Mise-en-scene
Costume:
The typical costumes in horror films are normally things that are either ragged, ripped, covered in blood or dirt.
Most of the costumes just look like someones dies in them or they haven’t bothered changing for a while.
This picture is from the film ‘Friday the 13th’. The costume here looks old and ‘tatty’ and gives the character a really creepy look to him. Costumes like this are really common in horror films as they makes the villain stand out from the rest of the characters as people don’t normally look like that, so they appear as more frightening. It wouldn’t really have the same effect if the villain was walking around in new clean clothes like the rest of the characters.
Make-up:
The most common makeup from horror films is usually that they’re made to look death by having a pale white face and dark looking eyes. Also their hair looks untamed and messy and sometimes coverings part of their face acting like a mask.
This picture is from the film ‘The Grudge’. This type of look appears as really disturbing to the audience as is not normally what teenage girls look like as she also looks a bit psychotic or possessed. Also her face is being show in the dark which could make the audience feel like she could be there in the dark with them.
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