Costume

This post covers the process in creating the cost for my film. 

Initially, we wanted to stick to the early 2000s aesthetic since these were the films that inspired us. We want to signify a 'clique', to 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. Our main inspiration for the colour coded clique is from Heathers (1988), and Mandy's costume is inspired by Jennifer's Body (2009). 

To anchor the clique, the girls all wear a "best friends forever necklace". 

The makeup was done by Sasha and her post is linked here . 

For the scream king we want to stick to a simplistic costume. We want to anchor him as a stereotypical 'Jock' slasher archetype, using a varsity jacket. We modelled his outfit after Steve in Scream (1996), as well as Curt Vaughan from The Cabin in the Woods (2011).

Here is the final costume on our actors: 

We encountered some issues with temperature, as it was very cold and the actors weren't well dressed. We managed to continue, but would plan to dress them with warmer layers if we were to reshoot. 

We kept Marion and Normans outfits the same as we had originally planned for. 

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 (Clover) 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).