Make up and costume

When crating the character of Mariene, make up was an important part. 

This Blog post will cover the make-up and costume.

Mariene's Make-up inspiration:

Behind the scenes:

Costume

For our costume we wanted to stick to the early 2000s aesthetic since this is when our film opening is set in. We want to create a clear anchored 'clique', show the connection of the three girls. We would do this through the use of matching hoops. Each girl has her unique colour: white, pink and purple. 

 

For our scream king we want to stick to simplistic costume. We want to anchor him as a stereotypical 'Jock' archetype, therefore the varsity jacket. 'Jocks' have been a fun, quintessential trope used in a variety of film genres through the ages. I modelled his outfit after Casey's boyfriend Steve in
Scream, as well as Curt Vaughan from The Cabin in the Woods (2001).

 

Our Final costume for Norman and Mariene:    

 We encountered some issues with temperature during the shoot, as it was very cold and the outfits weren't very warm. We managed to continue, but would plan to dress them with warmer layers if we were to reshoot. We wanted to reflect the character archetypes of slasher, and use signifiers, such as the letterman jacket and the short skirt to anchor these tropes.

We received audience feedback saying that the clique was not well anchored so we changed the costumes for Laurie and Mandy. 

We gave Laurie the same skirt Marion wears, to denote them as Mandy's "minions", seen in Heathers (1988). We also gave Laurie Dr Marten boots and fishnets to denote her as a rebelling from the group, like Veronica in Heathers (1988), but a long, black, jumper to show her as studious and conservative, maintaining the final girl  archetype. 

Mandy wears a pink checkered skirt in a different pattern than the others, denoting her as the group's leader. She wears the same white large hoop earrings as Marion, dark makeup, and laced heels in order to appeal to the male gaze (Mulvey).