threatening vibe to the character, However, I feel like this outfit is too informal for the villain as we need him to look less youthful and I think that there is something more creepy about a more formally dressed villain.

This outfit is inspired by the Joker from batman. This has a sort of clown vibe which I think is great for the villain because clowns are often associated with fear. Because our victim is a child a clown like villain would also make it more scary and more creepy because there is a child-like element added to it. However, I'm not sure if this is right for the villain because the rest of the scene doesn't have colour and bright colours on the villain would contradict the character. 

The polite leader design is ideal for the villain because I think it suits the calm persona and silent creepy attitude of the villain. By him wearing a suit, it gives the villain ore power and so makes him more intimidating over the younger victim. It also implies that this is like 'business' for him and that he probably does things like this regularly.