Costumes

For our main protagonists we decided that he should represent the every man. This will allow our audience to relate with the main character as he is not a macho man or something over the top, but simply just a everyday regular normal guy caught in a weird situation. Anthony Wilson and I discussed what the every man should look like and decided on a shirt and tie. One of influences "Shaun of the Dead" put the main protagonist who was just an average guy into a strange situation. We drew ideas from this film and liked that the main protagonist was wearing a shirt and tie showing that he was prepared to do his job but was put into an out of the ordinary situation.

While discussing the storyline of our film we came up with the idea that our main character can stumble across the Grim Reaper. The Grim Reaper is essentially Death personified and he can kill people by just touching them. His job is to bring newly deceased people to the afterlife. The Grim Reaper is essentially a skeleton who wears a black hooded cloak and carries a huge scythe. We believe this character will fit perfectly into our film as he will scare our audience and advance our storyline further. We all decided it will probably make more sense if we purchase a Grim Reaper outfit instead of making one as this will be a long process which could end up failing. We put aside a budget of £20 to find a suitable costume that hopefully will not seem hilarious to the audience.

Anthony Wilson and I stumbled across this site http://www.allfancydress.com/Fancy-Dress-Costume/12624/Grim-Reaper-Costume.aspx while looking for Grim Reaper costumes. None of them really drew our attention except for one which we thought could be quite effective. It is different from the traditional Grim Reaper where he is depicted as a skeleton as this costume is just a black cloaked figure. We feel this will be extremely effective when in used conjuctionwith the right lighting. Below is the costume that we are planning on using.