9) Planning Mis-en-scene - Ms Georgiou -----------

Mis-en-scene is everything the audience sees on the screen. This includes sets, props, actors, costumes and lighting. Mis-en-scene also includes the positioning and movement of actors on stage including facial expressions. 

Mis-en-scene has 5 different elements;
-Setting/Iconography
-Costume hair and makeup
-Facial expression/Body language
-Lighting and colour
-Positioning of characters

These are important within a thriller film because they can be used to build suspense and create different moods within the film. Low key lighting for example creates a dark atmosphere which can be used to create suspense. The setting and iconography can also be used to create suspense through unknown locations and eerie places like graveyards or deserted houses. The facial expressions and body language of characters can create empathy amongst the audience by showing the fear in there faces which makes the audience not want to be in that position. The body language can also show a lot about a antagonist like in reservoir dogs we see Michael Madsons character is mentally unstable as he cuts someone's ear off while dancing to the radio. The positioning of characters is important for showing which characters are more powerful, for

Mis-en-scene is everything the audience sees on the screen. This includes sets, props, actors, costumes and lighting. Mis-en-scene also includes the positioning and movement of actors on stage including facial expressions. 

The set we used for our Thriller clip is within a regular house. We dressed Lucy in regular work clothes for the clip. We felt that by using the set of a normal house and a normal costume for Lucy that it made the clip more relatable to the audience. Films that we looked at like Halloween and paranormal activity also use the setting of a house and we felt that these are effective in building suspense effectively due to the fact they are in such a common setting.

The majority of the opening will be in low key lighting. We felt that by using low key lighting it would create a dark more eerie atmosphere and effectively build suspense with the audience. We saw low key lighting used in a number of thrillers like the purge. It made me as the audience wonder what was waiting in the dark and created more suspense and mystery.

We will be using a number of props for our Thriller clip including the items in the kitchen like the blender, the microwave, the toaster and the kettle. We are using the microwave to build suspense as the timer acts as a countdown before the suspense begins to build. The other items are used as a climax to the suspense  as once the microwave has stopped buzzing they all begin to go off. This will create fear with the audience and make them jump. This also happens in the film paranormal activity where all the cupboards in the kitchen suddenly open and the kitchen seems to come alive with all of the kitchen utilities turning on.