Planning: Mise en scene

LightingThroughout my thriller I’m going to use low key lighting. This type of lighting doesn’t reveal much about the environment of the setting and the characters which creates tension and suspense amongst the audience as a dark atmosphere is created. This is the response I want from my audience from my thriller.



Setting:

The setting we want it to be based in is a forest. As night falls it gets extremely dark and the wildlife comes alive creating different noises that also create tension and keeps the audience on the edge of their seat as they’re paranoid. Also it gives the audience the feeling of isolation as they’re in no reach for help. From our research we found that this location was used to create mystery and fear which is what the group want to create.

Iconography:
The camera is a key piece of iconography that my group will be using. This gives the audience a better understanding of why the characters are at that location and what they’re doing. The camera also captures key pieces of evidence when a killing of one of the characters is recorded onto it.















Costume:
The actor that’s going to play the character of the antagonist will be wearing a black outfit with a black hood which hides the identity of the character; creating suspense for the audience. In contrast to the victim that will be wearing light coloured outfits (white, pink) which shows the innocence to the audience which helps them feel sympathy towards them. The other characters ( group of boys ) will be wearing casual clothing as they don’t want to be there.




Body langauge and facial expression:
_The antagonists body language will strong with a slightly tilt back, walks like one leg is injured. This is used to create suspense around the character and show the audience that he isn’t stable. His facial expression would be like his jaw is dislocated however, you won’t see above mouth because of the lighting being used. On the other hand, The victims will have a relaxed body language with smiles on their face. This makes the audience feel sorry for them.

Planning: Preliminary task

This long shot shows Benjimina walking up to me to say hello. It helps the audience have a better understanding of the surrounding/environment the characters are located in.
The over the shoulder shot has been used to show Benjiminas reaction to the conversation which is happening between us.It helps capture emotion in more detail.


The medium shot shows the conversation taking place between both of us. This shot captures emotion and the surrounding of the characters in more detail.

For our task we had to create a short 30 second clip including the different camera shots, angles and lighting. We used the long shot at the start to show the characters meeting. The long shot allows the audience members to have a better understanding of the surrounding that the characters are based in. Moreover the over the shoulder shot is used to highlight the other characters reaction to the conversation that is taking place between the two. In addition the medium shot was used to show the characters in more detail so the audience has a better understanding of them.  Furthermore, I believe it will be useful to use these in my thriller as it gives the audience a better understanding of what is taking place and captures the action.