Costumes

Whilst deciding on a costume for our main character we wanted a distinctive item of clothing that the audience can make a connection between that and the main character so that she is always recognised throughout the face pace trailer. By doing this it also demonstrates how she is becoming very focused on the disappearance of her daughter that she begins to lack self care.
The item of clothing we chose was a pink trench coat - a trench coat is also a popular item of clothing, this will make her relatable to the audience, realising that this could happen to anyone, making the plot more terrifying.

The colour pink of this trench coat suggests innocence and purity - these are important qualities we wanted to display from our main character, this makes her a likeable character that the audience will empathise with and root for. Pink also represents femininity and love - reflecting the mothers love for her missing daughter. Another important factor of this coat is the adult, grown up and sensible sense it portrays, this is key as throughout our production we have made it prominent that she is a young mother who others find irresponsible and blame for her daughters disappearance - this is another factor that helps contrast that view.

For the little girl we decided to have her wearing a red head bow and a green coat. We decided upon these two items as it hugely displays her innocence and youth - the bow reminds the audience the youth of the character and also gives her the likeability and cuteness factor that will make them sympathise for her and hope for her appearance. The colour of the coat links to nature and purity that once again shows innocence, whilst deciding upon a costume for the daughter it was really important we portrayed qualities that continued to reflect her youth and innocence to make the plot more tense for the audience as they root for her to be found.

Filming day

Finding a day to film proved to be a difficult task, for two main reasons - firstly, we had to pick a day that everyone in the group and the two actresses was free. Secondly, we wanted to incorporate pathetic fallacy into our production - we decided to film on a day that it was foggy and misty as this linked in well with the theme of mystery throughout the production and is a typical convention of a thriller genre.

The day that everyone was free and the weather predictions forecasted a misty morning was the 21st of December - the two actresses were unavailable until later in the afternoon, so as a group we decided to spend the morning filming establishing shots of the mist and foggy morning. We then picked Alissa and Bluebell up and took them to the different locations for filming.

Age Certificate

 

 

When films are given ratings, the content is looked at along guidelines set by the BBFC (British Board Film Classification). They follow a certain criteria and determine how much of each topic is involved in the production and to what extent - they mainly look for discrimination, drugs, imitable behaviour, language, nudity, sex, threat and violence.

 

Whilst deciding upon an age certificate we took into consideration the guidelines set by the BBFC. We decided on a 15 rating, this is because our trailer displays vivid content of drugs, it also has intense disturbance and presents danger and violence, with this content our trailer could possible be considered for an 18 age certificate. However, we felt the content was not disturbing enough for this rating and also took into consideration our target audience and how an 18 rating might diminish a large group of the young adults we are looking to appeal too.

 

Risk Assessment