Costumes and Props

With the costumes and props, we felt that, in order to mantain the idea of the film's realism, that we would have each of the four boys in the opening wear everyday clothes as this would fit in well with the plot (that the boys are about to go out). We thought that wearing any other clothes than they of which we would normally wear would be unrealistic and not give the audience the right impression of the characters. Therefore, we feel that basic clothes, such as jeans and T-shirt will fit in well, as they are clothes that a stereotypical boy would wear. Additionally, we wanted to make sure that the clothes being worn were not too expensive, or at least, if they were, then the characters would be proud of them as they are a rarity within the social class that the characters are based in.

With the idea of the there being a body in the bathroom, we wanted to make sure not to overuse any props such as fake blood so that the thought was mantained in the audience's mind that the film is everyday life and not just a typical horror film. We thought that having the light on in the bathroom would mantain the audience's interest as we wanted to use the light to play with the assumption that a light being must mean something. If we had chosen to keep all the light's off, then there would be less of a sense of mystery within the film as no room would have stood out. However, having the light on, means that the audience has to know what is in there, as they are only satisified when there is a conclusion of some sort. We chose a bathroom which is upstairs in particular, as we knew that one of the friends going upstairs meant that they had to seperate themselves from the rest of the group. Therefore, we knew this would keep a sense of tension within the scene and keep a suggestive sense of danger to the audience that something was going to happen.