Planning mise-en-scene - Miss Georgiou

Mise-en-scene is everything you see in a camera shot in a film, it is made up of five different elements: Setting and iconography, costume,hair and make up, facial expressions and body language, lighting and colour and positioning of characters or objects. Mise-en-scene helps the audience into understanding the conventions of a thriller in more detail. 

Why is mise-en scene important within a thriller film?

The elements of miss-en-scene are important within a thriller film because they make the clips more understanding.
The lighting can show if it's day time or light time, it can also give the audience a sense of foreboding if it is dark as the characters can't see what is in the darkness which creates tension.
The setting shows the audience where the scene is set so they understand the film better.
The positioning of characters enforces the 180 degree rule and gives the audience a better understanding of what is going on in the clip.
The costume, hair and make up shows the audience what type of person the character is and also make up and costumes can be used to hide a killers identity to create suspense.
Facial expressions and body language helps the audience to see how the character is feeling and relate to their emotions.

What is the mis-en-scene of your thriller and why?

In my thriller film we are using mise-en-scene elements inspired from other films which create enigma and mystery throughout the film opening.

We will use a lot of low key lighting to create suspense as the audience will not know what could be hiding in the darkness, we are using small lights in the corners of a room to make the room seem mysterious and eerie. The scene will be set in a house so the audience can relate to the characters and also so the film seems more realistic which adds more fear to the film and audience. The positioning of the characters in my opening will be behind the main character and only the audience will see the mysterious killer, this will make the audience frightened for the characters. the costume, hair and make up we are using is old Victorian costumes to show what era the film is set, also the hair will be messy make the girl seem scary and create horror to the audience. Also the facial expressions and body language used involves the killer standing mysteriously behind the babysitter which creates enigma.

Our thriller film can build a relationship with the target audience because we are using characters the similar age to our target audience which allows them to create an emotional relationship and share their feelings of fear and horror. Also the use of a normal house setting with nobody home allows the target audience to relate as they are at the age where they are left home alone and can imagine these things happening to them.