Mise-en-scene: Costume-murderer's daughter

Mise-en-scene for our Thriller-Costume for the Murderer's Daughter



Alice Parsons as the murderer's daughter



With regards to the costume for the murderer’s teenage daughter it was decided that she should be dressed prominently in white and bright yellow to provide a contrast between her and the other characters as since the Westerns it has become recognised that the less conflicted characters wear white clothing whilst darker characters dress accordingly. As this character was light and carefree in comparison to the others as she did not to deal with the same degree of physical or mental stress or trauma we decided that she should be dressed in these colours. We also chose these colours because of the meanings they now hold, yellow being a sunny colour whilst white portrays innocence which was important as we wanted to portray her as a kinder person than her father’s victim. It was decided that she should wear neat and complimentary clothing to give the impression that she cares about her appearance and that socialising is still an important part of her life. The same idea was in mind concerning the butterfly necklace and the silver makeup that we applied although the later was unfortunately less noticeable than we intended.  

Katherine Smith applying Alice's makeup