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Mise-en-scene Planning

Ellie Hickey

Actors

Sophie - Chloe

We decided to use Sophie to play the character of ‘Chloe’ because she has the right image of how we want this character to look. She is the same age as Chloe’s character, which will make our trailer seem more realistic and relatable to older teens who are part of our target audience.

Adam - Jason

We also decided to use Adam to be in our trailer and play the character of ‘Jason’ because he is also has a good appearance of how we want the character of Jason to look like. He is also the same age as the actual character and as Sophie (Chloe), so they will be more recognisable as the twins in our trailer.

Kevin & Lisa – Martin & Jackie (Parents of the twins)

We decided to use Kevin and Lisa as our actors for the parents of the twins (Martin and Jackie) who will have been murdered at the beginning. This is because they are also parents in real life so they will be more believable as the characters they’re playing, therefore making it more realistic.

Amy – Young Chloe

Daniel – Young Jason

We have chosen to use Amy to play young Chloe. This is because she is actually Sophie’s younger sister and they look very similar, so the audience will be able to tell that she is the younger version of Chloe during the flashback.

We have also chosen Daniel to play the role of young Jason. This is because he is a similar age to Amy (young Chloe), so it will make it seem more realistic and easy to understand for the audience to watch.

Police Officer – Mr. Stent

Journalist – Miss Horton

Counselor – Miss Turner

Jimmy - Daryl

Costumes

Chloe1st costume – Casual/Sixth Form attire

2nd costume – very casual, dull, smudged makeup

3rd /4th costume – couselling/ perfect looking, smart

Jason1st costume – casual, dark/ drug dealing

2nd costume – casual, prison outfit, yellow sash for visiting

Young Chloe & Jason

Police Officer -

Journalist -

Counselor -Jimmy -

Settings

Sixth Form Common Room

We have decided to use the sixth form common room as the first setting we are going to use in our film. This is where Chloe is going to be sitting when the teacher comes and gets her at the beginning of our trailer. She is going to be sitting here with some friends.

Murder locationThis is the location we are going to use for the murder scene of the twins parents. We have chosen to use this because it looks like a typical family home, which makes it seem more realistic. Martin and Jackie will be sitting either side of the table when we film this scene.

Friend’s house

We have chosen to use this location for the scene in our trailer when Chloe is leaving her friend’s house as she is crying. She is going to drive away from the house at the end of scene.

Alley Way

This is the location we are using to film Jason’s drug dealing in because it is stereotypically where this sort of thing happens in real life, therefore it will make our trailer seem more realistic to the audience.

Interrogation Room

We are going to use this exam room as the interrogation room we need for the scenes in our trailer where Jason is being questioned by the police. We have chosen this location because it is small and enclosed as it actually looks like police interrogation room, which will be effective in making it look realistic.

Random shotsWe are going to use a variety of settings to film the random shots in, especially in enclosed rooms/spaces. This is because using lots of different shots quickly will build up the tension and add to the mystery of the plotline. We want to use small rooms because it will be more effective in making it more dramatic, therefore living up to the conventions of genre we are doing.