Male Antagonist's Costume

We have three possible ideas for how our Male Antagonist’s hair will be styled.

Firstly: to have his hair shaggy and concealing his face, this will give the impression of mystery and hidden motives. As well this adds an animalistic feel to his appearance, giving the audience the impression that he is a rugged and aggressive character.

  

Secondly: to have his hair tied back in a ponytail as this implies order amongst the chaos of the knots and tangles in his hair, a paradox to conceal the character’s true motives. 

Thirdly: we are considering using gel to create a greasy look for the antagonist’s hair. This will suggest he doesn’t keep himself well-groomed. As well the greasy hair creates a creepy, dirty impression of the character.

The make-up we will be using will be subtle: purple eye shadow around the lower eyelids to give the impression of a lack of sleep; pallid foundation on the cheeks and grey shaded cheek bones to create a pale skeletal face, connoting death and evil. Under make-up also comes facial hair; our male antagonist will have a messy unshaven face to add to the impression of his rugged, animalistic masculinity. 

We wanted the costume to suggest that the antagonist lives in a very rural area to emphasise how the two characters' are isolated and alone. This is a method often used by Hitchcock so to present the theme of entrapment, and we have carried this theme through various mise en scene aspects. Therefore we have decided to use baggy beige trousers, hiking boots and a green/brown trench coat as these connote the outdoors, poverty and the rural countryside. We chose to incorporate a black shirt as black is often associated with evil and death, suggesting the character has sinister intentions.

By Elli Smart