WARDROBE AND COSTUME PLANNING

 Wardrobe and Costume Planning Game Over

Character: Lucy

Lucy is shown as a young woman in her late teens who has just come home at night. Her costume reflects her everyday life and emotional state at the start of the opening.

Costume Choice : Lucy wears a sweatshirt dark jeans and sneakers or joggers 

This outfit was chosen because it is something a young girl would realistically wear after returning home tired. The oversized hoodie helps make Lucy appear more vulnerable and small, which fits the horror genre where protagonists are often shown as powerless.

Colour Palette

The costume uses mostly neutral and dark colours such as grey, black, or muted tones. Bright colours were avoided because they could distract from the dark atmosphere of the scene. Dark colours also blend slightly into the dim lighting, which helps make the shadows in the apartment feel more threatening.

Hair and Makeup

Lucy’s hair is kept natural, either tied loosely or slightly messy. Makeup is minimal, with no heavy or glamorous styling. This choice supports realism and makes her reactions feel more genuine. As fear increases later in the scene, her natural appearance makes her panic and expressions more believable.

Conclusion

Overall, the wardrobe and costume planning for Game Over focuses on realism, genre conventions, and character vulnerability. By keeping Lucy’s costume simple and natural, the audience can relate to her more easily, making the horror elements of the opening more effective.

Initially, I planned for Lucy to wear a lighter coloured top to make her stand out more on screen. However, during filming tests, the lighter colour reflected too much light from the laptop screen and reduced the dark, eerie atmosphere I wanted to create. Because of this, I changed the costume to a darker hoodie, which worked better with the low-key lighting and made the scene feel more intense

 the opening of my thriller/horror film Game Over, costume and wardrobe were planned carefully to support realism, character, and genre conventions. As this scene focuses on tension rather than action, the costume needed to feel natural and believable while also helping to create an unsettling mood.