Carrie:
Carrie is a great example to use for conventions as it includes a highly religious woman who has been abused as well as elements of the supernatural. we will be able to construct our mother character based on the attire of Carrie's mother. looking at the film Carrie, it is noticeable that Carrie's mother covers everything up, she wears dresses up to her neck and down to her feet, this is much like our character samantha.
in this remix of clips there are several shots showing Carries mother in a variety of costumes. she is wearing nightwear as well as every day dress. her nightwear is land and very unappealing, she reveals no part of her body, this may be because of her religion or as well it could be because she has been abused. Her everyday dress is again very plain and un-revelaing. What it is very symbolic of that clip is that she is wearing near enough fully black clothing. this usually signifies that someone tends to be mourning someone who ha recently passed. this could be symbolic to her being abused and carrie being the result of rape, she cannot forget what has happened much like the death of a loved one.
Our mother however does not act in the same way as the mother in Carrie. Carrie's mother is out of the ordinary, she is portrayed as evil as if she is possessed by evil spirits, this is because she is hardcore catholic meaning she abides by every catholic law much like a nun. The mother we plan to use in our film is Highly Catholic although she is not as hardcore, she is genuine as we attempt to stick to realistic traits rather than over do it like in Carrie. this is most likely because Carrie is a horror film and the director tries to provoke fear using the Mother and her strong beliefs, we do not. we may choose to use the dress code of Carrie's mother however as she is dressed as a stereotypical Catholic woman, very influential to or character.