Planning mise-en-scene- Miss Georgiou

Mise-en-scene is important within a thriller film as it contains everything the audience can see within the scene therefore, mise en scene causes the audience to understand the scene and the whole film. Mise-en-scene is made up of five different components. The first, is make-up and costume, which is important as this helps highlight to the audience who the character is and their position for example, the killer wearing black therefore, this causes the audience to engage with the characters and understand their traits. The second is settings. This is also a key aspect as the audience will see where everything will take place and the setting can show what the genre of the film is going to be and can also foreshadow any future events. The third element is lighting. The lighting in a film can show the genre for example, low key in thrillers and sets the mood and the feeling to the audience. The fourth element is the positioning of characters, which is important as the audience is now engaging with the narrative and gain and in depth knowledge one which character is the most important in each scene. The last aspect is facial features and body language. This helps the audience see what the characters are like and what they are doing in certain situations.


The main costume used will be a wedding dress, highlighting the killer being a bride. She wears this throughout the whole sequence, even when killing victims, causing her to become an unknown killer and signifies her deteriorating mental state. This is conventional to the thriller genre as killers typically have a unknown identity which is shown through costumes such as masks.

As for makeup and hair, the bride's identity will be ruined, as her hair will be messed up and won't fit the typical bride, highlighting her ruined day and deteriorating mental state, causing the audience feel empathy towards her. Her makeup will also be ruined and running down her face, showing that she can't hold in her emotions anymore, this causes the audience to want to engage with the character. This is conventional to the thriller genre, as this aspect will cause the audience to identify the role of the character and understand their different traits. Characters are understood by the audience, therefore they can engage with the characters, causing them to be involved with the narrative through their connection with characters.

The setting that will be used in our thriller is a small, dark, secluded room. This is the most important setting used and will be used the most. This will be where the bride stays and where we see her first. The fact the room is secluded highlights her loneliness, causing the audience to symphasise with her as she is all alone. Her loneliness contrasts to the theme of weddings, which shows that the wedding went to ruin and she has no partner, causing the audience to bond with her further. This is conventional to the thriller genre as dark settings are used to make the audience feel tense, as the mood is eerie and creepy. As the room is usually dark in thrillers, the audience are unaware of what may be hiding in different areas of the setting, causing suspense.












Other than the dark room, in the flashbacks, a church will be used to highlight the theme of weddings. The church will not be dark, signifying hope and the positivity that could have been, making the audience feel further sadness as they are sure that the wedding didn't happen, yet are still in left is suspense as to why. Lastly, dark, shady alleyways will be used in flashbacks when the bride kills the victims. This is conventional to the thriller genre as the setting will highlight the theme of death and the difference between where the bride should and shouldn't be, showing the audience that she is doing wrong. These chosen settings are typical of the thriller genre as the settings are dark, which highlight a sense of mystery and an enigma.

The lighting used will be low key throughout. This is because it will create suspense and an enigma. Also, the dark lighting will show the bride's emotions of depression and anger. Low key lighting will be used to build up suspense and a character/audience bond, as the audience infer the bride's emotions and how badly the negative event effected her. Through the use of low key lighting, the audience are put in the characters mind set, and because of this, they are engaged with the different characters and the overall narrative. The use of this is conventional to the thriller as the lighting used is always low key to create suspense and highlight the negativity of the situation to the audience. Low key lighting is traditionally used in thrillers to create a tense, and lonely atmosphere, which portrays the character's emotions.

The killer in particular, always looks full of sadness and upset, signifying the ruined wedding and the negative effect the day had on her. This makes the audience emphasise with her as throughout the whole clip, she looks this way. When she is in the dark secluded room especially, the element of facial expressions blends with the setting and use of low key lighting to portray all of her negative emotions to the audience. She is always bent over, and sat down looking down in despair, showing her lack of confidence and ruined self esteem. This is conventional to the thriller genre as facial expressions show the character's true emotions, causing the audience to bond with the characters, and show the element of a back story or how the characters truly feel about a situation.

An example of positioning of characters is used when bride is standing in front of the victim, holding a knife at the very end of the sequence. The audience can see the victim is trapped, which in turn is conventional to the thriller genre as there is no means of escape. The piece of iconography too, is used effectively in this frame as the victim is trapped and the killer is holding the knife in front of him, foreshadowing death and theme of danger to the audience. This is conventional within the thriller genre as the victim's position is highlighted to the audience as they are trapped and alone, and as the bride is standing up tall, she appears strong and dangerous.













Through the use of different aspects of mise-en-scene, our chosen target audience of 15+ will be engaged with the sequence. This is because the elements of mise en scene used are extremely conventional within the thriller genre, and are used in many different successful thriller films. An example of this is the use of a house in Scream, as this setting creates a sense of loneliness, lack of safety and false hope and normality. The use of different mise en scene elements will cause our audience to engage with the characters, as they feel empathy for them through the use of these elements such as low key lighting, making the atmosphere tense, foreshadowing death and the killer's negative emotions and thoughts.