Over these two Mise-En-Scene blog posts, I will be talking about the costumes, set, lighting, and prop choices for our opening. However, for this first blog post, I will be focusing on the costume and set choices for our overall project.
I believe that with me and my group's creative decisions, we will be able to not only fulfill the requirements of the project, but also be able to accentuate the elements and characters of our opening. In doing this, our short film will be able to more thoroughly connect with our viewer by having specific artistic choices that speak to and are realized by the audience.
Costume Elements:
With our project only focusing on two specific characters, we have decided to let their outfits display the nature and the differences between the two.
For Asher, we decided to make his costume more reserved and normal. This would be done through the use of casual t-shirts and shorts, which would provide a baseline for his normal and casual personality. We had decided on this perceived boring costume design because it would help to shock the audience when Asher's true character is realized. To be specific, with Asher having violent tendencies, it would be unexpected if his character had dressed up in an average and casual manner, shocking the audience further for when he murders Austin.
For Austin, we would then use much more diverse clothing, such as a hoodie and long pants. This would allow us to portray the character in a strong, commanding light, allowing the audience to believe that he has control over Asher. We wanted this specific design for Austin because with his more baggier clothing, he would retain the previous bully element that we had for him earlier but also make it believable that he would try to hurt or control Asher overall.
Location Elements:
For the set aspects of our film, we decided on specifically filming at both my house and Indian Trace Park.
We came to this conclusion on our park because John Paul, who had known about the specifics on the park, had cited it for a very good location to film our project.
My group then decided to film at my house because we wanted to enact a tracking shot in our new script. To be specific, after the murder scene of Austin, we would show the initial title card before diving into a new sequence. As shown in the picture below, we would having a tracking shot of Asher walking from his doorway towards his room. During this, we would have him look like he is dealing with severe exhaustion and burden as he would begin the long walk to his room. We would also use props in my house to accentuate a messy atmosphere that would also explain why he is as upset as he is. In this, the feeling that he is walking through life consistently depressed and saddened would be created, allowing our film to increase in quality because of it.
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