Costumes for Thriller

The thriller opening sequence for our thriller has two characters, the main character of Sarah who the plot revolves around and the minor character of John who is causing distress to Sarah due to unknown actions in their relationship. We see John at the end of the thriller and also in a photo which Sarah looks at in the opening and ending shots. This photo shows John and Sarah together looking quite happy. The clothes worn in the photo will be the same clothes that they wear in the thriller, this will show the audience that not much time has passed between the photo being taken and the events of the thriller. It also allows the characters in

the photo to be easily linked with the characters of the thriller.

Blake: Being seen as the deviant character we need his clothes to portray his evil nature or allow the audience to understand why he became part of the evil party of the thriller. The character will wear a black leather jacket to link him to being hard natured and commonly dominant over women. The leather jacket is seen most commonly from the late 60's were men still had dominance over women in relationships and marriage. A leather jacket would create the effect that this male character is a misogynist. The head of the character is not seen in the thriller and only slightly in the photo so no classic trilby hat will be needed.

To man will be wearing black jeans to show that he combines the colour scheme of most men in working around the age of 30 (commonly in black suits working in common office jobs) The jeans aspect shows that he is more of a casual dresser and that this links with the leather jacket to give the audience the idea that this man is a punk, leading the audience to finally see that he is the deviant of the two. He will also be wearing a black hood in order to hide his identity, this will make the scene more realistic because a murderer would never expose who he is.

Tiffany: She will be dressed in a large orange coat, this is in order for her to stand out from the crowd, the orange contrasts with the white snow in order for her the audience to understand her significance within the scene and the importance of the murder. The idea that she is wearing a bright colour that stands out helps to symbolise the idea that the murder is hard to cover up. Tiffany wears very vibrant colours in order for her to contrast with the snow and to stand out as a target. A signifier throughout the scene is her bracelet, which she falls off of her corpse in the snow and is later linked to the crime.

Peter: the third character is Blake's opposite, this is because he is searching for tiffany whereas Blake is trying to hide her and get rid of her. In many ways the fashion of the two characters must be opposites, this is so that they will target each other and label the other as an enemy, for example the fashion of Mods and Rockers symbolised their personalities and the two gangs could easily identify each other by fashion. Where Blake wears cheap a cheap black hoody, Peter wears a large coat, this helps to separate the two characters into class, with the working class fashion worn by the murderer and the middle class fashion by the hero. A jumper also helps to create the divide between the two characters. Both characters however wear the same style shoes, this links to the idea that peter and the man are linked, or to add suspense to low shots wear the characters feet are the only identifying characteristics.