Villains

In our opening title we will be including a classic murderous villain who will be killing a female at the end of the opening. The villain will have a distinctive look to scare the audience. We have been looking at other costumes used in horror films to get an idea of what ours will look like.

We first looked at Jason's costume from Friday the 13th, it is threatening because you can't see his face. Covered in a dirty hockey mask and wearing ripped worn clothes to make him seem tough and creepy. Wearing normal clothes shows that the killer is human making it more realistic building up more suspense. Not showing the killers face triggers a basic human fear because it makes him seem less human.

The Hellraiser shows the emotion of the character, however it is placed behind a lot of pins showing he is pain resistance and will freak out the audience. A white face suggests a ghostly character who, with the pins suggests that he is a sadomasochist, it contrasts with the facial emotions.

Both of the evil characters from Saw (puppet and human) are very different compared to most evil villains. The puppet seems very threatening because the face is inhuman- which is extremely uncomfortable for people to look at. The red, spiral cheeks, the pink bow tie and the white face make the puppet look creepily happy, adding to the fear factor of this character. In contrast, Jigsaw seems to have a normal appearance, which could be designed to imply that everybody could be a psycho killer.

The Leatherface killer from Texas Chainsaw Massacre has a face that always appears gruesome and damaged, constantly appearing to be made (as his name suggests) a leathery, inhuman skin. Leatherface's eye sockets appear empty which brings out suspense not knowing what he is really looking at. His clothes are all torn that would suggest he kills constantly leaving dirt and grime on his clothes.

The final character that we looked at was the Joker from Dark Knight. The Joker's appearance is based on something familiar and happy but with a dark twist. This serves to amplify the audience's discomfort with the character. His formal clothes also have a twist, where the colours of green and purple suggests evil and is usually found on a clown, the colours of green and purple both clash that represent his strange and twisted personality. The face paint is carelessly applied which reveals the Joker's disregard for his personal appearance. The face is horribly disfigured which suggests a violent past adding to the dangerous perception of the character.