Mise-en-scene planningBY MEGAN, ELLIE AND SOPHIE

Actors selected (males)

We have chosen these actors because they are the type of characters that we want present to be the bad guys at the start of the flashback. The use of black will make them seem more mysterious and make it more effective as the antagonist.

Actors not selected

We decided not to use this actor because he wasn’t the right type of antagonist. The clothing he is wearing isn’t appropriate and it wouldn’t portray him as being a bad guy. This is because the clothing is quite light instead of dark.

Actress’s selected (female)

Settings

The first picture shows the setting we are going to use for the young girl when she is in bed. We chose this type of room as there is many pink, girly and child-like features in it. The second picture shows the setting of the older teenagers room. We chose this location of the room because its more grown up and has less child-like features in it.

Costumes – The Men

These are the pieces of clothing that will be worn by the three men. The men will wear a black hoodie, black jeans and black shoes to make the audience recognise them as being the bad guys. It will also be night time when we film this scene so by wearing dark colours, it will make them appear more dangerous as they wont be able to be seen properly. These types of dark costumes are conventional in thriller films as they point out who the bad guys are.

Costume- The young girl

For the young girl in the flashback, we will dress her in cute, girly pyjamas. This will highlight the fact that she is a young child and will portray her innocence as well her weaknesses. We will also put her hair in bunches which is also a stereotype of how little girls wear their hair.

Costume- The teenage girl

We chose simple clothes for the main character because, in a way, it shows that she is an outcast. This is because it shows that there is nothing unique about her and she doesn’t stand out. The glasses are used to show the stereotypical ‘geeky’ side to her and how she is unpopular at school as she gets picked on, which is shown during the school scene in the opening sequence.

Props

Books – held by the teenage girl as she walks down the corridor, these get knocked out of her hands by the group of girls.

Teddy bear – held by the little girl in the flashback as she witnesses her mum being taken away by the three men.

Weapons (knife or gun) – carried by the three men.

Lighting

1st scene – the lighting will be dull and dark to show that it is at night. Added on to that we will use a black and white camera effect to make it clear to the audience that it is a different time frame and to build tension. As the scenes cross cut between the flashback and the present day, the black and white will make it clear to the audience that it is something that happened in the past that she’s remembering.

2nd scene – the lighting continues to be dark but its not in black and white as it is in the present tense. The lighting in the corridor is very artificial which shows that something is going to happen.