Alice is originally portrayed as an innocent victim in our psychological thriller, because she is a young girl who is being bullied and harassed by her teacher and class mates as a result of her academic underachievement. Therefore, we have chosen to dress Alice in white for the opening sequence as this conveys her innocence to the audience. The psychological thriller Black Swan uses similar costume, as the main character (played by Natalie Portman) is shown in white in the beginning of the film when she is originally portrayed as innocent, but characters she has imagined are dressed in black to show that they are her “dark side”. We want to create the same distinction between the characters that are real and imagined in our opening and convey who the villain is so we will use the same technique. This dress we have chosen also appeals to our target audience because our film is targeted mainly at girls between the ages of 15 and 18, and this dress is targeted at the same gender and a similar age range. This dress is also suitable because it is a conventional daytime outfit for a student like Alice and our opening sequence is going to be filmed during the day in a school.
Natalie Portman dressed in white in Black Swan:
This is the type of costume the villain will be wearing in our opening sequence:
The villain is going to be dressed in black so that he is dark and mysterious to the audience. It also suggests to the audience that he may be the villain, so the audience is intrigued to continue to watch the thriller to find out if their initial suspicions about this character turn out to be true. Because the hoodie is plain it does not give the audience much information about this character, so the audience wants to learn more about him. The villain being dressed in black also differentiates him from Alice as she is dressed in the opposite colour. The hood also may be useful in filming as it could be used to hide the villain’s hair and some of his face, which will create more suspicion about this character and make him more mysterious. If the villain is always dressed in black it may also indicate to the audience that he is not real, which is useful for our thriller as this villain is in Alice’s imagination. Another reason the hoodie is suitable for our opening sequence is because it is conventional for teenagers, so it is suitable for the character as he is a teenager will also appeal to our main target audience aged 15-18.
The villain in Black Swan, dressed in black:
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