Mise en Scene

Mise en Scene is everything included in the shot. This includes:

• Props
• Setting
• Location
• Lighting
• Costume, hair and makeup.
• Facial expression/body language
• Colour

In our set-up, we had to consider all of these things. We decided that in order for our piece to be believable for the audience, we would have to make it as realistic as possible. To do this we decided on the following things:

Props-In our scene we wanted all of the props to fit in and be believable in place. So we decided that we should have objects that would be in place in an ordinary office. We decided that these would include a laptop, a coffee mug, folders and paper work etc. and, in the modern-day part, the brown paper package that we were given, to include in our short-film.

Setting-Our setting was given to us in the script. It stated that the scene was set in the reception office of the law firm of "Simon and Garfunkel". We knew that it had to look like an office, and so we decided that our setting would be a small office in our school, which had a desk and seats in there.

Location-Our location was the small office at the top of our school. We believed that this was a good location, as not only was it a good setting, but it was also a good location, as it is on the top floor, so there is not much commotion around the area, so we should not be disturbed whilst filming, so this should make our sound quality much better, and means that we will be able to have more un-interrupted takes.

Lighting- The lighting in the room was mainly from the artificial,_____ lights in the room, we also played with opening and closing the blinds, as we wanted some more natural light in the room, to balance out the artificial lighting, but in the script it states that it is raining outside, whereas at the particular moment of filming, it was not. We tried to make it look like it was raining by spraying the window with water, but the effect was not very realistic. In the end, we decided that we would slightly close the blinds, so that we could still get the natural light that was desired, but also that we could not the window pane clearly enough to be able to spot that it was not actually raining.

Costume, hair and makeup.- For the receptionist, we decided that we wanted her to look more professional, and so she should look like the typical, quite cliche'd woman. We portrayed this by dressing her in quite formal and smart clothes, that would be quite fashionable in a modern day office, which also shows the time setting, her hair was tied back in a slick ponytail, and the make-up was neat. The other, whom would actually end up to be the "good guy", was portrayed as the slightly less typical portrayal of a woman, quite edgy and not perfect.We portrayed this by dressing her in  more edgy clothing, such as converses. her hair was roughly pulled back in a messy ponytail, and her make up was not done very neatly.

Expression/body language.- as a lot of the shots are either point of view shots, or close-ups, there was not a lot of body language included. There were a few shots, such as when BAZ stands up and looms over ANNA in a threatening manner, that show that she was more powerful, but other than that, it was mostly facial expression that was key.

Colour-