Planning mise-en-scene
Why mise-en-scene is important within a thriller film
Mise-en-scene is important within a thriller and in fact all films because it contains all the elements needed to create a good story, relatable characters and specifically to thriller create suspense and tension. The five elements of mise-ene-scene are; setting and iconography, costumes, facial expressions and body language, lighting and colour and positioning of characters.
The mise-en-scene of my thriller
The settings use in my thriller is in a forest and an abandoned building and the iconography used is a pair of scissors. We have chosen these because they are conventional to the thriller genre, the setting is conventional because it would seem as if it is just a normal walk in the forest giving the audience the impression that all is fine,until the couple come across the abandoned building which instantly will change the tone of the scene. The scissors are also conventional because all thrillers require a murder weapon that is a normal everyday item that is used to kill the victim.
In our thriller not much costume or make up is used as the characters need to seem normal so that the audience can build a relationship with them. We do however towards the end of the scene use a ripped bloody shirt on one of the characters to show him to the audience as being dead from many injuries.
In my thriller a variety of facial expressions and body language is used such as fear, confusion, anger, shock and a sinister joy. All of these emotions are conventional to a thriller because the victim will always show fear as to what is happening around them an confusion as to why it is happening. at the end of the film our female victim discovers the dead body of her Friend and displays shock at what has happened as a smiling killer stands behind her, this shows many emotions in the killer such a anger and satisfaction which is conventional as it shows the audience his rage.
The lighting and colour used are dark and saturated and low-key lighting is used throughout the sequence this conventional to the thriller genre because often this type of colour and lighting is used to build tension and to create an enigma as the audience wont know what is in the darkness and will have limited vision.
Throughout my thriller the characters and objects are positioned in many different ways in a variety of shots,the ones that are conventional in thrillers that has been used are; a high angle shot where the two characters move across the screen, the high angle shot is conventional because it shows the two people as weak and venerable.
The settings use in my thriller is in a forest and an abandoned building and the iconography used is a pair of scissors. We have chosen these because they are conventional to the thriller genre, the setting is conventional because it would seem as if it is just a normal walk in the forest giving the audience the impression that all is fine,until the couple come across the abandoned building which instantly will change the tone of the scene. The scissors are also conventional because all thrillers require a murder weapon that is a normal everyday item that is used to kill the victim.
In our thriller not much costume or make up is used as the characters need to seem normal so that the audience can build a relationship with them. We do however towards the end of the scene use a ripped bloody shirt on one of the characters to show him to the audience as being dead from many injuries.
In my thriller a variety of facial expressions and body language is used such as fear, confusion, anger, shock and a sinister joy. All of these emotions are conventional to a thriller because the victim will always show fear as to what is happening around them an confusion as to why it is happening. at the end of the film our female victim discovers the dead body of her Friend and displays shock at what has happened as a smiling killer stands behind her, this shows many emotions in the killer such a anger and satisfaction which is conventional as it shows the audience his rage.
The lighting and colour used are dark and saturated and low-key lighting is used throughout the sequence this conventional to the thriller genre because often this type of colour and lighting is used to build tension and to create an enigma as the audience wont know what is in the darkness and will have limited vision.
Throughout my thriller the characters and objects are positioned in many different ways in a variety of shots,the ones that are conventional in thrillers that has been used are; a high angle shot where the two characters move across the screen, the high angle shot is conventional because it shows the two people as weak and venerable.
How my thriller builds a relationship with my target audience
My thriller will build a relationship with my audience because of the tension that is created, the audience will be waiting for the killer to finally kill his victim and it put the audience on edge because they are in suspense. My thriller also builds a relationship when Noah is killed as they feel sorry for him being a victim and killed for no reason. The last thing that will help build a relationship with my audience is the location, because it is such an ordinary location it will make the audience feel as if this sort of thing could happen to them, this make the film seem more real.
By Alexander Flanagan
This post demonstrates some planning techniques. You have made a start in explaining the mise-en-scene that you wish to include within your thriller, but further discussion of the mise-en-scene is needed, to demonstrate further planning. Also aim to include still images, to support the points that you have made.
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