Planning: Mise-en-scene

The term 'mise en scene' is a french term that translates roughly into 'put into the scene'. Some examples of mise en scene include costumes, make up, props etc. Here below are some examples of the mise en scene that was included in our film opening;




This is a Stanley knife. This will be used several
times in the opening to perform tasks such as
cutting through the pages and slicing up pictures
of victims. The use of this suggests that the killer
is very precise and particular in what he does. The
fact it's a knife also obviously indicates danger and
brutality.

This is a hole punch. This will be used to hole
punch the paper that the killer had made notes
on. The aggressive way in which they use this
tells us they have a vicious side to their character.
Also, the use of this object shows that the killer is
very organised and he orders the papers, straightens
them and uses the hole punch. This shows organisation
and that they are a meticulous planner. 

This is a pen. This is used on several different
occasions during the opening where the psychiatric
makes notes with the pen, twiddles the pen in between his
thumbs etc. this suggests the killer pays a lot of attention to
detail and the camera will be focused on the hands with the
pen in it to create a sense of mystery and enigma. 

This is a stapler. This isn't used in the
opening but is present on the desk of the
killer. The presence of this object again shows
the organisation of the character as it allowed
the papers to be organised and therefore the
character could refer back to important
 information easily.  

Planning: Storyboard

Creating a storyboard is useful and is an important stage of planning. It is both useful and important because it gives you a good idea of what the film opening is going to be allowing you to assess the strengths and weaknesses and therefore make improvements should they be required. It gives you a good understanding of what is going to be achieved and it gives you something to build upon. Here below is the storyboard for our film opening;

You can see that our storyboard has good detail which was very useful to our group as it gives us a very accurate idea of what our film opening is going to be like. Also, it makes it much easier for the planning of other things such as the casting, location and mise en scene. This is the case as all the information required to carry out these planning stages is included in the storyboard. Furthermore, it also gave a rough idea of the camera angles/shots/movements etc. that will be used when we come to film and therefore it becomes a very useful tool to refer back to when we come to do the filming for the opening.