CostumesBy Danielle McCart

The use of costumes in our opening sequence is one of the most important factors as it clearly identifies each characters personality that plays a part within the storyline. The first character is the protagonist of the storyline. The protagonist is wearing a black cape, followed with black trousers and black Chelsea boots. The idea of all the characters clothing being in black is showing the audience that the character is a very dark, demanding and evil character. The colour black has the conventions of death and gloom which shows the audience that this character is going to be the protagonist and that this character is going to be the one causing all the trouble in the opening sequence. The first item of clothing the protagonist is wearing is a cape. The cape plays a great part in the opening sequence as people associate capes on characters as the character being a ‘super villain’ which ensures people will recognise this cape with the same character throughout the entire opening sequence. The trousers are just plain black but the audience does not see the trousers in any of the shots as the cape is very long and oversized. The last item of clothing that is visible is the black Chelsea boots. The black boots show that the protagonist is a female as the heel is very large. This shows the audience that the idea of the protagonist always being male is not the case in this opening sequence, which is a very modern and different interpretation to what people may expect of a protagonist. This attracts the audience’s attention and makes the audience what to watch the rest of the film to see what the female protagonist is all about.

The next character that is shown in the opening sequence is theteenage girl. The only visible costume that is on the teenage girl is a knitted jumper. This could be showing the audience that this character is a mysterious character as her face is not shown nor is she the protagonist of the storyline. This would make the audience hooked onto the storyline as they would want to find out who this teenage girl is and what relevance is her character to the storyline. The knitted jumper appears to be light grey but is actually orange, but the audience do not see the colour orange as they only see the jumper being light grey. The colour grey has connotations of unsettling feelings, loss or depression and can also connotation negativity and dullness. The knitted jumper ensures the audience that the character is a teenager as stereotypically knitted jumpers are only worn by young teenagers and teenagers as it represents young and childish aspects. This will make the audience question the relevance of this character to the storyline and make the audience want to continue to watch the opening sequence. This links in with the genre of the opening sequence being a Psychological Thriller as it shows that the teenager is going to be on the one that is going to be attacked or used in the film due to the costume that is used on the teenage girl.