Costume analysis of similar characters to the little girl in our opening sequence!

Loren McConnel (The Reaping- 2007) 

played by Anna Sophia Robb

     She is wearing a pink summer dress, this is similar to what normal girls wear in real life, this creates a sense of normality for the audience as she is dressed like a normal girl, however the dress is dirty and so is her matted hair, this shows that she has perhaps been out in the wilderness for so long and maybe acts with the instincts of a wild beast, or that she has no time to stop and worry about how she looks 

because she's so obsessed with reaching her victims. Both showing how relentless she is. On the other hand, considering that her past was possible a rough one, maybe she was out-casted or forced to run away because of something that happened, or that she did or was believed to have done. Maybe someone tried to kill her. The colour pink doesn't strike as very dangerous, that shade of pink especially as it could relate to love and playfulness. The cut of the dress is also very interesting as her arms and chest area are not covered. This means shows that she is a very open character so she is not deliberately hiding anything. Although her matted hair and the fact that she is dirty, juxtaposes with this because despite her being an open character, the audience doesn't know what happened to her or why she's in this state.

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April Perron (The Conjuring- 2013) 

played by Kyla Deaver

     She is wearing a green cardigan and a floral shirt. The colour green shows that she is calm and possibly has a love for the natural world, which is reinforced by the floral shirt. Green in also the colour of harmony and growth, this relates to how she's the youngest daughter of the Perron family and she still has a lot of growing up to do, therefore showing she is vulnerable and helpless when in danger. Her hair is also quite well looked after, this shows that she is not dangerous and the fact that it is let loose and not tied back relates to how children are free and have no real worries in life.