Make up and Costume Ideas

The make up for the two men in the torture room included subtle yet still distinctive bruising which would be appropriate for the context of the scene. The bruising should be developed, as if it happened one or two days ago prior to the scene. We felt that swelling, large gashes, and immense of blood was not appropriate as it was too dramatic and much less realistic. We want the audience to ask themselves how they were injured, however we didn't want it to distract from the great tension of the scene. Their faces will be similar to the two pictures I've found on the internet. We will include some small facial scratches, but not fresh as they will symbolise the fact that these characters have been there for a long

time.

 For the woman in the car, I want her makeup to be subtle as this indicates that she has been stripped of her make up by the people who caught her, leaving her powerless. I want her hair to be tied back and for her to wear a simple black dress. However, I am relying on our actress's appearance to capture a style of modern-day femme fatale. Although she will have a blind fold on, a dark brown lipstick will give her a sexy edge conveying a slight sex appeal.

I chose brown for the lip stick as its a mature colour, but a dark shade will suggest something sinister and less 'in your face'. The lipstick will enhance the sex appeal as we plan to do close-ups of her lips and face.

The costume for the two men in the torture scene will see them wearing baggy clothing, such as jeans or tracksuit bottoms as we felt this was a simple yet effective contrast. It gives ideas and connotations that they might of been physically tested in some way before the scene has taken place- especially as they are strapped down to chairs. The white t-shirt gives the effect that it is a clean and tidy area but we plan to stain the t shirts with sweat and blood which will be effective when looking through the camera lens. Sweat stains will be achieved using apple juice which gives a yellow stain to the white T- shirt. We felt this was a simple, cheap but effective way to create this and when tested, looked realistic through the camera. By having them both in white T- shirts, it also suggests they have no identity, which creates a further mystery to who these characters are in the opening title sequence. It gives little real information about their character such as fashion interests, which usually shows part of a persons personality so the audience must judge for themselves and use characters faces to discover who these people really are.

We casted one man with a buzz cut and another with long, luscious blonde hair to give a contrast between both characters which makes it easy for the audience to identify who is who. Both actors are visually different looking creating a bigger mystery to the audience of why the characters are there and if they are friend or foe.