Costume Analysis

The costume that Pennywise the clown is wearing in the film IT is an example we wish to follow in our horror film. The costume that Pennywise wears comes across more scarier than we would think because they have chosen a basic clown outfit, that we would consider nice, innocent clowns to wear. Pennywise has red hair, this makes him seem scarier as red is usually associated with danger and blood, his hair is also not covering all of his head as most of the top of his head is bald. Research has shown that women consider bald men to be stronger that men who aren't bald, this makes Pennywise seem a lot more dangerous as he may come across to people as someone who they don't want to meet. The colours on his costume are very bright and in your face, bright colours are usually associated with happiness and joy, but thats the complete different thing Pennywise brings to people as he just brings fear and sadness. Clowns are mostly associated with children, this makes Pennywise seem more dangerous as when he is near children he ends up murdering them, which is not what you would think a clown would do around children. Pennywise's eyes are very dark, which makes him look even more evil and scary than usual.