Mise-En-Scene

Mise-en-scene is the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play, this includes:

Setting and prop


Consume, hair and make up


Facial expression and body language


Lighting and colour


Positioning of people and objects

This is the scene I looked at:

The use of colour in the mise-en-scene creates a sense of sadness, innocence and danger. The girl is wearing white and blue these colours represent sadness and innocence, the colour that is being projected onto the girls face, assumingly from a laptop, is also blue, this could represent coldness. The redness of the sheets makes us think of danger, However the child who is standing in the door way is not in focus so we see him as just a dark silhouette, this leads us to assume that he is evil or dangerous. He is positioned in behind the girl this a stereotypical place for a killer, or dangerous person to stand (behind their victim). This scene is set in her bed room in her home, this is relevant because the home is supposed to be safe place, and we all have a bed room of some kind so it’s relatable to the audience. In the scene the lighting is very dim, this makes us feel like something bad is going to happen, it also makes us concentrate on the girls facial expressions more then we would if the whole room was lit up.

Evaluation Of My Preliminary Task

My Evaluation of the Preliminary Task:

Whilst doing my preliminary task I have improved my editing skills as I now know how to edit match on action as well as shot reverse shot, prior to the preliminary task I hadn't had any experience with the editing program that we used so I’m quite proud of the end result. I have also learnt how important it is not to break the 180 degree rule, as it makes the audience become very disorientated. As well as his I have learnt how to create my own shooting schedule, and how important it is to create a story bored as it makes it easier to make sure that what you’re shooting is what you've planned. Creating a shooting schedule helps you to know what should be happening in each of the scenes and helps you know what you should be shooting in that camera angle.

We had to film our preliminary task twice as after we had finished editing it the first time around we noticed that we had actually broken the 180 degree rule. Having found this out, we re-filmed the whole thing and then reedited. However the second time we didn’t follow the original script as the camera ran out of battery.

Here are some of the comments that have been left on our video:

 As you can see the feed back is mostly positive.

Our Preliminary Task.

This is our completed preliminary task.

Our Shooting Schedule For Our Preliminary Task

Story Board Of Our Preliminary Task

Our Script

This Is The Script That We Plan To Use For Our Preliminary Task:

Location Of Our Preliminary Task

This will be the location of our preliminary task.

We have chosen this specific location in order the represent a normal setting for a game of chess. As the room is located at our school, it is easily accessible and also it successfully represents an afterschool chess club. The lighting in this room is satisfactory for our needs. It is also generally quiet which makes the audio sound better.

Our Preliminary Task Ideas

Our Group Discussion In The Form Of A Mind Map:

Preliminary Task

In our preliminary task we will be using continuity editing. Continuity editing is a style of film editing and video editing, the purpose is to smooth over the editing process.

In our preliminary task we must have:

• A character entering the room.
• The character walking across the room to sit opposite the second character.
• The characters will then exchange a few lines of dialog.

We should then show:

• Shot reverse shot.
• Match on action.
• 180-degree rule.

Shot reverse shot.

This usually occurs when two characters are exchanging dialogue, it switches between the two characters as they speak to each other, but the camera is always pointing to the person tho is talking.

Match on action.

This is where there is a cut in the scene whilst the character is still doing the same movement, however it should still flow smoothly.

180-degree rule.

This is where you can not more the camera more then 180 degrees round the characters as is will distort the audience and your characters will have changed there position.