Sian's Media Blog: R+P Post 7: Our opening sequence's planned mis-en-scene

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

R+P Post 7: Our opening sequence's planned mis-en-scene

The overall look that we want to create for our opening is naturalistic, with a bleak, unsaturated colour scheme to effectively connote the genre.

Camera

Mirror shot from Se7en

We have a variety of shot types with a lot of camera movement to ensure that our opening is as engaging as possible. We have also included hand held shaky shots for those from the stalker's point of view to create a parallel with the smooth camera work inside the house. One of the shots we decided really early on to include was a mirror shot, similar to what is seen in Se7en.

Lighting
For the shots inside we have decided to have them more brightly lit than those outside to help create a binary opposite. For the shots outside we will have naturalistic lighting that is ideally bleak due to clouds, making the colour scheme grey and dull. This is similar to the lighting and colour scheme seen in Gone Girl.

Mood board for lighting and colour scheme

Settings

The main setting of our opening is Shania's house, in particular the bedroom, kitchen and hallway which we will dress to look extremely organised and sparse to fit with Shania's personality. We also have shots outside in the garden looking in at the house. The end section of the opening has Shania walking along her road which has the start of the forest along one side on her way to work.

Props

Our opening will include many different props such as kitchenware, legal documents with the Crown Court logo on, a mirror and a radio.

The props included in the opening are all there to help highlight aspects on Shania's character as well as for logical realism. The Crown Court logo on the files she will be looking over, for example, will help create the image of a successful lawyer, which is a crucial part of our plot.

Costumes

Shania