Mise en Scene Elements Within Sub-genre

MISE EN SCENE- BURIED ALIVE

COSTUME:
The main character, the girl, will be wearing stereotypical clothes of a teenage girl on a night out, for example a nice top, leggings etc. We want to present this image of the girl to make the film seem realistic and highlight the fact she was having a night out with her friend. The man will be wearing a hoody and jeans, wearing the hood up will give a suspicious and sterotypical look to the man. We chose these typical looks because in other crime thrillers everyday clothing is used, and we want to stick to the conventions of our sub-genre.

PROPS:
Crime thrillers often use different variety of props which relate to the events happening in the film. Therefore, in our production we will be using lots of different props to show what has taken place in the opening sequence. To portray the torture and captivity of the girl, we will use rope to show she has been tied up and put fake blood over her face and arms to show she has been injured. We will use a bin bag over the other girl, to show that she has also been abducted, and leaves the audience wondering why she is in a bin bag and what is going to happen to her, which adds suspense to the crime. Other props that we use throughout the sequence will be day to day props, such as mobile phones, bags and cars. This adds realism to the scene.

LIGHTING: The lighting of the forest scenes will be ambient, as it is in a natural setting and in the morning/afternoon time so it will be light enough for us to film without using artificial lighting. In the scene of the flashback the lighting will be quite dark as it is in the evening, which matches the narrative as the girls are about to get a taxi to a party. The darkness relates to the sub genre of crime, as you do not expect a kidnap to happen in pure daylight, and in most crime movies the crime is taken place in the darkness.

CASTING: The characters we are using in our opening sequence are very basic, being two teenage girls and a slightly older male. In other crime films already made, these are similar characters, maybe because they are young and vunerable. It also conforms to the sterotype of teenagers being irresponsible, as they are drinking alcohol and walking around the streets at night which is unsafe.

MAKEUP: We will be using make up to show that the character has been hurt and injured, by making it look as if she is bruised and has been bleeding.