Costume

Costume is very important in a film , because it helps set the scene, make it believable to the audience and help the actor get into character. We bought a plain black smock dress from a charity shop that was originally from Dorothy Perkins, and was similar to the dress shown on the left. We chose that dress because we wanted to show that she was a teenager who would have been bought normal clothes, however, as she is not mentally stable we ripped the dress at the bottom and the sleeves to connote her anger and frustration.

We didn't want her to wear any shoes in the shoot. This is because, even though she is entering from the outside world, we wanted to show that she is not normal and mentally disturbed. We also thought it would be effective because her feet would make an impressive, 'squelching' like sound when she is walking to the stool, and when she is hanging it is effective because the audience see her bare feet twitch.