Use of Mise en scene

Choosing the right location was really important, we focused greatly on the mise en scene. For example we used the shots in the dark to enhance the fear factor as darkness can relate to isolation and loneliness, which reflected greatly on our character which is the emotion we

wanted to portray. We used plain rooms to enhance the focus on the characters and context within the scene for example, our classroom scenes, we used a plain room, with plain walls. Also the asylum shots we aimed for the plain white approach which brought more focus onto our characters , for example the shot of Sydney using scribbling on the wall, the red of the pen really stands out which draws more attention

to the words she is writing. We used a location for example with a brick wall background , to give the idea of the fact that there is no way out of where she is , we made sure our locations had subliminal messages relating strongly to the storyline.

For example we used a real life bedroom, to create the reality within the storyline and to remind the audience, the age of Sydney, especially the mature touch to the room, which also adds to the age of Sydney. The hallways we used, were

slightly dark which enhanced the personality of the villain, it was evident who was who, especially the scene we shot with Tyanna , she had a dark shadow across her face. In some of our locations we reduced or added lighting to enhance

the emotion within that scene. For example scenes that we had shot outside, we made sure that we filmed on a dull gloomy day, to enhance the emotion directly in this scene, it is conventional to use this kind of lighting especially when

drawing the attention to a dark characters.

Exploring Shot types and Sizes

We looked into action tracking shots and we found this one from the Purge Anarchy , where this shot anticipates the action happening in the trailer. This shot is a mid close up, however we decided to try a long shot. We used similar equipment, for the original shot a Go Pro was used, because of a technical difficulty we tried this shot with a selfie

stick , Nia was running backwards as Sydney ran towards us . There was a vey similar with the quality. This increased the action of this shot and the desperation with Sydney. We also tried a point of view shot to enhance some of the

jump scare and also the action within the shot.

We looked into different types of jump scares, and we found this one in The Woman in Black 2 trailer. We thought this would work really well with the supernatural elements

we had included within our footage. This went from a long shot into a mid close up, we imitated this by keeping the camera on the tripod. We on the audience. added the supernatural elements with flickering the lights as she walked, as she got close and

looked up we shook the camera to enhance the scare. We did this also because we did not have some of the software. This worked well in our storyline.

We looked into shots to enhance the innocence of our character . For this trailer “Before I wake (2015) before I wake we found a shot that is a classic scene of a scared child looking under the bed, which is conventional in a lot supernatural and psychological horror films. This enhanced the innocence of our character not regarding her age

that brings the fear factor to this scene. This is a long shot to make the area that the child is looking into much larger than the child. We also tried this with a high angled shot which also made the room look large. We also imitates this within other scenes, for example with costume we made Sydney (Our main Character) wear white and other

extras or villains wear darker or dull colours.