Mise-En-Scene

Costume:

 

•Male: The costume the male will wear will consist of dark and black clothing to connote the idea of him being dark and frightening and that he has some sort of authority/show he is the more powerful character.

•He will wear either a black top with either a black coat or sweater/hooded jacket. Alongside black jeans.  Footwear will consist of either black trainers or boots that will be suitable for our setting. In addition, heavy duty boots also create a stereotypical feel of being ‘strong’ and are mainly wore by men who do much labour work e.g. builders who often have a strong physique. 

•Female child: The girls costume will consist of school uniform. We feel this will connote her innocence and immaturity and show her age. It will either be primary uniform or secondary. This will consist of long black/white socks, skirt and polo-shirt/shirt. Her footwear will be a typical school shoe or something durable for the location to prevent injury. Her hair will be tied in either plaits or up in a ponytail with added ribbons. Again, the idea of this style alongside ribbons gives the stereotypical look of a young girl.

 

 

Setting

We chose to use a local wood. This being local makes it easy to get to and not mean we need fees to get there or travel long distances and it is easier to organise. We also felt a wood reflected the atmosphere are our thriller through the way it was isolated and a desolate place. It will help to increase the sense of insecurity as well and will create panic within the audience because they are far away from any type of safety. Woods are also very vast and would therefore strengthen the idea of the girl becoming lost because of this, panicked and in danger. Woods are also places of uncertainty and often given the impression of what is inside and that you never really know what you may find or come across aside from the stalker. There's also a lot of hazards within the woods that could injure the girl or get her caught up and increase the chances of getting caught.

 

•The start of our thriller will involve a dark room because low key lighting is a key convention of thrillers. We decided a garage would be the best place as it is dark and typically has various objects such as tools which connote danger and the idea of it being a man’s area/space and this is where our antagonist will be introduced. It twists the idea of an ordinary, realistic space being somewhere that could hold and create terror. We also will have access to a lot of props within the garage and can create a sense of danger or worry by showing a lot of sharp and deadly objects. A garage would also be easily accessible and easy to organise.

 

Lighting

•We will be using natural low lighting in our thriller opening to add a more realistic effect. We will use a match to highlight images on the mood board which are vital to highlight relevant props that will aid to the storyline and establish what's going on.

Actors:

 

•We will be using a young male and a female child as our two actors. We chose a young girl firstly due to wanting to create the vulnerable and suspicious atmosphere surrounding them both. Using a child tends to make the audience feel on edge and question the narrative more. The young male will pose as a stalker and kidnapper who is after the child. We felt this would create many enigmas and tension about the narrative and relationship between the two.

Props and makeup:

•The girl will have make-up on to create a mucky look and add realism to her running in the outdoors. This will involve either brown make-up or real mud.

 

•The girl may also have cuts or bruises present to show she injured herself either in the wood or allow the audience to question if the antagonist did.

Other props we are going to use will consist of:

•Leather gloves- add to the idea of the antagonist remaining anonymous and in power

•Rope- to show that we will be using this to tie the girl

•Cloth and liquid ‘drug’- to show that we will be using this to ‘drug’ the girl

•Photos- to add background information/clearer narrative

•Possibly a backpack- to go with the idea the girl ahs been to school

•Possibly candle/match- to be used alongside the photos and possibly go with the song of choice.

Genre

•The genre will be a psychological/mystery. The psychological due to one of the main characters appearing to be mentally unstable and the fact it creates many questions and enigmas for the audience about both actors. The mystery is present via tension/build up, the anonymous stalker, why he wants her and if she escapes.