Mis en scene
The mis en scene is important in any thriller film to ensure that everything in the film is meant to be there. Planning the location, iconography, costumes and more are essential to produce a successful thriller film. If we did not plan the mis en scene the film would got completely wrong, it would be unprofessinal and boring. Our thriller sequences is has been planned throughly to ensure that our genre is easily identified. In this post i am going to show how my group has planned to use: Character representation, setting and iconography, costume and make up.
Lighting and colour
Me, bettie and Malu decided to do the lighting low key and use dark colours, we choose to do this in order to give a dark and gloomy effect. As it is winter and it gets dark around 4 0 clock we have decided to film around this time in order to make it realistic to the thriller genre. Keeping the light and colur dark, lets the audience clearly recongnise that the film is going be full of suspence and keep them on the edge of there seats.
Setting and iconography
Our location is set in the forest. A forest is expected as a convention of a thriller film, therefor making our film based in the forest will satisfy the target audience. We thought the forest would be the perfect location because it is a huge open space making the characters look an easy target for an antagonist, overall making them very vulnerable. Also when we film this it is going to be quite dark (early evening) which give the dark and gloomy effect, this will put the audience on the edge of there seats as they are guessing what might be in the shadows. As the killing is a cannibal attack there was not much iconography to be used for the characters. A prop of ours will be the stick we throw for the dog. This is a traditional thing to do with a pet so the audience will be able to relate to the actions taking place.
Costume and Make up
As a group we planned for the characters to stay as casual as we could so the costume and make up is going to be minimal, just really for what u might expect teenagers to wear on a daily basis. The only make up that will be used is the pretend blood on Bettie and Kane to make the killing looks realistic and professional. The reason we kept the costumes to casual to add to ensure the antagonist is unknown, this will help emphasis the shock factor when it is revealed that it is Bettie. Overall the only part of costume that is going to be used will be Betties contact lenses to make her eyes look all white, as she has to conduct an antagonist look after the audience know she has killed Kane.
positioning of characters
The position of characters is vital to make the thriller film beliveable. If the characters jump to a different postion during a clip this could make the audience dis-engange with the film, and lose intrest which could result in a unprofessinal thriller film. Also the during our film the group of characters are going to split into three groups of two; therefor it is crucial that the three groups are shown cleary going different dirrections from each other. This has to be done to show to the audience that when Bettie kills Kane, the others are still out there and not every knows she is a cannibal. Overal the poistioning of characters helps the audience understand the narrative of the film.
facial expression body language
Having to much talking in a film can make it hard to follow for the audience, therefor making the characters emphasis there facial expression when they are shocked, scared, angry and showing there body language clearly will increase the audience intrest in the film. Also I have to show i am scared when i relise Bettie is about to kill me, to show to the audience Betties power as an atagonist. Having a female antagonist is unconventinal to a thriller film but at the same time is a good idea as it is unexpected and will lead to a bigger shock when the audience find out. Overall expressing the body language and facial expressions are key to show how the characters are feeling, especially if they are frightened, which will reflect on the audience being scared for them.
In conclusion the mis en scene is everything that needs to be planned and thought about befor create a thriller film. The facial expression and body language, the positioning of characters, the costume and make up, the lighting and colour and setting and iconography are all so important in constructing a succesful film. If i did not plan just one of these the film could go terribley wrong. Therefor the mis en scene in a film is the grounding and bench mark of making a succesful thriller film.
Lighting and colour
Me, bettie and Malu decided to do the lighting low key and use dark colours, we choose to do this in order to give a dark and gloomy effect. As it is winter and it gets dark around 4 0 clock we have decided to film around this time in order to make it realistic to the thriller genre. Keeping the light and colur dark, lets the audience clearly recongnise that the film is going be full of suspence and keep them on the edge of there seats.
Setting and iconography
Our location is set in the forest. A forest is expected as a convention of a thriller film, therefor making our film based in the forest will satisfy the target audience. We thought the forest would be the perfect location because it is a huge open space making the characters look an easy target for an antagonist, overall making them very vulnerable. Also when we film this it is going to be quite dark (early evening) which give the dark and gloomy effect, this will put the audience on the edge of there seats as they are guessing what might be in the shadows. As the killing is a cannibal attack there was not much iconography to be used for the characters. A prop of ours will be the stick we throw for the dog. This is a traditional thing to do with a pet so the audience will be able to relate to the actions taking place.
Costume and Make up
As a group we planned for the characters to stay as casual as we could so the costume and make up is going to be minimal, just really for what u might expect teenagers to wear on a daily basis. The only make up that will be used is the pretend blood on Bettie and Kane to make the killing looks realistic and professional. The reason we kept the costumes to casual to add to ensure the antagonist is unknown, this will help emphasis the shock factor when it is revealed that it is Bettie. Overall the only part of costume that is going to be used will be Betties contact lenses to make her eyes look all white, as she has to conduct an antagonist look after the audience know she has killed Kane.
positioning of characters
The position of characters is vital to make the thriller film beliveable. If the characters jump to a different postion during a clip this could make the audience dis-engange with the film, and lose intrest which could result in a unprofessinal thriller film. Also the during our film the group of characters are going to split into three groups of two; therefor it is crucial that the three groups are shown cleary going different dirrections from each other. This has to be done to show to the audience that when Bettie kills Kane, the others are still out there and not every knows she is a cannibal. Overal the poistioning of characters helps the audience understand the narrative of the film.
facial expression body language
Having to much talking in a film can make it hard to follow for the audience, therefor making the characters emphasis there facial expression when they are shocked, scared, angry and showing there body language clearly will increase the audience intrest in the film. Also I have to show i am scared when i relise Bettie is about to kill me, to show to the audience Betties power as an atagonist. Having a female antagonist is unconventinal to a thriller film but at the same time is a good idea as it is unexpected and will lead to a bigger shock when the audience find out. Overall expressing the body language and facial expressions are key to show how the characters are feeling, especially if they are frightened, which will reflect on the audience being scared for them.
In conclusion the mis en scene is everything that needs to be planned and thought about befor create a thriller film. The facial expression and body language, the positioning of characters, the costume and make up, the lighting and colour and setting and iconography are all so important in constructing a succesful film. If i did not plan just one of these the film could go terribley wrong. Therefor the mis en scene in a film is the grounding and bench mark of making a succesful thriller film.
This post demonstrates some basic planning techniques and this is because you have not fully explored the conventions of a thriller and what your opening sequence will look like. This is because the points that you have included on the mise-en-scene is a little vague and this needs to be explored and discussed in a lot more detail.
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