The movie "Dead Silence" is a horror film. It is written by the same director and screenwriter as " Saw " . It tells a tortured story from a long-dead ancestor that only exists in the imagination. The grudge. In order to bring this surreal horror story to life, James Wan and Leigh Whannell needed a group of creative and talented people to help realize the Gothic style of this film. Among them are the artist Julie Degoff and the soundtrack master Charlie Krause-they have both worked for "Saw", in addition, there are photographer John Leonetti, editor Michael N. Nu, and Fashion designer Dennis Kronenberg.
In the opinion of director James Wan, it is a very lucky thing to be able to gather such a group of excellent filmmakers: "I can make requests at will on the set. There is nothing they can't do. For example,'I want more Victorians here. style , it’s red there, and it’s black here.'Wait."
When shooting, the most important part is how to express the evil power of the ventriloquist performer, so as to ensure that her "language" can emerge from the doll's mouth and appear authentic. In order to prepare for his role, Judith Roberts especially intends to learn this art form with a long history: "When you perform ventriloquism with a doll, it is difficult to close your mouth. But the sound actually comes from the throat. Yes, and it's the back half of the throat. It's too difficult, I have to rely on special effects to complete it."
Mary Shaw’s horrible costume was designed by the artist Dave Anderson. In addition to the three to four hours required for makeup every day, her costume is also very characteristic of the times, which is very shocking in some close-up shots. At the same time, the design team also requested that Mary Shaw’s brilliant achievements should be restored when she was alive-there is no such paragraph in the script. Before this woman was misunderstood, she was a star on the stage, so although she was dead, she still did not Willingly call for a curtain call.
As for Mary Shaw’s more than 100 dolls, they were co-designed by director James Wan and art designer Julie Degoff, with the help of Dave Anderson in the later stage. When James Wan and De Goff discussed the styles that these dolls should adopt, they completely regarded them as characters that will appear on the scene, with different personalities and expressions. Take "Billy" alone, it is the most important doll in the film: "Billy's eyes are extra-large, and the scariest part of his face is always the same expression. However, Billy's eyes can Turn to the back of your head and stare at the person standing behind it. We give it a lot of real innerness to make it look like a real person." The appearance of horror and extreme reality was played by Billy Bi’s real actor. The role is more prominent, De Goff added: "Billy is made of wood, based on the style of dolls from the 1940s. The eyes are made of glass, and they look like human eyes."
