Killer Clothing

We Took Various different images of the killer on set wearing the clothing we researched. We also gave our actor a bandana to wear over face to cover his identity. As well as creating a scary and creepy image it was important to keep the killers identity unknown. Uncovering his identity or letting the audience see his face at such an early stage in the film would 'spoil' the enigma of the film.

We gave the killer a bandana dark to wear to make him have a terrifying presence and help protect his identity.

With the face darkened, it gives the killer a much more scary and dangerous presence.

Influences & Inspiration for our Film Opening

We subverted the convention of having a series of murders in our film and used Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (from 1960) as inspiration; there are only two murders in the story, and the idea of a disguised and insane killer came to prominence with this film.

A widely used convention in the horror genre is using a female actor as the victim. For example, Fred Walton’s ‘When a Stranger Calls’ from 2006, is about a psychopathic killer who terrorises a female babysitter. we wanted subvert this convention and use a male actor for our victim.

Deaths in horror slasher are conventionally very gory. For example the SAW films.