Mise en Scene

Mise en scene (French for ‘put in the picture/scene’): the arrangement by a filmmaker of everything that is to be included in a shot or frame. Mise-en-scene is everything in the shot, it includes; setting, props, decor, lighting, actors, characters, positioning, and other technical elements. It helps establish the setting, class, and genre and can tell us a lot about the characters in the scene. For example, if we are shown a shot of a character in their bedroom, we can tell form the colour palette, if they are ‘girly’, ‘sophisticated’ or ‘emo’. And from posters, magazines, photos and clothes around the room we can tell what their hobbies and interests maybe.

Costume

The main characters are identified as late teens in the exposition and development shots, they are wearing casual clothes, both boys with stereotypical low slung trousers and ‘hoodies’, one is also wearing a cap referred to as a ‘flat peak’. The female character in our trailer is wearing long black boots and a leather jacket, each outfit is intended to give off a trendy but in no way innocent look, which relates to the concept of them intending to go to an illegal rave. As you can see in these photographs the characters clothes are not suitable for their surroundings which adds to their vulnerability in the situation.




Lighting

Within the trailer the use of lighting is key in order to create atmosphere, the setting throughout the is outside, which coincides with our use of natural lighting, throughout the trailer parallel to the build of tension, the light will fade. And immediately cuts to create a cliffhanger on a back shot of two characters trapped, after a door suddenly slams on them.
We also used a torch and candles to create atmosphere. Unfortunetly the camera as we tried to film darker scene the picture on the camera became less focused, if we had more professional lighting and a equipment we would be able to overcome this in the future.

Actors

Throughout the trailer you only see three teen actors, however the protagonist is insinuated through hand held camera shots from his point of view.

Make up

As we do not have any harsh un-natural lighting in our trailer, the use of Make up is limited to natural colours worn by the one female character, we have left it like this to keep a realistic style.

Props

As are main setting is very simple we have used props, and lighting and sound largely to create the tension and horror within our trailer.  We have used candles to create an eerie atmosphere, as well as shots of an axe to put a sense of fear and horror in the minds of our viewers.

Setting

Generally, are trailer is set in an eerie dark forest to create atmosphere and tension, the facts that the character are lost in the middle of nowhere enforces their venerability, the sitting is basic but gives us a lot to work on with camera angles and props whilst not ending up with a shots that looks crammed and confusing. However our opening acquisition shot is of a basic culder sack road familiar to the characters and relatable for the viewers it introduces the trailer with a calm sense of equilibrium.