Props/Mise En Scene

Props

We used a small variety of different props in our media project. This included a mobile phone, this became an important part of the film as it distracted our lead character from the idea that her brother had been killed, had she picked up on it earlier there may have been no need to be attacked herself.

The television was also there to distract the character and engage the dead brother into a conversation so the lead would begin to think something was up when he did not respond.

We used duct tape to wrap around our leads hands and tie them together to make it appear as though she had been kidnapped and measures had been taken to ensure she wouldn’t escape.

Mise en Scene  

The mise en scene for both scenes were relatively perfect and very few things needed to be changed.

The main issue for both locations was lighting, in the first location; House. This was easily sorted as we decided what lights to be left on and what lights to turn off, the light coming of the television also created a much better effect then any other previous light we had chosen. It created a more peculiar and ghostly feel to the moment.

The lighting in our second location; Under the Swimming Pool, the lighting for this scene, the majority of the time was perfect, however there was one part of the scene where the lighting became an issue and we had to figure out how to dim it. This became difficult as there was no light switch for this particular light.

We managed to resolve this issue by grabbing some cardboard and covering the light this way, this worked and blocked out enough of the light that was not needed.