Mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scène refers to everything that appears before the camera and its arrangement, composition, sets, props, actors, costumes, and lighting. Mise-en-scène also includes the positioning and movement of actors on the set, which is called blocking.


Together as a group we all thought about the mise-en-scene that we would like for our thriller. We wanted things to look natural and to match up with the storyline so the audience would sense the right atmosphere for each scene. There were several props that were essential, as they narrated the story such as:

1. The Briefcase: at the start of the film the audience will believe as anybody would, that it has a laptop in it, however it has all of the serial killers weapons in it.
2. The Radio: this is significant to the story as it reveals to the audience that there has been a mass murder and gives information about the killers distinctive ways.
3. The Knives: these are several large kitchen knives which show how violent the killer is.
4. The Tape: this shows the victims have been held hostage and have been bound.
5. The Notepad: this shows the audience the large list of different people that have been killed, and that the latest victim (myself) has been killed at the end of the film as her name is crossed off the list at the end.