Mise-en-scene.

The Mise-en-scene refers to everything involved within the design aspects of the production of the film and everything that appears before the camera when watching the film, from the costumes, sets, props, actors and lighting.



Play park Location
Essential qualities:
-Park
-Children playing
-Bushes/trees
-Grass
-Idyllic childhood setting
-Parents with their children, love.

This photo symbolises what we wanted the play park to look like on our film, with brightly coloured equipment and high key lighting. We were extremely lucky as on the day of filming it was already a bright and sunny day, so it was perfect to create the child-like, care free feeling.



Empty room location.




Essential qualities:
-Old
-Scruffy
-Dirty
-Bare
-Shadows projected on the wall behind to create tension and atmosphere.

We needed our second location to contrast the first location hugely, this image shows how low key lighting was used to create a dark and oppressive feeling, and give the impression that something more sinister was taking place.
Although once it came to filming we used the back wall of an empty room to project shadows onto which effectively created an eerie atmosphere.


The Child.



Costume:
-White dress
-Ribbons in her hair

We needed the child to represent a very fragile and innocent character stuck in the middle of her parents fighting.
The costume she wore conveyed this fragility as the white flowing dress represented the innocence and almost angelic personality of the child, as white is generally associated with angels and pureness so we thought it was a suitable colour for the costume to be made of.

The Mother and Father characters didn't have costumes because they wouldn't actually be visible on camera, we only wanted their shadows to create more mystery and tension.