Costume and Actors

When it came to choosing and including my actors that would take part in my trailer I wanted to make sure I got the right image across to my audience. When filming each of my actors I found it hard to choose between who I felt best suited the role that I was hoping to portray in my trailer, so I therefore decided to use both. The younger actress had dark facial features along with dark hair, which I felt would be perfect when establishing a chilling scene within her character. The use of make up was minimal as I wanted there to be a naturalistic setting within my trailer to make the narrative seem more realistic.

The older actress also had the same dark features which meant that there wouldn’t be much of a change in character when it came to her being in the ending shots. This therefore allowed me to present the idea of changing time, so that the younger actress at the start of my trailer portrayed the younger impression of the older actress, which allows a contrast to be made between the two. In terms of costume, I didn’t want my viewers to become distracted by what my actors were wearing as their facial expressions were the most important aspect when it came to creating atmosphere. Both actresses are pictured wearing plain black tops, allowing them to almost blend into the background; this was the impression that I wanted to portray in order to achieve my idea of just using facial expressions to express that of a possessed person. An important factor when it came to my actresses was to make sure that they were available to film when I needed to, this could be a problem in terms of sticking to my schedule.