Research Focus: Mise en Scene
We have decided to set our film in a modern setting, with a teenage girl as our main character. Therefore, our target audience (teenagers over 15) will be able to relate to this. The familiar setting will create realism for the audience, and therefore a more acute sense of fear.
For our mise-en-scene, we require a professional and modern looking camera, to effectively convey that our film is set in modern day. We have decided to use a 'Nikon Coolpix l330' for this prop, as we already have one- so it is convenient to use it- and we can also use this camera to film footage for our opening, to create a more realistic P.O.V shot from our victim.
This is the camera we would use in our film opening.
We also need a selection of dated photographs of our victim- from various occasions as well as pictures of her in that present moment. One of these photos will show our victim with the dead girl she saw through her camera previously, only the girl's face is scratched out. This creates a link between the girl and our victim the audience can understand, adding context to why the victim has been allowed to see the body. In some of these photos, our victim will also be revealed to be promiscuous, shown in revealing clothing with a boy who (as the caption written on the photo will reveal) is not her boyfriend. These photos will help to create the idea that our victim is being punished for a reason. We have been influenced by elements of the Slasher horror genre, wherein those who do not follow the expectations of society- especially women- are made to face a consequence. Our victims' infidelity leads to her demise.
The photos will effectively convey to the audience the idea that our victim has been stalked for a while by our killer, characterising the killer as obsessive, yet powerful- as these photos suggest an omniscience and supernatural power. These will also help to build the growing tension, as the gradual reveal of the photographs, found one by one by our victim, would be chilling for the audience. We would create these photographs very quickly with either our Nikon camera, or the one allocated to us by the Media department. We have a premium membership to a photo editing programme online, so we can edit the photographs easily in that way. We want the photos to look like polaroids, be scratched and dirty, with handwritten dates on them. This will effectively show the dedication and obsession the killer has taken over our victim.
As part of our opening, one of the scenes includes our victim seeing a trail of blood from a small plant- leading her to a dead body she can only see through her camera. This blood trail will be composed of fake blood from Asda, which we have already tested and approved. This blood trail will effectively establish the horror genre, whilst also creating a small amount of tension to ease the audience out of the false sense of security created by the initial montage of our victim photographing the scenery.
This post has been re-evaluated, and an improved version will be published at a later date.
For our mise-en-scene, we require a professional and modern looking camera, to effectively convey that our film is set in modern day. We have decided to use a 'Nikon Coolpix l330' for this prop, as we already have one- so it is convenient to use it- and we can also use this camera to film footage for our opening, to create a more realistic P.O.V shot from our victim.
We also need a selection of dated photographs of our victim- from various occasions as well as pictures of her in that present moment. One of these photos will show our victim with the dead girl she saw through her camera previously, only the girl's face is scratched out. This creates a link between the girl and our victim the audience can understand, adding context to why the victim has been allowed to see the body. In some of these photos, our victim will also be revealed to be promiscuous, shown in revealing clothing with a boy who (as the caption written on the photo will reveal) is not her boyfriend. These photos will help to create the idea that our victim is being punished for a reason. We have been influenced by elements of the Slasher horror genre, wherein those who do not follow the expectations of society- especially women- are made to face a consequence. Our victims' infidelity leads to her demise.
The photos will effectively convey to the audience the idea that our victim has been stalked for a while by our killer, characterising the killer as obsessive, yet powerful- as these photos suggest an omniscience and supernatural power. These will also help to build the growing tension, as the gradual reveal of the photographs, found one by one by our victim, would be chilling for the audience. We would create these photographs very quickly with either our Nikon camera, or the one allocated to us by the Media department. We have a premium membership to a photo editing programme online, so we can edit the photographs easily in that way. We want the photos to look like polaroids, be scratched and dirty, with handwritten dates on them. This will effectively show the dedication and obsession the killer has taken over our victim.
As part of our opening, one of the scenes includes our victim seeing a trail of blood from a small plant- leading her to a dead body she can only see through her camera. This blood trail will be composed of fake blood from Asda, which we have already tested and approved. This blood trail will effectively establish the horror genre, whilst also creating a small amount of tension to ease the audience out of the false sense of security created by the initial montage of our victim photographing the scenery.
This post has been re-evaluated, and an improved version will be published at a later date.
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