Mise-en-scène

Location

After looking at lots of possible locations and discussing strengths and weaknesses of all of them, we have finally decided on the location for two of the main scenes. Photographs will be uploaded shortly!

Lighting

The only issue we might have with location is being able to get the lighting right for our 'gangster/table' scene. The lighting in this scene is very important. We intend to use chiaroscuro lighting to show the contrast between moral good + bad, and the contrast in our main characters personality. We also want to use lots of shadowing to create an enigmatic feel to our Fem-fatale, as we do not want to reveal her whole identity. For this to work we will have to concentrate really hard on getting the lighting right.

Props

At the moment, we, as a group, have not really discussed in great detail exactly what props we will need for our filming. We know that we will need to find a gun that looks really enough, as the gun is an important prop for our film. We also need to find a suitable oval table that we would be able to move to our location for that scene. There are lots of little props that are not major parts of our filming but will make our scenes look realer and will back up the rest of our story, such as the lipstick, ashtray, cigarettes and drugs. These things may not be hard to come across, but are essential in making our opening sequence look more professional.

Costumes

I have a very strong image of the costumes for our filming and feel that they will have a big impact on the overall effect of the characters.

Fem-Fatale

Our Fem-fatale will wear tight black trousers, a simple black vest top. She will either wear a black leather jacket or a fur coat- depending on what looks best on our actress. She'll wear red lipstick which is feature that will enable the audience to identify who she is in our main scenes. The fact that our fem-fatale is dressed in all black shows that she is the 'bad-guy' and the villain of our film.

Main Man

In the first and second scene our main character will be very simply dressed. He'll be wearing a pair of plain skinny jeans, a branded t-shirt and some kind of plain zip up hoodie. This will show that he is just an ordinary man, there is nothing special about him. In the bedroom scene, he will wake up in bed in boxers and a plain t-shirt. The t-shirt and will be a grey colour with stains down the front (to imitate sick or drink stains). The colour grey is part way between black and white, showing he is not good, not bad; he's stuck in the middle of being the good guy and being the bad guy.

Stock Characters

All the stock characters will wear plain black suits with white shirts and black ties. This is to show that they are also the 'bad-guys' not as bad as our fem-fatale, but we knows they are not to be trusted. The suits are to show that they are not amateurs, they are very serious about why they are there.

Photo's of costumes will be uploaded very soon!!!