Costume and casting

There were three characters needed in our thriller opening. These were; a mother, a baby, and a villain.

Casting was a challenge for us really, members of our group wanted to focus more on the camera work, props, preparation, and more of the behind the scene tasks rather than the acting job. We initially looked for someone outside of our group to cast, however this proved to be very difficult as it's not something that the majority of people felt comfortable doing. In addition to this not many people were willing to give up a full day in order to do this. After a long discussion Rosie selflessly came forward and volunteered to star in our production. This solved a major issue, however meant that she couldn't do as much work behind the scenes. This was the compromise she had to make. 

We cast Rosie to play the part of the mother, this was because we felt Rosie would best suit being a maternal, motherly character. Rosie's character is a young to middle aged woman, the main distinctive image we were going for was that of a mother. In order to achieve the motherly image Rosie dressed in clothes which would help emphasize her role. She wore a plain skirt and tights, along with her coat as we were outdoors.

Grace, the baby, was cast because we needed a baby and she is a baby. We had permission off her mother to use her in our production. She wore a baby grow with a white knitted cardigan. Showing her innocence and angelic image. What Grace wore wasn't really a big decision or concern as her role was simply to just be seen and then disappear.

I was cast as the villain character. This wasn't a hard choice as the villain didn't really have a major part on screen, as they were just seen at certain times. It was easy to hide the identity of this person and make them seem mysterious. To do this I dressed in grey joggers, a black hoodie and a black wooly hat. I wore the hood up to help hide my identity further. In retrospect the role would have been best suited to a male, however due to time management issues, and busy schedules we couldn't find a male available to fill this role, and therefore I played it.