Props and Costume

KNIFE:

A knife was used by Layla to enhance her sinister, unnerving image. As the knife can be potentially harmful, safety precautions had to be taken. This included; no running with the knife, holding the knife correctly, putting it down when it's use isn't required, and being sensible with it.

OPTREX:

Rosie used optrex eyewash in her crying scene. The aim of this was to make her eyes look wet, like she's been crying, without irritating her eyes. As the solution in of the same consistency as the eye, it didn't irritate her eyes, and was effective.

BANDAGE:

Layla had numerous festival wristbands on her arm, which obviously would have looked out of place and unrealistic on our character. As they are irremovable, we wrapped a bandage around them and carefully applied ketchup in places as a substitute of blood. 

CHILDREN'S NIGHTGOWN:

This was worn by Eleni, who plays the part of Rosie's younger self, in our flashback to Rosie's persistent nightmares when she was a child. Pink was the most favorable color as it is the colour of the whole bedroom that we filmed in, and it is the most stereo-typically common color amongst young girls of this age. It also connotes innocence and feminism, which portrays the young Rosie as a sweet, normal, innocent character. This is what we were aiming to achieve. 

NIGHTGOWN:

This was the outfit that was worn by Layla, the antagonist. This was chosen because often in horror films such as 'The Ring' and 'The Grudge', in which the antagonists are of a similar style to out antagonist, white nightgowns, or something of the sort are worn. This gives an unnerving, creepy effect. Also, the light, airy material of the night gown moves in a floating motion, which can resembles a ghost, which clearly is quite fitting to our production.

ROSIE'S COSTUME:

Rosie's character is a young woman supposedly in her twenties, with the job of a newly qualified teacher. It was our aim to portray her as quite feminine and gentle due to the kind nature of her job. In the teaching scene which was filmed at school, Rosie wore a leather jacket to make her look more professional and office-like.

In a few scenes at Gabby's house in our final shoot, Rosie wore a dark red jumper with a collar, and a black skirt and tights. This was also meant to be an office-like outfit, this is because in our production Rosie has just come home from work.

ELENI'S MOM:

Eleni's mom wore a grey coloured dressing gown. This was because her scene involved putting her daughter to bed, and kissing her good night, therefore it was appropriate to dress her in her nightwear.