clothing style needed for the opening- Research

 After picking the opening called "Everything Seems Normal" I wanted to go over the types of clothing worn in these types of horror openings.

Two Examples of this Opening Where We Can See the Clothing

The Babadook (2014)

The Babadook (2014) - Opening Scene of little boy , hell bent on killing the monster on it's own

In this opening scene from The Babadook (2014) we see a mother and son. As we look at their clothing, they are wearing normal clothing, and they are shown doing a normal routine. The only thing slightly out of place is the child dressing as a magician and a ghost buster but when you truly think about it children love dressing up so it truly isn't that out of place. Looking around the house, everything seems to be natural except for the slight hints of horror like the dead tree giving a slightly creepy vibe to the movie from the get-go. Which is perfect because this type of opening should always appear to be normal except for subtle hints that something bad is approaching.

The Witch 

OPENING SCENE | THE WITCH

In this opening scene from The Witch, we see a character dressed in Plain, colorless style of clothing. We can get an understanding that this family is living under a religious authority, where they are not allowed to be self-expressive (as we can see with the deadpan faces and everyone wearing the same style of clothing. We can already get an idea that they are living under psychological pressure before we even see the entity/supernatural threat (essential to this opening type as the horror is present but not yet truly shown/ it is implied so far). From their clothing alone we get an idea that they are isolated as it is worn and homemade (which is different from the clothing of the rest of English settlers inside of the colony).

So, What Does This Mean?

In terms of clothing this means that the characters need to have clothing appropriate for the time period as well as the situation they are in. From these clothing we get an idea of their normal routines and how this movie will move along. In these types of opening, we get an idea of 3 main things from the clothing they are wearing.

• Normal life is already suffocating
• The family is already isolated
• Their survival is fragile