INSPIRATION

I had the inspiration from a korean drama I watched  called The Village: Achiara’s Secret, about someone who kills women by making them happy. I usually never watch thriller but this drama caught my attention as it is interesting and exciting and you will never be able to guess who is the murderer. They lead you to one person but at the end prove you wrong. Therefore I researched on how the killer killed the women by making them happy. I researched on the different hormones that make people happy. I never really used it in the film but I still researched to make it seem more believable. The killer added Serotonin,  or also called “happiness hormone” which regulates our mood. An increase in it prevents depression which makes people happy. So the girls will feel happy as they die. To kill them painlessly, Endorphins are added to reduce their sensitivity to pain. Ghrelin is also included to reduce their stress and help them feel more relaxed. The victims therefore feel extreme ecstasy as they die.

I based the mood of the film on something called red and blue pill to represent choosing between embracing the painful truth of reality (red pill) or the blissful ignorance of illusion (blue pill.) In one of the twins room is lit using blue lights which represent her (SARAH) running away from her problem with her twin sister. Whereas the other room is lit using red lights which represents her (SCARLETT) facing her problem of finding the killer of her twin sister. The killer’s house is also lit using blue lights as he chooses to help depressed women in the wrong way.

           

Figure 1: Red and blue pill                                       Figure 2: Red and blue pill riddle

          

Figure 3: visual reference for SCARLETT’s room      Figure 4: visual reference for SARAH’s room

Aside from the red and blue pill, one reason why I chose to light the two rooms differently is to show the difference between the twins. Scarlett who wears mostly red is in the red room and Sarah who wears mostly blue is in the blue room. This will also help in differentiating the twins.