Analysis of Costume

Sam: We decided to have Sam wearing a chequered shirt, with a plain blacktop underneath, and blue jeans. We believe this will make her look very common, plain and un-feminine making it consistent with other horror movies as the final girl is always dressed slightly masculine. The connotations put to a shirt are that of being intelligent and slightly “nerdy”, this therefore depicts we want to portray, thus making Sam’s costume relevant for the role. Similarly the character of Sydney, in Scream (1996) is also seen to have very masculine clothes on, also being the final girl of the horror movie.

Ava: To fit the codes and conventions of horror movie characters, Ava is to wear a short skirt and a short, knitted top. This portrays her character as the promiscuous teenager and therefore makes it clear to the audience what type of character she is. An example of this would be the character of Pepper, played by Lauren Leerhsen, in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) who is also seen to have revealing and short clothes on as the promiscuous girl. Another example would be Tatum, played by Rose McGowan in Scream (1996).

Jared: Similar to other male characters in horror movies, Jared is dressed to show his masculinity. This is highlighted from the shirt and jeans worn. The lack of interest in what Jared is wearing compared to the character of Ava shows the very differing personalities of the characters, thus portraying to the Jared does not care about his appearance, unlike the female characters in our trailer.

Michelle: within out trailer Michelle is the comical character, not so much the saint as the final girl, but not too promiscuous either. It is for this reason that Michelle’s costume is very common, stylish but not revealing. A stripped top and blue jeans shows Michelle’s casual character and puts her directly in the middle of all the characters. An example would be the character of Annie Brackett, played by Nancy Loomis, who is also dressed casually but isn’t all innocent as she too dies.