Saturday, 30 November 2013

Planning Mise En Scene

Planning Mise En scene

LIGHTING:

The Lighting  that will be used the thriller is low key lighting The reason to why low key lighting will be used in the thriller as the low key lighting is essential as this type of lighting will create a sense of unease and make the audience feel uncomfortable because they low key lighting creates shadows and silhouettes which will create tension as the shadows and silhouettes can a sense of mystery to who is in the scene. Also it keeps the identity hidden of the character to deliver the chilling response to the audience.
SETTING: 

The first setting is the dark isolated walkway that the female victim is walking down. This walkway is used in the thriller at the very beginning as this location will show the audience that the female victim is very vulnerable as she is all alone in this big walkway. The second location is in the house this location is used to give the audience a chilling response as the house is where most of the audience feel safe at home but with the location in the house this will change the audience perception in being safe at home.
ICONOGRAPHY: 

The iconography that are in the thriller is a knife and blood. The knife is used as the iconography because the knife delivers a chilling response to the audience as the audience automatically know when they see a knife the audience know that a murder will take place and the audience fear that someone will get hurt or injured. Blood is another iconography that will be used as blood indicates that something has happened in the thriller and it makes the audience think what has happened.
COSTUME:

The costume  that will be used on the antagonist is dark clothing. The dark costume is used for the antagonist as the dark costume hid the identity of the antagonist and give a very dark and isolated view about the antagonist. Also the dark costume shows a dark side to the antagonist.
The Female victims costume is is light colours and simple make up. This is used to show that he victim is very innocent as she dresses well and she is very innocent with the colours that she wears. The make up that she will be wearing will be simple to show the female victims simplicity and innocence.
BODY LANGUAGE AND FACIAL EXPRESSION:

The body language of the antagonist will be very bold and overpowering. This is vital for the antagonist to have a confident,bold and overpowering body language as this will chill the audience which the antagonist is supposed to do.
The female victims body language will be very innocent, small and timid. These body language are used with the female victim because the body language should make the female victim look very weak and vulnerable.

The facial expression of the antagonist will be very confident and authoritative and the facial expression on the antagonist will show that he is firmly in control.

The facial expression on the victim will be very unsure and scared as shes is being tortured and she experience a lot of emotions throughout as she is the center of the attack.


1 comment:

  1. A good start in planning the MES within your thriller opening. The locations are discussed to some detail and connotations of your iconography are discussed well.

    To improve;
    -provide an image for lighting, location and iconography that you will be using

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