Research and Planning: Villain Identity

This weekend I have been thinking about the identity of the villain in the film trailer I will be producing. Our group has been discussing this matter and we have decided to keep the identity hidden as this could be a potential twist for the film. As the victim is a young girl, I think the audience would expect the stalker to be male however by hiding the identity we could potentially make the stalker a female. This decision means I have to think of ideas of how to hide the face of the villain, I have decided that I don't want to do the typical hooded figure, I think a mask could potentially be a scarier option. By using a mask this could enable our group to use head on shots of the villain as there identity will be well and truly hidden whereas I feel if the villain's costume was just a hoody, the face would be in view and most of the shots would have to be from behind or from the side as the identity could be shown if we used head shots. 

I have been looking at films which include masks and found the following as good examples:
- V for Vendetta
- Saw
- The Phantom of the Opera
- The Strangers
- Friday the 13th
- Batman

A mask seems sinister and provides a form of disguise as well as identity protection for the villain.