When choosing our location, actors and props for our film we have to think carefully about their whether each thing would be suitable for a horror film. as to make sure that we have our mise-en-scene correct. For example, all of our characters are teenage girls, therefore, if we had chosen to use rooms with childish posters of cartoons around the room, or even used a boys room, this would not be suitable mise-en-scene, because the things found in a boys room wouldnt usually be found in a girls room too.
Actors
Hannah Smith - One of the victims friends. Hannah will be good for our film opening as she was really interested in taking part, and has acting experience from doing GCSE and A level drama.
Locations
Woodland Road
Portishead.
We used this house as our main location for our film opening because we particlaly the old-fashioned traits it had to it as it made it look big and almost haunted. Also the way it was surrounded by tree's and forests made it seem deserted - a particulary good location for a horror film!
2 rooms to represent girls bedrooms. We made sure that the rooms we picked looked particulary femine in order to stick with our mise-en-scene by having flowerly pictures up with teddies on the bed and flowery bed covers.
Hallway in 'Woodside House' with big stair case to film end scene
Because the owners of this house had only recently moved in, they havent had the chance to modernise the hallway. We took this oppertunity to film our task here, because the dullness of it and the huge stair case helped add to the scary effect of it and was suitable mise-en scene for a horror film.
Props
2 mobile phones (2 bedroom scenes) - We Will use and Iphone 4s and a blackberry as our mobile phones, because it shows a reflection of the time our film is set in (present day)
Make up Brush (Ria putting on make up during the P.O.V scene in her bedroom) We will use Ria's own make- up for this, as it will be easy to get hold of seeing as we are filming in her room.
Revision Books (after putting down the phone to other two girls, Ria tidies away books) Biology text books and a note pad.
Other objects to help set the scene of a girls bedroom, e.g hair straighteners, mirror, handbag etc.
To shoot our fim opening, we will use a Nikon Coolpix HD Camera, as it is good quality and will produce a clear image for our film.
Costumes
Hannah and Alice (Victims friends)
Clothes that are typically seen on girls: fur coats for when they are outside, for indoor scenes coloured blouses and Jeans. Nothing that stands out too much as the attention of appearance is supposed to be mainly on Ria.
Ria
Patterned leggings and a plain top to make her stand out more from other characters as she is the main focus. When she has been attacked, the costumes are the same, however it will be accompanied by white make up to make her face pale, red eye liner around her eyes accompanied by dark black make up. This will give the look of having been attacked, and now being possessed.
