I used Nick Wilson to play Slender, and I have taken some pictures of his costume.
To create the look of Slender (loosely based around the 'Slender Man' myth where he has a white face and no facial features) I used white and black face paints. I used white to look similar to Slender Man (from the myth) and I also used black. I chose to use black around the eyes so that it created strong contrasts and looked more sinister and un-human. I painted Nick's eyelids and when I was filming I asked him to close his eyes, so it looked like the whole area around his eyes (and his eyes) was black. I think this worked well as the lighting for the filming was just a torch, so there were strong contrasts with the face paint :)
Nick's costume was a black suit and a white shirt, the same as Slender in the myth. Here is a picture of Nick before I started filming. Some of the face paint had rubbed off on his eye lids, but when I took the face paint with me to the filming location so I could paint more on as and when I needed to.
The filming went well, and I managed to shoot around 15 shots (I will only use 3 or 4 in my trailer). My idea of using more than one torch worked well because using one torch wouldn't have lit up the room otherwise. The tripod was also useful as I was able to move the torches around, which gave the effect that character who's POV it is was scared and shaking.
However, just as I was filming a few shots for the jump at the end where Slender jumps infront of the camera, my phone battery (which I used for filming on) ran out. I therefore wasn't able to shoot a perfect shot for the jump at the end. This shouldn't be a problem though as I will be doing more filming at the same location soon, and my Slender character will also be in those shots, so I can re-film the jump shots on the same day.
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