Psychological Horror Make Up

Costume:

For the costume of our character for our horror film we will need the actor to wear casual clothes that could also represent a mental stability. This may include unusual yet normal clothing e.g a shirt with some sort of crazy pattern on it. 

Make Up:

The make up of our character will need to look natural, almost like there is no make up them at all although they will need to look tired and unwell as everything what is happening is psychological and based inside the head. The character will need to look like as if they have mental health issues.

Location:

In the locations shown above you can see that they are based in a run down, careless room that is very badly decorated. This suggests that the character is a very messy, lazy person as they haven't bothered to take care of their home or themselves. Being in this kind of environment could frustrate them as the room will be very distort so the dust and mites within the room could be getting to their head and making them seem like they are going insane. To get this sort of environment, we will have to make a large amount of adjustment to the furniture within the house to create the damp, airy effect as our location is well decorated and pleasant to live in. We may need to change the saturation levels on the camera to darken the room to create the dull, unhappy environment.

Character/s:

Our characters in relation to the ones shown above are female and much younger (teenager aged 16-18). We have used this particular character as women are seen as the weak vulnerable one and are more likely to get scared in a situation like this. Women are usually the ones that are insecure about themselves and think too much into things. Our film could be seen as stereotypical but i think it is for a good cause. Having a male character in our Psychological horror film would create a different effect on the audiences reaction. People don't usually care that much about boys as they are more eligible to look after themselves, however girls depend on the boys to look after them, so without anyone there, how are they going to defend themselves?