Planning : Mise-en-scene (props, costumes)

Our group's task is to create the opening two minutes of a horror film. With the genre being horror, there will be minimal props to keep a sense of realism within our scenes, and some makeup. Now that we are in the later stages of of our planning, we have a good idea of what sorts of examples of mis-en-scene we will need.

Character One Connor - This character is going to be the the one who isn't very active and unhappy with the fact that he has been asked to hike, this shall be portrayed in the clothing this actor will wear.  His look shall be casual and unsuitable to tracking through the woods, to enhance this they will be wearing casual jeans, Jumper (Preferably a grey and washed colour to go with the dark, washed colour scheme we want for our filming) flat shoes and a small rucksack to show that this isn't his typical sort of situation.

Character Two Matty -  This character is the exact opposite of our first character, his sports gear and thermals with a large jumper show he's active and thought carefully about what he wants to wear, he's more adapted to this sort of situation of hiking through woods and hover hills.

Expendable Character Rhys - Our expendable character shall have a thick rain coat to hide his features, along with this a black pair of jeans or waterproof trousers/Tracksuit will also be used to signify that this character's identity os hidden and mysterious, the only information you would be able to tell from the costume is the fact that he must of been hiking or camping in the first for a while due to the warm clothes and waterproofs.

Props

Other than suitable clothing for each of the characters to personify their persona. we need to look at props we could use to further create a sense of realism within our opening. Props we could use;

Bike- The abandoned bike shows that the character has ditched the bike in an attempt to get further into the first, away from what ever is chasing that person. The spinning of the tyre can show that it has recently been abandoned.

Lighting - We aim to shoot in daylight in order to get the most cheap light, however we try to film in overcast weather so that it has an erie effect pre production however in Premier pro we have much more mobility to play with the dynamic lighting.