Researching in to films that are similar to the subject my film is going to be based on, I looked at the 2005 film 'Hard Candy'. Hard candy is about a girl who meets up with a paedophile who she believes was responsible for her friends murder and rape. Researching into this film is loosely based on real events reported in Japan of young girls luring paedophiles to a location and robbing and attacking them. I took note of many elements of this film such as how it was shot and the colours used. The colours visually seem slightly watered down, which makes a typical colourful sunny day have an essence of eeriness about it. And the colours used in the main female characters clothing is similar to the story of little red riding hood, which is a theme pushed on the film poster as the female wears a red hoodie in the film when she meets up and goes to the paedophile's house.
I find using a visual reference to the childhood story of little red riding hood extremely effective as it related well to the story and adds to the creepy factor of the film by turning an innocent childhood story and making it into a dark adult themed tale. It is also effective as in the original tale the girl in little red riding hood is an innocent helpless little girl, while in this film it is the complete opposite as the girl is mature for her age and in control of what happens through out the film.
I have mainly focussed on the use of colours in the film which is an element I am aiming to put into my film in post editing. I have another film that I am going to look at for research and will post about it soon.
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