This character is the killer played by Jack Redman. We used a male actor for the killer as they’re typically seen as the stronger gender and would be seen more intimidating than what a female would be.
We found many ways to hide the killer’s identity. One way was having him wear a gas mask, this helped to link our thriller to the psycho sub genre by making him look more psychotic. We wanted the killer to have a unique look that not others had yet still wanted him to wear a cliché mask. After doing research into killers we found a lot wore creepy masks but none specifically a gas mask.
The second way to hide his identity was to have him wearing all black clothing, this disguises his personality and shows no emotion. We also did research on the colour black and found what it symbolises in colour psychology ‘The colour black relates to the hidden, the secretive and the unknown, and as a result it creates an air of mystery. It keeps things bottled up inside, hidden from the world.’ All in all this makes him look more intimidating and mysterious linking to the sub genre . Wearing black and covering his face not only gives away no emotion but it also removes his human aspect. His mask is purposely a light grey, contrasting with the black clothing to bring more attention to the mask hence emphasising his psychotic nature.
Our killer carries a noose around with him as a weapon or way to fake suicides. A noose signifies death and danger, suggesting to the audience he has it with the intention to cause harm and death. He also carries around a shovel with him which in one scene he uses to hit the victim round the head with as he sneaks up from behind. He then later uses the shovel to bury the victim's body, the use of the shovel is used for death telling the audience he has bad intentions.
How our killer deals with the bodies tells us he isn't doing these killings for fame, more for the fun of it. He goes through the effort of either making their deaths look like suicides or buries them, showing he doesn't want others to know it was a homicide.
The spot where the antagonist kills his victims is done in the woods. We filmed it in this area and made sure no people in the shot other than the victim. This tells the audience not many people go into that area and gives a sense of isolation. It gives the effect of the victim being stranded with no-one to help them.
When filming we used natural daylight however when it came to editing we darkened the clips making it look more eere. We did due to the day we filmed being quite sunny, this would loose the dark mood we were going for. By dimming the clips it makes it look colder and foreshadows something bad about to happen.
Another killer we can compare our killer to is Ghostface from scream.
Like our character, Ghostface wears dark clothing with a light coloured mask. This pulls more attention to his face, giving him a more psychotic look. He also wears all black which is good for stripping someones identity with the loss of colour and emotion; this gives a sense of mystery making the audience want to watch more.
Like our character, Ghostface wears dark clothing with a light coloured mask. This pulls more attention to his face, giving him a more psychotic look. He also wears all black which is good for stripping someones identity with the loss of colour and emotion; this gives a sense of mystery making the audience want to watch more.
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