Tattoos

After reading my blog about my project summary last week, I think you probably have some further questions about the tattoos that I mentioned. These are a big part of the curse, and they are the main prop in my mise-en-scene. The fact that the daughter and killer both have tattoos is to show that they are related by the curse, almost like being interlinked. 

For the design of the tattoo, I wanted to choose something that would show the curse and it's power. I was initially thinking of doing the two sides of a broken heart, one side on each persons arm, but with my partner Anabella we came up with a better symbol. 

We chose to do a blue infinity sign. The blue is our way of representing that the daughter is feeling sad and blue, and the infinity sign shape shows that this curse is forever unless broken. This tattoo means that the curse is placing an eternity of sadness onto the daughter, unless again, it is broken. 

For the prop, I will buy the temporary tattoos on Amazon. I found these which have a great shade of dark blue, on Amazon. To apply these onto skin, you place them on the arm and go over them with a dampen cloth, and then remove the plastic. The pack comes with a lot of different sizes of the tattoo, so we can play around and see what works best and is seen best through the camera.

(The tattoos on Amazon)

(Approximate placement of tattoo, and size)

With the tattoo being on both characters arms, their bond is displayed and it shows their relationship. Although the two don't meet each other in the opening, the killer knows about the daughter. She doesn't know about him yet, but she finds out about him in the rest of the film's plot. This is why the tattoos are vital to the opening, they provide the context of the future relationship.