Mis-en-scene

Set:

The setting we have chosen is located in the Buckden area of North Yorkshire, which is owned by a friend. It is an old, abandoned church which was once a school, with an abandoned morgue in an adjoining room. It contains old dusty furniture, with an old balcony at the back of the church, and ornate glass windows. These parts of the mis-en-scene will look odd and almost uncomfortable for the audience. The morgue looked like a perfect location for the idea of the death sentence/last words scene, and the church could be useful to set the scene with an old, eerie, lonely atmosphere. It is a stereotypical location for the genre we have chosen, as well as for more extreme horror genres. The setting of the opening is important because it will keep the audience interested for the rest of the film, and sets up the theme for the rest of the story.

 
 

Costume:

The teenagers in our idea will be in normal everyday clothes, so the audience can relate to them. The character being killed will be dressed in dark colours, to make him look mysterious and almost dangerous, which would make his last words more powerful. His killers will be dressed in lab coats, to make them look like the authoritative people in charge, as well as making it clear they are like 'doctors' or 'professionals' injecting him with drugs. The white coats will also contrast with the dark location, to make them look odd or out-of-place. To further show this, they will have very distinct make-up to make them look quite disturbing or uncomfortable for the audience, which would fit with our genre. I took inspiration from the film 'Insidious' with the smiling family, where they are made up to look like dolls, with exaggerated lipstick and eye make-up, and distinct but still facial expressions, to also look psychologically disturbing. This family are also in the astral plane setting of the film, almost a dream-like state, which is an effect we can try to create. 

Insidious - The Smiling Family scene