Resources for Mise-en-scene

The Location

The different locations that we will tend to be using are:

• The Media Studio within the college, which will be useful for lighting
• Areas in Tottenham, as this location represents the social class of the antagonist
• Protagonist’s House
• Bus Stop
• College car park 

Problems likely to be encountered

Some of the issues we may encounter during the usage of such locations are the fact that for the Media Studio we will need to get permission as this is something that is under supervision. For the locations within the Tottenham areas and the bus stop we may tend to have issues with elements such as background noises and traffic at busy times. For the house we would not encounter as many problems due to the fact that it is the house of one of the crew members which will therefore act as a huge benefit.

Props

The props that will be used within our short film are:

• A replicate gun used by the Antagonist
• A briefcase for the paperwork
• Pen and Paper
• A rope used to tie up the hostage
• Plastic black bag used to cover the hostage’s identity
• Oyster Card to get on the bus
• Chair
• Cell Phone

Costume, hair and Make-Up

The costume, hair and make-up associated with our short film are:

• A smart business type suit worn by the Protagonist
• The antagonist will wear jeans with a top, as well as a dark hat and a mask/balaclava to suggest that he is the criminal and that he has the  complete opposite personality of the antagonist
• The hostage’s identity will be covered with a black, plastic bag

Lighting

We will be using low-key lighting during the kidnapping scene. This will be accomplished using the media studio. This is the only scene in which we will be using the lighting to full effect, other than that, in the rest of the film we will be relying on natural light when we record outdoors. Also during the phone call we will be showing the antagonist under low key-lighting and at the same time will be showing the protagonist at home under low-key lighting.