Thoughts/Features 6:

The make up we chose to use in our film best suited a horror/thriller genre and added to the unsettling essence. For the girl in between the shots of the demented girl in the hospital, we chose to use a blue and grey eye shadow that emphasised the widening of her eyes and gave them a deadening dark look. The reason we did this is because the makeup not only added to the archetype of a ‘possessed’ girl but it also gave it an almost hypnotic stare, which could startle the audience. The crazy backcombed hair complemented the extreme physical look. The girl the audience see’s in the bushes plays an important role not only in the narrative but also in the mental illness of the girl seen in the hospital. We decided to include her in the opening so it gives the sequence that unnerving effect that will helpfully disturb the audience. This is why we had her looking more possessed than the girl in the hospital because she is the whole reason she is there, we emphasized this through the use of the diegetic humming and the predator expression.

The use of costume and makeup for the possessed girl in the hospital also needed to fit in with the genre and use the typical conventions. However, we did not use a typical hospital gown as it would be too obvious for our piece and did not want her character as a drop in hospital patient. Therefore, we used an old washed out dressing gown to connote that she has been there for a long period if time, multiplying the disturbing theme. For her makeup we used the effect of her crying by smearing mascara down her face, however it does not only create the effect of crying it also suggests distressing behavior. This emphasises
the zombie like walking, which encourages the audience’s imagination to wander, and question why she is like that.