Costumes for ‘Silent Waters’

By Amber Liman and Chloe Stroud

Costume One - RunnerThis is what we designed for Ginny’s scene in the forest. We thought that for her to were a white top it would show purity in her and her innocence. However we wanted her to have a contrast in her costume and have darker elements in with what she is wearing as she is the first victim we see in the flashbacks so wanted to show the darker side of her when she gets possessed. We felt adding the black in to her costume would show evil, danger and mystery with what is about to happen. We needed the character to carry a water bottle with her so once she had become possessed she would drop the bottle and this would symbolise that something has happened and taken over her.

Costume Two - StudentThis is what we decided to have Amber wear in the train station. It is very different from what the first character is wearing. We wanted her to dress like a student so the target audience can relate and show that she is younger and more venerable. As we were filming this scene during the evening we thought that we should dress her in darker clothing. We hoped that were the train station didn't have much light and she was wearing dark clothing then when we put the make up on her the white paint would stand out more and make her face stand out more effective. The dark clothes go well when she has become possessed to show the evil in her.

Costume Three – Girl On BeachCharacter three we decided that she should wake up on the beach as if she has been out the night before. We hoped that by having this the target audience would relate to this character because of the age. We designed this costume to look casual because we didn’t want her looking too smart otherwise it would not have given the same effect as it did. This is the first character we see in the film and wanted her to be wearing darker clothing to set the mood straight away by having her wear darker clothing but with a bit of white clothing on show to show she was pure to begin with.

Costume Four – Girl In Car ParkThe last character we see is a girl in an abandoned car park. She is meant to be older than the rest of the character and by making this character older then the others we wanted to show that what is happening can happen to all ages of people. She is meant to be coming back from a trip up to the high-street and heading towards her car, her outfit is smart and older looking than some of the others in the film. She is in all dark colours with no white in her costume this shows that something bad is about to happen to this her.