Sarah as Jo will be wearing black boots, tights, a black dress and coat because she has been at work. The black also makes her blonde hair stand out further which is an important aspect of the character of Jo.
Jo, the murder victim in Intruder, is modelled around Joanna Yeates, who was murdered in December of 2010. Similarly to Joanna Yeates, Jo was stalked walking home to her flat and targeted whilst trapped and alone inside her own home. Joanna Yeates' partner who she lived with, was away for the weekend which gave her obsessed neighbour Vincent Tabak the opportunity to ambush her at her most vulnerable. Jo (from Intruder) however, lives alone in her small city apartment. She is an independent woman who is driven by her career as a lawyer. The Intruder knows she lives alone as he has been watching her. He knows the exact time she walks home from work and that everyday, she runs herself a bath as soon as she gets in.
I have used my mum Sarah Watts as the part to play Jo because Sarah has long blonde hair, just as Joanna Yeates used to. The Intruder is also obsessed with Alfred Hitchcock films, especially Psycho, who's murder victim Marion Crane, had blonde hair. Hence his obsession with Jo running her bath everyday and the significance of the shots of her bath before and after the murder. Alfred Hitchcock himself also said: “Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.”
the Intruder will be wearing steel toe boots, jeans, and a black coat. The steel toe boots are worn because he has a job as a manager on a construction site which shows him to be of power and control. Also that he is fit and capable of such murders. The jeans allow him to 'fit in' and not stand out during his time spent stalking Jo.
I thought my dad would be the best person to play the Intruder because he is 6ft 4 and big built. It is essential that the Intruder is tall simply so it is believable he is able to carry out the murders alone. Because in the opening the audience will not fully see the Intruder, just his feet, then hand and silhouette, he needs to make an impression on them. He stalks each of his victims including Jo, familiarizing himself with their daily habits. He his OCD with these details and writes each movement of his victims down, ensuring to never make a mistake. He is also obsessed with Alfred Hitchcock films, especially the blonde victims such as Marion Crane. All of his previous victims have been blonde which is why he has moved on to Jo. He compares her to Marion Crane, who is also a business woman and alone at her time of death, however Jo is not murdered in the shower, but is running a bath when she is murdered. The camera will show her turning the tap on and of the Intruder placing the knife he killed her with by the side of the bath.
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