Mise en scene for our film

Costume
For our costume in the shot with Brandon and myself we are in bed so we want the audience to know that it is night time , so wearing PJ's similar to these will help the audience believe it's at nighttime.

•  casual attire, simple trouser bottoms and T-shirt
• for Brandon's attire (male) a simple jumper and trouser bottoms.

the pinkish red trousers are for the female character, also to stereotype that females like the colour pink. The males trousers are blue, this is an example of primary socialization; due to the fact  that parents always choose the colour blue if they have a baby boy and this continues to influence the child growing up, until the individual' will naturally believe that the colour blue is only for boys and pink for girls. In our film we are not subverting any stereotypes of females and males. as it will feel more natural for the audience to relate and understand.

Setting  

The setting of the film is based in England in what is suppose to be a loving home of two individuals who love each other. The house has the basic touch's of what a couples house should look like. In the room there is a bedside table on booth sides. more often than not couples have a bedside table on their side and i thought it would be a good idea to make space and fit in two bedside tables.

lighting 

the location setting that we have chosen is based in loving home that we are trying to create by using modern props. when designing the house i will try and make sure that the house is going to be quite modern  so that this tells the audience that this film is set in this era. We want the house/room that we are shooting in,  that  to feel nice and quite naturalistic, however after the alarm clock falls off the bed side table. After this happens we want to make the audience to feel the tensity in the room. we aim to keep the lighting quite dark (low key lighting ) to create a sinister feel throughout, however when our character is in a shot we are going to use a high key lighting;so that all of the face expressions are captured clearly.We are going to be shooting at night time this adds extra tension and suspense that something is going to happen, we want the audience to feel on edge and think about what is happening.

The low key lighting tends to give high contrast being one light it directs the lighting at one part of the face making it very on one side strong to human eye

High key lighting is a completely different type of lighting as instead of using one light source many are use.This is to capture a moment in very high contrast on the whole of the subject whatever it maybe.By using reflectors and minimilisers this reduces the chance of shadows being produce and makes a sharp and crisp image or scene.By using filters any hard light on low key will gone on high key lighting.

The way in which high key lighting is represented is r with three to four lights all focused around the subject.These are the fill light;this a light usually to the side of where the subjects are that stops them so that the only shadows you see are natural.However we have tried our best to make sure that there are no shadows in the shots.

   Due to the fact that our film is meant to look sinister, we will use is an LED light. This little but powerful light is great for placing it anywhere in a scene unnoticed as it is portable but also can you change it brightness to get the lighting that we want.

The next light we will use is a standard table lamp. We made this light  by attaching blue shades with duct tape. we did this so that it would make our scene look more blue to add  a sci-fi theme to the scene.

props 
For our film the props that we will need are basic.
The props that are included.

a family lamp as furniture;internal setting this is so that the photo frame and the picture is show in the shot. The light of the lamp is a good source. This is an example of an incident light ( alight source)

However we have now decided that it would be better if the lamp did not come on when Adam ( Brandon's character ) leans over to turn it on; as it would create more suspense and make the audience feel on edge; as they suspect that there is something wrong.








The curtain is a prop that is needed to set the perfect home feeling, one of the reasons that this is one of our props is that it will make the the room look more homely and realistic.
Another reason for the curtain is for the lighting. Our film is about an alien who attacks at night, this mean that the our filming time is very limited, that is why thick curtains are important. It helps us to film during days as well as night.







The shower curtain are also used to diffuse the lighting when are  filming. This also helps us to keep the colour temperature the same throughout the bedroom scene.
It is the colour white so that the alien;s shadow is actually seen. We are going to put them them on the window outside and are going to use a fill lighting technique that will portray the aliens shadow in a realistic way. The back light is placed behind the subject and lights it from the rear. Rather than providing direct lighting (like the key and fill), its purpose is to provide definition and subtle highlights around the subject's outlines. This helps separate the subject from the background and provide a three-dimensional look.
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