The wife: costume, hair and makeup

The wife: costume, hair and makeup

For the wife we wanted her costume to reflect her characteristics. We decided on a low cut top and a tight skirt to portray her promiscuous side. We chose the colours red and white as the red is associated with love and lust but also danger and blood and the white is to show her innocent side as up to cheating she hasn't ever been unfaithful before that. We decided to have her bare foot as it gives a sense of vulnerability and also that she was at home before he captured her. We wanted the outfit to be slightly dirty so used mud and makeup to make sure it didn't look new, this is because the husband would have dragged her from the house to the cellar and we wanted to make that clear. The length of the skirt worked well as on the day of filming the actress that played the wife had a big bruise on her thigh and we were able to show that in the opening sequence to hint at the abuse she went through prior to being trapped in the cellar.

We wanted her hair to be messy to show the state she's been in and again this would have got messed up when being dragged to the cellar, to achieve this we back combed her hair to make it messy. We made sure it wasn't perfect by messing it up even more when filming and making sure bits of hair were in front of her face as her hands are tied up therefore she wouldn't be able to move them out of her face.

As well as the hair we also wanted her makeup to be a mess, We decided to smudge her mascara to show she's been crying in the cellar, the darkness of her eyes also portray the bad she's done to result her being trapped in the cellar. We wanted a red lipstick to match her top in showing her promiscuity, we also smudged this to make it look like she's been thrown around but the husband and this could also have happened by him covering her mouth to make sure no one heard her screaming when he dragged her down or when he tied the cloth around her mouth.