Mise-en-Scene Group

The different categories we need to follow in order to have a successful thriller are:

• Lighting
• Clothing
• Iconography
• Body language/expressions
• Positioning of character(s)

Lighting

There will be three main light sources. There will be light from outside which will be the back lighting. The lamps will be used as main light as to keep the room dark enough to keep to the common conventions to thriller films. The filler lighting will be a combination of different light all over the house and will be used antagonistically. We will use the fridge light to fill the lighting in the kitchen whereas the back lighting in the living room will be a lamppost and a dim flood light to just increase the power of the lamp post.  These lights are very slight so will not be very obvious but will give us the slight bit of light needed. We will use low key lighting to keep to the common conventions to a 'typical' thriller film. This is to create shadows so the characters look intimidating and allow the audience to see what is not directly in the camera shot. The lighting will help create key conventions of a thriller opening, this will also help us show insight to the characters in it because it shows that the villains do not want to be seen and are very secretive because they do it when no-one else is around and when they cant be seen.

Costume Design

For the victim, we want to make her as vulnerable as possible so we have put her into pyjamas.  This shows that she weak and that the killers unexpected arrival has confused her and taken her by surprise. The killers will be dressed all in black whilst their faces will be covered with German gas masks and these show a little into the villains past and into their lives. This is to put fear and an unknown  identity so the victim doesn't know who they are and what they are doing. This is important to the conventions of a thriller because it shows that they wont to be seen but not identified so that the audience is suspicious into who it is.

Iconography

For the props we will be using a small range; a phone, a door, a glass, a bed, a bottle, a fridge, and gas masks. we are going to use all of these because each plays a part in what the killer is doing. as the door and the phone are going to tell the audience that something is going to happen to the character because you know that there is a killer in the house and outside. the cup of water is the excuse for the lady to get out of bed which then leads into the rest of the story and finally the masks are for the killers to hide there faces and to add a fear affect to them. The phone is used to scare the audience and the character linking the two together.

Body Language/ Facial Expressions

The body language of the victim will first of all be calm and tired as she has just gotten out of bed to get her water very early in the morning. As the clip goes on she becomes more tense and weary as she has starts to get anxious and paranoid because she keeps hearing/ seeing things. Then finally to the end she is petrified and all her body language shows this by the way she is constantly moving, she looks like she is going to cry and burst out screaming. whilst all this is happening the killer looks like he is under control and is calm like everything that has happened has gone to plan. this is all to create fear and tension to put the audience onto the edge of their seats.

Positioning

We will position the Positioning of the character. All through the scene in the bedroom you notice the girl is always right up to the camera showing that she is the victim and the killer is a mid range to a long range to the camera showing the he is the killer because you can always see what he I doing. This tells the audience abut the characters and knows when something is about to happen creating tension.