Costume Sketches/Ideas

For our main character, we wanted her to very visibly come across to our audience as a motherly character. I researched typical mum-like outfits (as shown right) and Sam and I decided on warm colours such as purple, grey, pink, cream etc. Plain denim jeans appeared to be a running theme, along with comfortable jackets or more commonly cardigans. Sam and I made this decision using very basic mum stereotypes. We looked at what our mums and friend's mums dressed like, and looked at mother characters in other films/TV shows. This way we ensure that we represent the right type of audience with this character, making her more relatable.

For the morgue scenes we just need our actress to wear a plain vest and shorts, as in a morgue the dead person will be stripped so as to make incisions and inspections of the body easier. Her body will be completely covered with a cloth anyway and thin clothes will prevent there from being any lumps and bumps underneath the cover.

With our serial killer/pathologist, when he is working in the morgue we have bought a doctors gown and gloves for him to wear. This is because this is what a pathologist will wear in a morgue so as to keep the environment sterile, not tamper with evidence and keep their normal clothes clean. In terms of his actual outfit, we intend for him to be smartly dressed. Intelligent serial killers are associated as dressing smartly, so in shirts and trousers. We also decided on our actor to wear a long black coat, for an almost Sherlock type vibe. This connotes that he has a darkness and mystery about him. 


The other characters starring in our film play the roles of police officers and crime scene photographers. The police officer will be dressed in a high vis jacket, bullet proof jacket, plain trousers and plain shoes. He'll also be equipped with a walkie talkie and a police hat.

The crime scene photographers will be wearing ___ and will be walking around with other cameras from our college's media department. We chose these outfits after researching what would be typically worn on a crime scene as not only do we want them to be very stereotypical so as to be easily recognised, but we want our film to be as accurate as possible.